PGDM
5300

Design Strategy Capstone Studio

Parsons School of Design: School of Design Strategies

Non-Liberal Arts
Graduate Course
Majors Only
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Koray Caliskan
Section: C

CRN: 14560

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/21/2025 - 5/6/2025
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Putri Trisulo
Section: E

CRN: 14562

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/22/2025 - 5/7/2025
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Rhea Alexander
Section: A

CRN: 14558

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 12:10pm - 2:50pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/21/2025 - 5/6/2025
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Juanli Carrion
Section: B

CRN: 14559

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 12:10pm - 2:50pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/23/2025 - 5/8/2025
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Michele Kahane
Section: D

CRN: 14561

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Thursday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/14/2025
Design Strategy Capstone
Spring 2025
Taught By: Johann Verheem
Section: X1

CRN: 14563

Credits: 3

In the Design Strategy Capstone Studio, the second half of the second-year MS-SDM capstone experience, students develop a strategic plan for bringing a concept to implementation. Working in teams on ideas developed in the preceding Design Research Capstone Studio, students leverage complementary backgrounds, skills, and networks to advance their projects. Course activities include outreach to external partners, experts, groups, potential investors, and other stakeholders, developing networks of trust and links to potential future partners and employers. This studio course has a modular structure, incorporating concept testing, landscape analysis, function tree and roadmap development, and launch and scale-up modeling phases. Students pursue experimental approaches to prototyping and iterative testing where appropriate. The creation of a development matrix helps student teams define how far the ambitions, values and purpose revealed in their Design Research Capstone Studio outcomes can be satisfied through their subsequent development work, and enables them to design tools for the ongoing qualitative assessment of their work in progress. The final deliverable for the course is a comprehensive presentation of a strategic plan, demonstrating the students’ mastery of the development tools introduced in the course – tools that can be applied to other projects in the future.

Open to: MS in Strategic Design and Management majors only. Pre-requisite: PGDM 5275 Design Research Capstone Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Design Strategies (SDS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: Online - Synchronous

Max Enrollment: 13

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:24pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 7:00pm - 9:40pm
Building: Online Course
Room: 999
Date Range: 1/21/2025 - 5/6/2025