| Lec # | Topics | readings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Design for Developing Countries | Hawthorne, Peter. "Power to the People." Time Magazine, 1997. |
| 3 | Design Challenge Project Presentations | Design Challenges (PDF) |
| 7 | The Creative Process: Prototyping Lab |  Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1999, part I. ISBN: 9781890132286. |
| 12 | Lab Modules | Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004, part II. ISBN: 9781890132286. |
| 16 | Graphical Representation of Information Presentation Skills | Tufte, Edward. "PowerPoint is Evil." Wired 11, no. 9 (September 2003). Norvig, Peter. "The Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation." Lincoln, Abraham. "The Gettysburg Address." |
| 20 | Design for Affordability | Polak, Paul. "Designing Cheap." (Paper submitted for publication, 2004.) |
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Readings are assigned for the following subset of class sessions.