Design Competences
Introduction to conceptual work with hands-on documentation techniques and templates
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Material Technologies
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Augmented Reality
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Green Business Development
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Innovation Management
A new profession that responds to the demands of digitalization
Vision
Our vision is a world that uses digitalization and digital transformation in a sustainable and value-creating way.
In order to tap the full potential for innovative digital solutions - and to identify new business models - there is a need for professionals capable of taking a holistic view: thinking business, humans and technology together and understanding the digital as a shapeable material.
Mission
Our mission is to offer practice-oriented educational concepts that provide the mindset and tools for the successful development of digital solutions.
Our approach is relevant wherever people create digital solutions. We believe that instead of just having knowledge of the various digital disciplines, it is crucial to become a crafter in these disciplines: to understand the relationships among them and to consider the whole process of building a digital solution.
The Digital Design Professional (DDP)
The Digital Design Professional certification scheme is the starting point for a new profession that responds to the demands of digitalization. It closes the gap between the increasingly demanding design challenges of digitalization and the necessary technical expertise in design.
Benefits
Digitalization: today's challenge
Digitalization is a part of everyday life today. It is changing our world fundamentally. Professionals involved in digitalization notice that their projects become more extensive and more complex. In addition, the weight of expectations for innovative digital solutions is increasing.
DDP - the matching certification scheme
The Digital Design Professional certification scheme has been developed to meet these expectations. The contents of the education pursue a radically new approach to digital solutions: Digital should be understood as material - digital material. This approach of understanding digital as material, together with the acquisition of design and cross-cutting competences, provides a holistic view on digitalization and no longer leaves innovative digital solutions to pure coincidence.
The DDP's capabilities
A certified Digital Design Professional has gained a profound knowledge to explore what could be done, create visions and finally shape the form, function and quality of the digital solution.
A certified Digital Design Professional has gained a profound knowledge to take responsibility for the design of a digital solution. They can lead the building process in digitalization projects. Companies will be enabled to build innovative technical solutions and to implement pioneering digital business models.
Process
Starting point of the DDP education concept is the DDP Foundation Level (FL). It provides a broad overview of a Digital Design Professional’s competence spectrum. The Foundation Level is designed as a three-day training course; it covers the essential basics of Digital Design and focuses on selected methods and techniques.
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Orientation
How to design innovative digital solutions.
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Preparation
How to do build up your knowledge about Digital Design.
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Examination
How to get certified with our accredited certification bodies.
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Crafting
How to stay up-to-date as a crafting certified DDP.
Syllabus
The competences for a Digital Design Professional are divided into three mayor areas: Design Competences, Digital Competences, Cross-Cutting Competences. These are complemented by the Building Process which provides a guideline how these competences can be used and organized adequately.
Digital Competences
Introduction to technology-oriented knowledge areas and technological capabilities to understand digital as material
Cross-Cutting Competences
Introduction of cross-cutting competences to anticipate various usage scenarios (people and business models) for innovative solutions
Building Process
Introduction to guidelines for a complete building process of a digital solution from scoping to operations
News & Events
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Ten Principles
Ten Principles
By: IREB
In our series of 10 essays on "Good Digital Design", we present the ten key principles for good Digital Design and show how a DDP can benefit from each principle at hand. The complete series can be found at LinkedIn.
webinar
2024-03-12
IREB Roundtable | From Boring Written Requirements to Exiting Visual Requirements, UX, Digital Design
At our roundtable with Martina Beck (CEO at MaibornWolff, Munich), Craig Errey (CEO, psychologist, digital architect, UI/UX designer at Solve Group, Sydney) and Kim Lauenroth (Associate Professor at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts), we will discuss why the terms
- "writing" requirements
- "designing" solutions
falls way too short, sounds too boring, intangible and are often misunderstood when thinking about an attractive and desirable digital solution .
Join our online roundtable on March 12 from 10am to 11am as we analyze the challenges of traditional approaches, decode the complexity of integrated solutions and explore the true nature of digital design. Take an active part in this discussion and ask your personal questions in our expert roundtable.
The roundtable will be held in English and participation is free of charge.
...IREB Roundtable | From Boring Written Requirements to Exiting Visual Requirements, UX, Digital Design
Time: 10:00:00 CEST
At our roundtable with Martina Beck (CEO at MaibornWolff, Munich), Craig Errey (CEO, psychologist, digital architect, UI/UX designer at Solve Group, Sydney) and Kim Lauenroth (Associate Professor at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts), we will discuss why the terms
- "writing" requirements
- "designing" solutions
falls way too short, sounds too boring, intangible and are often misunderstood when thinking about an attractive and desirable digital solution .
Join our online roundtable on March 12 from 10am to 11am as we analyze the challenges of traditional approaches, decode the complexity of integrated solutions and explore the true nature of digital design. Take an active part in this discussion and ask your personal questions in our expert roundtable.
The roundtable will be held in English and participation is free of charge.
event
2024-04-17
DIGITAL DESIGN & UX NEXT 2024
DIGITAL DESIGN & UX NEXT 2024
Location: Kraftwerk Munich
IREB® is a cooperation partner of the conference. Kim Lauenroth, 1st Chairman of IREB, will be on site and, together with Martina Beck, Ute Nause and Thomas Immich, will give a keynote speech on the following topic: Good digital change needs design - more than ever
The conference will cover themes such as:
- why digital products and solutions pave the way for successful companies
- how product development, technology potential and design work together seamlessly
- how to integrate individual expertise such as UX design, product management and testing in multidisciplinary teams
- insights into current trends, practical approaches and best practices for application in your own company
The day before the conference, workshops will be offered on topics such as Digital Design and AI-supported design.
Further information on the conference and the program can be found at:
Craft with Digital Material
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