Week 14 | Strategic Design and Urban Systems

 Refine the Story 

Preparing compelling presentations and final deliverables

“Learning is the engine of practice, and practice is the history of learning” 
 

— Etienne Wenger, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (1998)

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Overview

Every impactful design deserves a compelling narrative grounded in its context. Clear, evidence-driven storytelling can better connect fieldwork, research, business strategy, and design solutions, making complex ideas understandable, actionable, and memorable.

Reading Material

• Dahlström, 2019 | Storytelling in Design: Defining, Designing, and Selling Multidevice Products

• Jones et al., 2025 | Studio Properties: A field guide to design education

• Lupi & Cox, 2025 | Speak Data: Artists, Scientists, Thinkers, and Dreamers on How We Live Our Lives in Numbers 

• Lupton, 2017 | Design Is Storytelling

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