Innovative Product Design Course
This course teaches you to create innovative, user-centered products. You will learn how to identify real market needs, generate original ideas and turn them into viable, desirable solutions, using Design Thinking, Lean Startup and agile methods to iterate quickly and validate your prototypes. The program covers user research, creative ideation, rapid prototyping, market validation and preparing a product for a measurable launch.
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What is the Innovative Product Design Course?
This short course follows the full process of designing an innovative product, from spotting an opportunity to presenting a validated concept. You will study the different types of innovation, user-centered design principles and the factors that give a product its value; research methods such as interviews, observation and contextual analysis; how to turn findings into design insights and a clear design challenge; ideation techniques, concept generation and value proposition; product architecture; functional design, ergonomics, accessibility and preliminary choice of materials; technical sketching, basic modeling and early prototyping.
What sets this course apart: it treats creativity as a disciplined process that always starts from a real user and a well-defined problem; it balances originality with technical feasibility, cost and commercial differentiation; it builds sustainability and life-cycle thinking into design decisions from the outset; it gives prototyping a central role as a tool for learning early and cheaply; and it ends with an integrative project in which you design and develop a product from the initial opportunity to the final presentation.
Program highlights
- Types of innovation: incremental improvement, functional, disruptive and value-driven redesign.
- User research: interviews, observation, contextual analysis and pain points.
- From findings to insights and a clear, measurable design challenge.
- Ideation, concept selection and a value proposition that explains why the product is different.
- Functional design, ergonomics, accessibility, materials and early prototyping.
- Integrative project: an innovative product from opportunity to final presentation.
Syllabus of the Innovative Product Design Course
5 modules. Select a module to see its content.
Foundations of innovative product design, applied creativity and strategic understanding of needs, users and market opportunities
- 1.1. The concept of innovation in product design: the difference between incremental improvement, functional innovation, disruptive innovation and value-driven redesign
- 1.2. Principles of user-centered design: observing needs, analyzing real problems and building solutions that make practical sense
- 1.3. The relationship between creativity, functionality, technical feasibility and commercial differentiation in developing innovative products
- 1.4. Identifying design opportunities from trends, changes in behavior, market gaps and unmet needs
- 1.5. Factors that determine the value of an innovative product: usefulness, user experience, aesthetics, sustainability and adoption potential
User research, analysis and problem definition as the basis for products with differential value
- 2.1. Research methods applied to product design: interviews, observation, contextual analysis and gathering user needs
- 2.2. Identifying user profiles, behaviors, expectations and pain points that guide the development of the innovative product
- 2.3. Analysis of the context of use: physical environment, frequency of interaction, functional limitations and real operating conditions of the product
- 2.4. Translating research findings into design insights: explicit and implicit needs and opportunities for improvement or innovation
- 2.5. Defining the design problem and framing the creative challenge with a clear, measurable and solution-oriented focus
Ideation, conceptualisation and development of innovative product proposals with a creative, technical and strategic approach
- 3.1. Ideation techniques for product design: brainstorming, mind maps, analogies, attribute combination and exploring alternatives
- 3.2. Generating product concepts from the defined problem and initial assessment of originality, usefulness and feasibility
- 3.3. Building value propositions for the product: what it solves, for whom, how it does it and why it is different
- 3.4. Selecting and developing the most promising design concept according to functionality, market, innovation and production feasibility
- 3.5. Defining the basic architecture of the product: components, interaction, overall form, user experience and main attributes
Functional design, materials, ergonomics and prototyping of innovative products for early validation
- 4.1. Principles of functional design applied to the product: expected performance, ease of use, intuitive interaction and structural coherence
- 4.2. Ergonomics, accessibility and user experience in innovative products: comfort, safety, handling and adaptation to the target user
- 4.3. Preliminary selection of materials, finishes and construction solutions according to intended use, durability, cost and perceived value
- 4.4. Technical sketches, basic modeling and product representation to communicate structure, form and operation
- 4.5. Early prototyping of concepts: mock-ups, functional models, simulations and initial tests of interaction or performance
Integrative project: design and development of an innovative product from identifying the opportunity to the final presentation
- 5.1. Selecting the design problem or opportunity that will serve as the basis for developing the innovative product
- 5.2. User research and definition of the functional, emotional, technical and commercial requirements of the proposed product
- 5.3. Generating and selecting the design concept and building a clear, differentiated and viable value proposition
- 5.4. Developing the product design: functionality, ergonomics, materials, visual representation and preliminary prototyping
- 5.5. Assessing the technical and commercial feasibility of the designed product, identifying improvements and planning its implementation
Duration and format of the Innovative Product Design Course
It is 300 hours. Tell us how many you can study each week and we will tell you when you will really finish.
This is the pace at which most students finish. It fits well with the installment plan.
Academic leadership and faculty
The Navalis teaching team: working professionals who teach and supervise the programs.
Dr. Marina AlcoverAcademic Director and Head of Quality Assurance
Eng. Diego CifuentesSenior Lecturer in Naval Welding and Non-Destructive Testing; Head of QA/QC for Welded Joints
Capt. Javier Abaroa (MCA)Senior Lecturer in Ship Handling, Electronic Navigation (ECDIS/Radar/ARPA) and GMDSS; STCW Compliance and Bridge Resource Management Coordinator
Dr. Pau FerrerSenior Lecturer in Naval Architecture and Simulation; Director of the Hydrodynamics and CFD Laboratory
Dr. Nuria LlobregatSenior Lecturer in Marine Meteorology, SAR and Operational Safety; Navigation Risk Management Coordinator
Eng. Javier BañulsSenior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Automation and ETO Engineering; Electronic Integration and Engine Alarms Coordinator
Eng. Sofía MarquinaSenior Lecturer in Materials, Composites and Corrosion Protection; Coordinator of the Advanced Paints and Coatings Line
Eng. Tomás RieraSenior Lecturer in Propulsion, Alternative Energy and Hybrid Systems; Energy Performance and Vibration CoordinatorObjectives of the Innovative Product Design Course
Career opportunities after the Innovative Product Design Course
Questions about the Innovative Product Design Course
To create new products that meet real market needs, offer added value and provide a better user experience than existing alternatives.
No. The methods apply to any physical or digital product. Examples can come from the marine and nautical sector, but you can choose the theme of your own project.
It helps, but it is not essential. The course starts from the fundamentals of innovation and user-centered design before moving on to ideation, ergonomics and prototyping.
Design Thinking, Lean Startup and agile iteration, combined with user research techniques, ideation tools and early prototyping to test ideas before investing heavily.
You will work on early prototypes such as sketches, mock-ups, basic models and simulations. The aim is to validate interaction and performance early, not to manufacture a finished product.
You choose a design problem or opportunity, research the user, define requirements, select a concept, develop the design with a preliminary prototype and assess its technical and commercial feasibility.
Fully online, through a virtual campus available 24/7. It comprises 300 hours of study across 5 modules of about 60 hours each and ends with the integrative project.
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Admission process
No waiting for a call back. If your documents are in order, you can enroll in the same session.
- Profile: aimed at entrepreneurs and start-ups, designers and developers, product and marketing managers, engineers and technicians, and students or recent graduates interested in innovation; a background in design, engineering, marketing or business, or proven experience in product design or new product development, is recommended.
- Language: sufficient command of English to follow the classes and the technical documentation.
- Technical resources: a computer with a camera, microphone and stable internet connection, an up-to-date browser and basic sketching or design software for the practical work.
- Admission: online application, review of your profile and a short interview with the academic team.
- 01ApplicationYour details, background and documents.
- 02Instant reviewWe check that everything is complete and in order.
- 03EnrollmentChoose full payment or instalments and reserve your place.
Admission is provisional until the committee validates the documents provided. If you do not meet the requirements, the full amount is refunded.
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