Fostering Creative Confidence with SCD in Interaction Design Education

Creative confidence is a concept that has been popularly linked to design thinking in more generalist interaction education. Based on an analysis of creative confidence, however, we propose Speculative and Critical Design practices (SCD) can be better perspective for developing aspiring designers. We present how have taught two subsequent SCD courses as part short 2-year master’s programme. the outcome selected student projects, course evaluations, personal reflections, articulate promises pitfalls using foster confidence.