문제 해결자로서의 디자이너 양성을 위한 디자인심리 교과목 설계 연구

The purpose of this study is to design a basic major course in visual design to reinforce design competency as a problem solver, apply it to class, and verify its effectiveness. In the theoretical background, changes in design and design education and the necessity of design psychology to solve problems through design were reviewed. In order to explore and practice the design education methods required by society, a design psychology course was designed to strengthen three competencies: consumer behavior analysis, human psychology, color psychology, visual perception theory and understanding of cognitive psychology through semiotics.To verify the effectiveness of the class, a design psychology class was opened in the first semester of 2020, and a 15-week class was conducted for 78 visual design students, and surveys and interviews were conducted on the learning effect. As a result, most agreed on the necessity of the design psychology class, and it was possible to draw a conclusion that design is effective in diagnosing consumer needs and social problems by meeting psychology and deriving concrete action plans. This study is significant in that it was the first attempt to combine design with various psychological fields to strengthen the designer's competence as a problem solver. We look forward to establishing itself as a curriculum. In addition, I hope that this study will be importantly used in designing various subjects that combine humanities and design as well as psychology.