6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
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Not offered in 2017
Synopsis
This unit outlines the design process with particular reference to creative idea formulation, information searching, problem solving, and incorporation of two and three dimensional design principles in terms of form development. User-centered design models are considered in terms of cultural, physical, logical and semantic constraints, mapping relationships, standardisation, control and feedback factors. Methods of design communication and presentation are explored and applied.
Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will:
- understand and enjoy the challenge of designing consumer objects geared to mass production
- have an appreciation of the practical and theoretical nature of industrial design, in particular the intimate relationship between rational processes and inspirational factors in design
- have an appreciation of user-centred design criteria
- be able to identify, analyse, and interpret the general characteristics of design tasks
- understand simple models of the design process and their applications
- plan for and efficiently undertake simple three-dimensional projects with regard to functional, technical, structural and aesthetic design criteria.
Assessment
Projects: 100%, of which at least 20% will be assessed in the early part of the program
Workload requirements
4 hours studio contact and 8 independent study hours
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Prohibitions
IDE1102