ID319 VIRTUAL DESIGN STUDIO
| Course Code: | 1250319 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. DALSU ÖZGEN KOÇYILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Once in several years. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will:
- Understand the impact of distributed design process on strategies and design outcomes
- Develop and gain experience in using distance communication
- Explore cultural issues and concepts with exchanges and evaluation
- Develop skills in writing and evaluation of design briefs
- Develop teamwork skills
- Provide critical feedback
- Develop the means to implement and communicate the design strategy to a client
Course Content
This course aims to create communication and collaboration in a virtual environment. The environment simulates a physical design studio in which geographically dispersed studio participants collaborate as they are in the same design studio. This course intends to develop students? computer skills to express design ideas using various media. The topics to be covered are analyzing and designing a virtual environment, rapid prototyping of a computer generated 3D model and creating a digital video. All the media used and learned in the course supposed to be used in final project assignment.
Course Learning Outcomes
• Understand the impact of distributed design process on strategies and design outcomes
• Develop and gain experience in using distance communication
• Explore cultural issues and concepts with exchanges and evaluation
• Develop skills in writing and evaluation of design briefs
• Develop teamwork skills
• Learn how to give critical feedback
• Develop the means to implement and communicate the design strategy to a client
The above skills are becoming increasingly important in new product development as a result of changing global manufacturing environment. Students will be working with external partners located in different geographic locations.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution