ID305 DESIGN PRESENTATION I
| Course Code: | 1250305 |
| 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 ATABERK GÖZELSOY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to enhance the storytelling aspects of design presentations. The exercises primarily focus on making presentations more compelling and easier to follow while developing both cognitive and technical storytelling skills. Emphasis will be placed on planning presentations strategically to convey information clearly and aesthetically, without unnecessary clutter. Additionally, the course will cover the exploration of the golden ratio in design, grid systems, and trend analysis.
By the end of the course students will:
- Develop a strong understanding of key layout principles, including grid systems and visual hierarchy.
- Learn storytelling techniques to create compelling and impactful designs.
- Gain hands-on experience in crafting professional-quality presentations.
- Enhance your ability to communicate visually in both academic and professional contexts.
Course Content
Techniques and effects of sketching in product design; planning a sketch, establishing a point of view; Rendering the basic shapes; analysing a sketch for its components. The decision making process of the right angle, type and techniques; exploded drawings in colour perspective. Cut-away drawing in design presentation in a grid based system; phantom drawings in design presentation in a grid based system; colour drawings in design presentation (line drawings, renderings, marker /coloured methods and techniques, colour -pencil approach to design drawings. Rendering in mix-media. Introduction to the in professional presentation and techniques Advance illustration techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- Develop a strong understanding of key layout principles, including grid systems and visual hierarchy.
- Learn storytelling techniques to create compelling and impactful designs.
- Gain hands-on experience in crafting professional-quality presentations.
- Enhance your ability to communicate visually in both academic and professional contexts.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem defining and solving. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning and managing the design process. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D). | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Competency in the processes and actions in professional life. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Ability in working within teams. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution