ID483 DIJITAL JEWELLERY

Course Code:1250483
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (2.00 - 2.00)
ECTS Credit:4.0
Department:Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer SEZGİN AKAN
Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course students will:

  • be familiar with digital jewellery designers and their work,
  • be able to evaluate contemporary jewellery and digital jewellery,
  • have a basic understanding of the state of the art of the jewellery market,
  • be able to define their unique approach as industrial designers,
  • be motivated  to work on jewellery design in later years.

Course Content

Aims to study digital jewellery that integrates digital technologies and contemporary jewellery design. Craft practices and digital technologies along with non-traditional materials and electronic components is used to create digital jewellery. Focuses on digital technologies both as a means of new form and content for digital jewellery.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to:

  • develop ideas through integration of craft and digital processes,
  • search the potential of digital technologies as a new means for form and content,
  • work in different scales in terms of dimension and production

Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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