ID722 CRAFT AND THE PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
| Course Code: | 1250722 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. DİLEK AKBULUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course intends to provide the link between design and craft mainly in local and national contexts. The relation of industry with design and craft tradition and small-scale production will be discussed together with the topics as commodification of art and craft and national identity; Do-It-Yourself, home crafts; maker movement, sustainability issues in crafts and design and social innovation.
The course is mainly conducted with discussions on reading material provided for each week, and comprises of two parts; in the first part in class discussions will be made on the reading materials. In the second part, each student is expected to make a presentation on the given reading and the topic. Field trips to local craft neighborhoods and seminars with invited guests will be carried out in the second part as well. For the final assessment, the students are required to prepare a final work on a relevant topic. The topics for final work will be discussed during the last courses of the term and can be a case study on local crafts and design or a critical paper on related issues.
Course Content
The course intends to provide the link between design and craft mainly in local and national contexts. The relation of industry with design and craft tradition and small-scale production will be discussed together with the topics as commodification of art and craft and national identity; Do-It-Yourself, home crafts; maker movement, sustainability issues in crafts and design and social innovation.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution