ID201 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN I
| Course Code: | 1250201 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 8 (4.00 - 8.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 10.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GÜLAY FATMA HASDOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to enable students to:
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Develop a basic understanding of the design process from beginning to end; experiencing the following major steps: user research, problem definition, idea generation, idea selection, product detailing, and presentation;
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(Re)define and analyze a problem and its subproblems, and pose a design intent;
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Propose a design solution developed through systematic thinking in response to the following issues: styling, semantics, dimensional coordination, basic user-product interaction, use scenario, physical and functional requirements, producibility, and usability;
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Present design solutions via technical drawings and basic two- and three-dimensional presentation techniques.
At this level, short projects, each with a singular focus, and related exercises will help you achieve these.
Course Content
Issues of innovation, styling, redesign and human-product interaction. Introduction to a wide range of design criteria. Design problems focusing on physical and functional requirements of a product. Introduction to systematic thinking and scenario building. Producable and usable design solutions with a conceptual approach.
Course Learning Outcomes
Having completed the course, students will have:
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Experienced the overall structure and different steps of a design process, and the design methods and tools appropriate for each step;
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Undertaken basic research (i.e. user, field and market research) to identify, redefine and analyze problems and sub-problems within a given use context;
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Specified a design intent towards a specified problem definition;
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Used conceptual and systematic thinking, as well as specific idea generation tools, to develop design solutions in response to the following issues: styling and redesign, product semantics, dimensional coordination between system elements, basic user-product interaction, use context and scenario, physical requirements, functional requirements, mechanisms, producibility, and usability;
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Used different media both in idea generation and presentation to clearly communicate the specified problem, design intent and solution, including hand sketches, technical drawings, basic CAD drawings, working and appearance models;
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Assessed their peers’ and their own success with reference to the specified design intent and within overall project parameters;
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Undertaken individual timetabling and task planning, and as a team, task distribution, group decision making, and peer assessment;
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Kept a sketchbook to document and reflect on their own design and learning experience.
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