ID211 DESIGN COMMUNICATION III

Course Code:1250211
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:Assist.Prof.Dr GÜZİN ŞEN
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

The course aims to develop the student's skills in

- Perspective hand drawing through deconstruction and reconstruction of 3D objects,

- 3D form alterations through sketching from the imagination,

- Rendering product sketches (shades and shadows, material expression).

- Analysis and drawing of human figures and hands to develop quick representations of user-product interactions.

- Presentation of user-product interactions through storyboards


Course Content

While `developing the habbit of visualizing in 3D` is the major concern of this section of the course, topics such as the fundamentals of perspective drawing, developing surfaces of 3D objects with basic geometric forms, intersecting basic 3D objects and fundamentals of producing sectional views, assembly drawing and dimensioning will be covered.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the students will:

- Communicate product design solutions and use scenarios through hand sketches 


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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