ID212 DESIGN COMMUNICATION IV
| Course Code: | 1250212 |
| 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 ALPER KARADOĞANER |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will;
- expand students’ knowledge on emerging supportive design representation tools used during diverse stages of the design process,
- be able to develop, refine and represent design ideas with a personal style through diverse tools,
- develop an ability to communicate design projects verbally and visually.
Course Content
Ways of communication, the basic elements and principles of communication. Training of the hand, the eye & the memory. Rendering a perspective view from observed reality. Rendering of different surfaces and materials from every day life. The third-Dimension; perspective & rendering of the solid form constructing perspective views with geometrical tools; one-two & three point perspective; measuring point perspective. The construction principles of the three-dimensional grid systems. The light shade and the shadow concepts in rendering. Shadow and reflections. Rendering principles.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to;
- gain an understanding towards emerging supportive design representation tools that hold potentials for effective communication of ideas,
- improve skills for generating and further developing design ideas and enhancing projects visualisations,
- employ a variety of presentation skills and techniques for communicating design ideas effectively, both verbally and visually.
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