ID221 HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN I
| Course Code: | 1250221 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer FİGEN IŞIK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is designed as a must course for the second year industrial design students. The first part of the series, which is offered each year within the spring semester, covers mainly the time period from the 19th century industrial revolution until about the years between the two world wars. The main objective of the course is to develop a perspective on the historical concepts and significant issues related to design and industrial design. Particularly, change, transition and transformation occupy the agenda of the course as formative keywords; for the social and cultural domains of human life underwent a considerable transformation within the changing economic and production relations through the course of the 19th century industrial revolution. This opened a niche for the emergence of “industrial design” as a recognized profession later in the 20th century, which, during the 20th century, became an indispensable part of industrial; more a proper term, post-industrial, socio-technological and consumer culture in the West. Furthermore, this situation is gradually becoming similar for Turkey. As a candidate industrial designer, to reflect upon these issues will eventually help to place the role of oneself generally within the technological and consumer culture of today’s system of industrial, economic and social relations.
Course Content
Covers the period from industrialization (from the mid 18th century toward the end of the 19th century) to the years between two world wars. Focuses on the developments which led to the emergence of industrial design as a separate profession by developing an overall perspective on concepts and prominent issues related to design and industrial design. Aims to enable students to understand the events, issues and concepts that are significant for the historical transformation of production, production relations and transformation of design. Aims to enable students to develop a critical perspective on the theoretical and professional aspects of design and industrial design.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students are expected to
1. become knowledgeable about the historical course of events regarding production, design and industrial design, which covers specifically the period from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century,
2. identify and analyze the context and the productional and stylistic qualities of historical examples of products, thus, to be able to compare and contrast different historical examples,
3. to be able to read critically, discuss the given questions orally and write clear and short essays about them, thus, to develop critical evaluation skills related to the conceptual framework of the historical transformation of production, design and industrial design.
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