ID222 HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN II
| Course Code: | 1250222 |
| 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: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is designed as a must course for the third-year industrial design students. The aim of this course is to talk about modernism and the modernist assumptions/understanding/teachings behind design, and to make survey of modern design to direct the students to identify/understand/reflect upon the theoretical underpinnings of modernism be it visual, theoretical or in terms of design and/or practice. At the end of this course, the students are expected to be able to reflect upon and discuss the relationship between modernism and design, the situation of industrial design in Turkey, the relationship between politics and design, practice and design, and national identity and design. As the second part of the series, which is offered each year within fall semester, this course covers mainly the time-period after the 1st World War until today, as possible. The main aim of this part is to survey the route of modern design in general, and industrial design in particular. The course starts with the emphasis on the developments that led to the emergence of industrial design as a recognized profession in the West, and continues with the emphasis on the historical significance of functionalist debate in design. Within the cultural framework of the modern world, an effort is worth to put to understand the crucial relations between issues of consumption, rapid development of technology, and changes in meaning and contexts of industrial design. As I stated in the previous course description; “To reflect upon those issues will, hopefully, help to place the role of oneself, especially as an industrial designer, generally within the social, technological and consumer culture of today’s system of relations.”.
Course Content
Focuses on modernism and the modernist understanding and teachings behind design, and to make a survey of modern design to direct the students to identify/understand/reflect upon the theoretical underpinnings of modernism and modernist design. Covers mainly the time-period after the 1st World War until today, as possible. Aims to make students to be able to reflect upon and discuss the relationship between modernism and design, the situation of industrial design in Turkey, the relationship between politics and design, practice and design, and national identity and design.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students are expected to be able to reflect upon and discuss the relationship between modernism and design, the situation of industrial design in Turkey, the relationship between politics and design, practice and design, and national identity and 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