ID321 DESIGN AND CULTURE
| Course Code: | 1250321 |
| 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: | Assist.Prof.Dr DAMLA TÖNÜK KRUITHOF |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students
1) understand and respond to the social and cultural context and significance of design practice,
2) write critically about designed objects and design practices,
3) know and apply the basic principles of product semantics.
Course Content
Understanding the cultural meaning and significance of industrial design, developing critical and reflexive thinking in relation to the designers practice, discourses and practices in the field of design, the role of design in consumer culture, consumption as a creative activity, designed objects as carriers of meaning and cultural significance, outstanding social and cultural issues related to designers practice.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students
1) Reflect on their practices as designers within a sociocultural context, in writing,
2) Interpret theoretical texts on design,
3) Analyse a product through the product semantics approach,
4) Analyse the broader cultural context of 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