ID401 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN V
| Course Code: | 1250401 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 8 (4.00 - 8.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 10.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. FATMA KORKUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to enable students to:
- demonstrate abilities to carry out design projects to professional standards by growing an awareness of the potentials and constraints of industry within domestic and international markets;
- study real-life design problems and challenges, use initative to prepare strategies for their resolution, and propose design solutions individually or as a member of a group;
- carry out research individually or as a member of a group in order to develop cooperation and interpersonal skills;
- undertake research to: explore the needs of potential markets and users, investigate lifestyles and user experiences in various cultures and societies, help develop scenarios that envisage users’ future needs;
- synthesize design criteria and design ideas by making critical and intellectual appraisals;
- gain experience in using creativity methods and techniques for design ideation and concept development;
- follow a predefined time-table for a design project in a professional manner;
- demonstrate a professional approach to presenting design proposals in formal and informal settings;
- document materials accumulated and generated throughout the design process to gain an orderly working discipline.
Course Content
Issues of culture, life style, ecology, future forecasting, globalism, design for export etc. Design problems dealing with social and market values of a particular culture. Fitness to real-life business situations, marketability, responsible design.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, each student will:
- understand the given design briefs, conduct research relevant to the design problems/opportunities and make visual and oral presentations on the design outcomes;
- redefine the design briefs so as to reflect his/her design approach;
- employ a variety of generative and evaluative design tools/methods (e.g. persona development, scenario building, mind mapping, storyboarding, storytelling with mock-ups etc.);
- present progress in his/her design process through various media (e.g. paper-based sketches, mock-ups, CAD models) during studio critiques and formal presentations/juries;
- present final design proposals (including product concept, usage scenarios, materialization, technical details etc.) in a professional manner and through a variety of media (e.g. CAD models, presentation boards, physical appearance models, working prototypes, etc.);
- accumulate all relevant research, ideas and design development materials generated throughout their design process in the form of a design development portfolio.
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