ID363 VISUAL NARRATIVE IN DESIGN I
| Course Code: | 1250363 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. DALSU ÖZGEN KOÇYILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide students the ability to incorporate narrative approaches to any stage of a design process. The course will introduce students to different types of visual narratives as well as to different techniques for creating them and, through various exercises, will teach new ways of developing, explaining and presenting ideas.
Course Content
A new look at the design process through storytelling and visual communication. Aims to provide students with basic concepts and thinking tools of visual narrative to find new ways of exploration, explanation and presentation. Study of different narrative approaches and practice on different creation techniques. Exercises on graphic storytelling, game development, paper-prototyping, scenario building, storyboarding and film making.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the class, students will be acquainted with different narrative approaches, how and when these approaches might be used to achieve a more succesful visual communcation. Student will gain the basic skills and knowledge to produce a short narrative film that conveys their ideas or personal expression. Becoming more familiar and conscious of visual communication methods, students will acquired the ability to better present and explain their works and to better analyze narrative aspects of design such as user-product interactions or usage scenarios.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution