88300 Object and Accessory Design: The Cast Object

6cp

The design of small, low function–high aesthetic products and accessories underlies the start up of many small design oriented businesses whose main focus is the design of this type of consumer product. Companies such as Fink Design, Mambo, Dinosaur Designs etc. have successfully built on their understanding of market and manufacture to the point where they have international reputations and market share. Understanding what makes a design attractive, feasible and economic to manufacture on a low-threshold basis is fundamental to success or failure in this endeavour. Object and Accessory Design 3 moves on to the development of objects from sheet materials such as thermo plastics, sheet metal and timber products. The design of more complex objects intended to be manufactured using either investment casting or the use of 'soft tooling' is also covered.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $612.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,040.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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