84115 Informing Industrial Design
6cp Undergraduate
This project-based subject focuses on information retrieval and the use of information in the design context. The emphasis is on locating and applying data efficiently, comprehensively and economically within the framework of a given design task. (Students have the opportunity to apply the information collected to a design-related task.)
The subject also examines the history of design and designers paying particular attention to the emergence of industrial design from the late 1700s to the present day.
Typical availability
Spring semester, City campus
2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,370.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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