84771 Industrial Design Project 700A

The focus of this subject is research-based designing. The subject is project driven. The students produce a design project brief and a number of conceptual designs. The brief is developed through engagement of appropriate research methodologies. These include, but are not limited to, background contextual research, theoretical conceptual investigation, situation analysis, problem-statement, and statement of aims, methods and outcomes and technological mapping. The brief development should be further informed by contextual exploration through in-depth observation, interviewing or probing of the social context. The conceptual designs should evidence explorations of form, function, ritual of use, ergonomics, product life cycle, materials and technologies.

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Autumn semester, City campus