Introduction to Industrial Design II

Introduction to Industrial Design II

Application of divergent thinking strategies including design research, evaluation, and prototyping in the context of design in the public sphere.
Prereq: Enrollment in Industrial Design major, or permission of instructor.

Prerequisite: Admission to Bachelor of Science in Design - Industrial Design program; or permission of instructor.

Overview

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Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be capable at an introductory level of:
  • Design place sensitive intervention
  • Engage with disruptive innovation methods
  • Think about industrial design in a product-service-system perspective use prototyping and iteration as an inquiry and reflective method
  • Reflect on design capacity to act as a community-building strategy
  • Communicate design intentions efficiently
     

Readings & Resources

  • Graham, G. (1997). The Marxist theory of art. The British Journal of Aesthetics, 37(2), 109-117
  • Manzini, E., & Jégou, F. (2004). Design degli scenari. Design multiverso: appunti di fenomenologia del design. Milão: Edizioni POlI. design, 189-207
  • Gauthier, P. & Proulx, S. (under Review). Differential Moral Framing and the Design Imagination. Submitted to the 2022 Design Research Society Conference
  • Day, C. (2003). Consensus Design. Socially Inclusive Process. Architectural Press
  • Donoff, G. & Bridgman, R. (2017). The playful city: constructing a typology for urban design interventions, International Journal of Play, 6(3), 294-30
  • Thaler, R., Sunstein, C. (2008). Nudge. Improving Decision about Health, Wealth and Happiness. Yale university Press
     

Course Organization

This is a 3 credit hour course that meets twice a week for 2:40 each day
 

Sample Coursework

Type of work student can expect include:
  • Lectures, individual and group meetings
  • Readings, group discussions, presentations, and project critiques