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Industriel Design (Fall 2010)

Course code : M-IND-U1
ECTS Credits : 5 Status : Compulsory
Revised : 05/02 2010 Written : 08/09 2009
Placement : 1. semester Hours per week : 4
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : Danish

Objective :
- Introduce the student to the role/perspective of Industrial Design in terms of effective Product Development
- Introduce the student to the processes, methods and theory of industrial design.
- Introduce the student to a number of sketching and presentation techniques.
- Hone the students’ aesthetic sensibility.
- Give the student tools to be better at creative thinking.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

• Follow an iterative design process
• Conduct user-focused design research, based on ethnographic methodologies
• Understand the principles of creativity and ideation
• Apply basic design methods for a product/system within the fields of: Utility, Appearance, Ease of maintenance, Low costs and communication
• Analyze and compare with existing products
• Work both independently and in a group
• Argue for a selected design solution
Principal Content : How to use Industrial Design techniques in an effective Product Development approach. The Industrial Design techniques will focus on Utility, Appearance, Ease of maintenance, Low costs and communication.
The Product Design course will be taught by engineering and design lectures during the semester.
Teaching method : Lecture and tutorial.
Required prequisites : -
Recommended prerequisites : -
Relations : -
Type of examination : Oral examination based on assignments
External examiner : External
Marking : 7 step scale
Remarks : -
Teaching material : Product Design and Development, Edition 4, by Ulrich and Eppinger
McGrawHill

Responsible teacher : Morten B. Nielsen , mbn@ihk.dk