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The goal of this course is to concentrate on the combination of aesthetical (form) and practical (functional and technical) implementation of design projects, design being the embodiment of applied art & engineering combined. The students will be encouraged to work in small groups in a studio style atmosphere alternating between creative sessions, tutor guidance, peer reviews, presentations, design critiques, prototyping and assessments.
1. Students will practice & apply their sketching, illustration and 3D CAD modelling within the design, development and presentation of design projects.2. Students will become familiar with designing a product according to specific styles, corporate identities and brand values.3. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of ergonomics and discover where comfort and ergonomics lie (folding chairs case study).4. Students will put into practise their knowledge of production processes and materials in the ideation of creative redesign solutions that are native to the processes proposed.5. Students will familiarise themselves with the basic planar linkage mechanisms present in folding chairs, recognising similarities and experimenting with variations.6. Students will develop sketch and proof of concept models as part of the product development process, culminating in full / scaled prototypes.7. Students will be introduced to static structural design & force flow visualization and perform analysis demonstrating structural design validation, geometric, and material selection.
1) PROD101 and 2) either PROD210 or PROD211
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Barro De Gast
Nick Emerson and Bahareh Shahri
1 Construction & Design Analysis Group - 5%2 Linkage mechanism Group - 5%3 Ergonomics Analysis Group - 5%4 Style & Process Redesign - individual - 10%5 Project Brief Proposals Group - 6 Design Proposals (2x) individual -20%7 Developmental models (2x) Group - 5%8 CAD iterations (2x) individual - 10%9 Presentation & Communication of Project - Group - 5%10 Design Project Group -35% Total 100%
Domestic fee $1,997.00
International fee $9,700.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Product Design on the departments and faculties page .