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70 600 Industrial Design 2: Transform
Passed foundation level courses at AHO (BA level) or equivalent education of 180 ECTS.
Students with Industrial Design I will have priority.
2 year international master students must have been approved for industrial design.
Transform is an advanced course in industrial design dealing with new tools for developing, prototyping and conveying design solutions. Primacy is given to new contexts and themes that rather require radical than incremental solutions. The course is organized around two extensive main iterations and phases. The first phase is based on a foresight a few decades ahead and then, as a second phase, the result of the first phase is back-casted in time and transformed by design to a more contemporary context. The outcome of both phases will be physical products conveyed by both digital media and physical models.
The course focuses specifically on the active use of various forms of physical and digital prototypes that supports the innovation process. Traditional sketching and model building will therefore be blended with explorations, 3D modelling, video-sketching, VR and other forms of conveying a rich variety of different design concepts. Independent of which technology is used, emphasis will always be on the core competences traditionally found in industrial design.
The student shall after the course be able to participate in more advanced and complex design processes; and doing so as an independent designer with a creative, aesthetic and designerly approach.
KNOWLEDGE
By the completion of the course the student shall have knowledge about:
- the kind of solution driven design process being so inherent in the industrial design tradition.
- video- and VR-based sketching methods.
- the kind of research methods developed within the industrial design tradition.
- various themes like Radical Change, Sustainability, Future studies and Foresight.
SKILLS
By the completion of the course the student shall have the ability to:
- use an industrial designer’s toolbox including (but not limited to); sketching through different media, creative methods, team work, foresight and presentation.
- learn new things quickly, typically in entirely new context and often without any relevant users able to be informants or co-designers.
COMPETENCE
By the completion of the course the student shall:
- have an updated State of the Arts (SoA) competence in industrial design, that builds on the legacy of Scandinavian Design. A tradition with hallmarks like inventive, simple, useful and aesthetically refined quality products that will last for a long time.
- have a reflective and realistic understanding of his/her present competence and what's required to achieve sufficient professional knowledge and skills within another year of practice at IDE/AHO. For each individual student, the curricula might therefore be slightly modified.
The work is arranged as a design studio with lectures, workshops and presentations woven in as a natural part of the activity. Both phases involve workshop time.
Selected chapters from:
Rabiger M. 2008 (1996). Directing. Film techniques and aesthetics. 2nd ed. Focal Press, Burlington, MA, USA.
Dunne. A & Raby F. 2013. MIT. Speculative everything. Design, fiction, and social dreaming.
https://biomimicry.net/the-buzz/resources/biomimicry-designlens/
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | Individual | Pass / fail | The course will primarily be assessed through project work, self-assessments and deliveries submitted as design models, videos and presentations. The first phase is assessed by involved teachers and finally the whole course is assessed by an external supervisor. The student need pass both phases to pass the course. For students that fail one of the two modules, a portfolio assessment of the whole coursework will be carried out in the end of the semester to finally decide if the student has reached the desired learning outcome |
| Workload activity | Comment |
|---|---|
| Attendance | The students are expected to take active part and be present in the studio, attend lectures and groupwork throughout the whole course. They are expected to attend all presentations, workshops and formal counsellings. |