BAPD1300 Introduction to design - form and designprocess in context Course description

Construction and Shaping / Form gives the students theoretical knowledge and practical skills in exploring the relationship between concept development and construction/design.

Methods for exploring/analysing form and the development of prototypes/products are central aspects of the course.

Knowledge and skills in digital and analogue tools are used as a basis for product development.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• is capable of specifying design concepts and requirements specifications
• is familiar with analytical and experimental methods of reproducing, developing and manipulating forms
• understands the principles of 3D visualisation and computer-aided production using 3D printing, lasers or other automated processes
• is capable of discussing design solutions with the use of design terminology and prototype building

• understands the principles governing:

  • the planning of prototype construction
  • design and product form language, such as semantic differential analysis and gestalt theory
  • the formulation of a design brief

Skills

The student

• masters digital and manual prototype construction in a range of materials
• is capable of using prototype building techniques and adapting these according to context and needs
• is capable of using user insight when reproducing spatial forms
• is capable of using drawing as a communication tool in the design process
• is capable of developing and constructing forms and relating them to ideas and contexts

Competence

The student is capable of

• explaining and presenting principle design solutions using visual and written tools
• structuring and documenting the design process
• critically reflecting on choices made in the design process
• finding and using relevant methods for prototype

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Reflection notes.
• Individual market surveys about a chosen product. Comprises market orientation around equivalent products, and broad searches through a field survey. The students will visit at least two different points of sale, and document the price, choice of materials, production methods, functionality, semantics/aesthetics.

Lectures, workshops and individual and group assignments.

The course promotes knowledge about design as a professional subject. It comprises two periods, where the first period of about two weeks is a preliminary course focusing on different methods or knowledge related to the profession. The second period lasting the remaining four weeks is a collaboration between the bachelor students on all three years of the programme. The students will be divided into groups across classes. In this period, students will practise the theory/subject matter they have learnt from the first period, where the groups work with an external client and/or on external issues.

Design Office is collaborative project between all three years on the BA programme. For Year 3 this entails leadership; typically forging teams of 2-4 participants, in order to manage around 6-10 first and second year students.;Each group is assigned a brief from a real world client. The management teams are responsible for ensuring that their groups work at optimum, and that the assignments are carried out and presented according to the expectations and terms as agreed with each respective client.

Knowledge equivalent to having passed the first, second and third semesters, or equivalent.

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i kunnskaper, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• kan gjøre rede for sykepleiers rolle og ansvar innenfor et avgrenset fordypningsområde
• kan oppsummere relevant forskning og fagutvikling innenfor valgte fordypningsområde

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan utarbeide en prosjektbeskrivelse som konkretiserer tidsplan og hvordan bacheloroppgaven skal gjennomføres med tilgjengelige ressurser
• kan formulere en tydelig sykepleiefaglig problemstilling som er mulig å besvare innenfor oppgavens ramme
• kan gjennomføre en avgrenset systematisk litteraturstudie i tråd med gjeldende vitenskapelige normer
• kan avklare begreper, analysere og vurdere ulike kunnskapskilder og anvende disse til å formulere faglige resonnementer
• kan presentere fagstoff på en selvstendig, logisk, kritisk og systematisk måte

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan formidle og argumentere for styrker og svakheter ved egen studie, substansielt og metodisk
• kan reflektere over forskningsetiske problemstillinger

Forelesninger, seminarer, veiledning og selvstudier. Alle får tildelt veileder.