BAPD1401 Material based Design Course description

In this course, students will become familiar with and skilled in innovation with form and experimentation with material and surface properties.

Through lectures and guided practical exercises, students develop knowledge of various techniques and material properties, and reflect on their own processes and outcomes. This insight forms the basis for designing an object or a product collection for a chosen context.

Emphasis is placed on the conscious use of aesthetic principles such as form, proportions and dimensions, structural and material composition, surface qualities and texture - as well as, where relevant, color and pattern design.

Admission to the programme and approved training in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in at least two of the department's material areas.

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 familiar with

• methods of innovative ideation and idea processing
• experimental methods of form development using materials
• surface and processing techniques in various material areas
• how a conscious use of aesthetic means can influence perception

Skills

The student has basic skills in

• working exploratively with different material and surface qualities by developing three-dimensional forms
• working systematically with physical material, visual and written documentation of the explorative work

Competence

The student

• is familiar with relevant ethical issues in the discipline and profession and is aware of professional attitudes in the design field
• can refer to specialist literature
• is capable of exchanging points of view and experience with others with backgrounds in the field and in this way contribute to developing good practice
• can reflect on his/her own development in the learning process and adjusting it
• can work with results that can be verified

Workshops, lectures, demonstrations, workshop practice and individual and group assignments.

The following work requirements are mandatory, must be carried out individually, and must be approved in order to appear for the exam:

1. Design brief: One to two pages with the problem, specification of requirements and annotated inspiration images related to the chosen context.

2. Shape: Workshop and submission of practice results, which show a three-dimensional shape with at least three iterations/shape development steps. One to three pages with illustrative photos and text.

3. Written reflection with a look back at own learning process and planning in the subject. Up to two pages.

Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

Physical exhibition consisting of

• Physical models and manual or digital drawings that make a shape development process visible.
• Object or product collection.
• Selected material tests that have been significant for the design of the object/collection.

Report with documentation of the design process and material exploration, 15-20 pages. The report must show a comprehensive and thoroughly worked-out visual description of the design process, form and material exploration, supplemented by explanatory text. Claims must be scientifically justified, and source references must be provided.

The portfolio will be assessed with an overall grade.

The exam result can be appealed.

All aids are allowed as long as the rules for source referencing are followed.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Sigrid Haugen

BAPD1400