BAPD1500 Creativity and Aesthetics in Design Course description

In this course, the students will design and produce a specified number of identical product within set limits, relating to for example price, function, finish or the choice of materials. The products will then be sold from their own stands at a market at the university.

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 familiar with

• methods of concept development and innovation
• basic principles of branding (pricing and calculation)
• aesthetic tools related to products
• basic financial mechanisms

Skills

The student is capable of

• processing information and specialist literature in such a way that it elucidates an issue
• using 2D and 3D media for brainstorming sessions, analysis and product development
• developing concepts
• developing different ranges of 3D models
• making well-founded decisions
• disseminating subject matter through documentation and presentation of material and form exploration (2D and 3D)
• explaining the relationship between experimental design methods and product development
• documenting and presenting development processes

Competence

The student is capable of:

• reflecting on his/her own practice and adjusting it under supervision
• reflecting on the relationship between theory and practice in relation to products
• reflecting on how health, security and environment issues contribute to sustainable design practice

Lectures, demonstrations, workshops, individual assignments and group work.

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

• Written process report with thorough documentation and discussion of the practical works completed.

• In this module students are asked to develop as many ideas for products or services as possible. A selection of these concepts are then to be researched according to their relevant contexts, ie where they might sit in the marketplace - or amongst their intended audiences. Sketches and basic prototypes should be developed and iterated through an ongoing analysis of these research findings.

Sjå fagplanen.

Retten til å avlegge eksamen har som vilkår godkjente arbeidskrav og deltaking i bestemte faglege aktivitetar. Sjå fagplandelen ovanfor for nærare informasjon om krav til innlevering og vilkår ved manglande innlevering.

• Mappeskriving: Fire tekstar knytt til arbeid med fiksjon. Individuelt.Respons med bruk av digitale verktøy. Målet er oppøving i lesing av, skriving om og vurdering av skjønnlitterære tekstar, og erfaring med mappe som vurderingsform. Målform: nynorsk. Omfang for kvart arbeidskrav: Frå 800 til 3000 ord. Sjå nærare instruksar i Mappeskrivdokumentet.
• Individuell framføring av munnleg forteljing. Målet er å kunne fortelje utan manus og formidle tradisjonsstoff til medstudentar og elevar. Omfang: ca. 5 minutt per student.

Individuell mappeeksamen. Vurdering av mappe med tre tekstar valt frå arbeidsmappe (sjå avsnittet

Arbeidskrav over) valt av studentane, samt refleksjonsnotat.

Omfang på mappa: 5 000 ord +/- 10 %, inkludert refleksjonsnotat på 1000 ord +/- 10 %.

Målform: nynorsk.

Ved ikkje bestått karakter leverer studenten inn reviderte tekstar med utgangspunkt i opphavleg arbeidsmappe innan fastsett frist. Det blir ikkje gitt ny rettleiing frå faglærar.

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