Syllabus & Timetable

DR3005 Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

  • Generate and develop ideas from an introductory awareness of technological advances and cultural sensitivity.
    • As evidenced by an introductory ability to creatively and speculatively pair technology with design.
  • Speculate as to what design solutions could serve future design needs.
    • As evidenced by a basic consideration of current social and technological trajectories in their design ideas.
  • Know how to ideate, develop, prototype and design products.
    • As demonstrated by the application of a creative and flexible yet focused design process in their design work.
    • As demonstrated by skillful application of model-making and prototyping techniques in their design work.
  • Have a basic awareness of how to position themselves ethically and responsibly to sociological and environmental needs.
    • As evidenced by a basic consideration of current social and technological trajectories in their design work.


Students Assessment

Students Assessment

Students will be assessed by final project (60%), continuous assessment (40%)

Continuous assessment components include:

  • Studio-based exercises and projects
  • Individual, group and team-based students assignments
  • Exercises and assignments using 3-D design software packages
  • Documentation: Portfolio of assignments and projects
  • Class Participation

Outline

Timetable

G1 – Tuesday 09:00/12:00 ART B1-20
G2 – Thursday 09:00/12:00 ART B1-17

Week 1 (Jan 16): Project Brief presentation, Discussion.

Week 2 (Jan 23): Tutorials / Design Research: Design opportunities, applications, materials, technologies.

Week 3 (Jan 30): Tutorials / Design Research: Design opportunities, applications, materials, technologies.

Week 4 (Feb 6): Tutorials / Design Research: Proposals Presentation and Discussion

Week 5 (Feb 13): Tutorials / Concept Design: Sketching & Proposals

Week 6 (Feb 20): Tutorials / Concept Design: Sketching & Proposals

Week 7 (Feb 27): On-line Design Presentation: Design critique and Technical evaluation in collaboration with NTU Museum. Concept Design Selection.

Recess Week 8 (Mar 5 – Mar 9)

Week 9 (Mar 13): Tutorials / Design Development & Refinement.

Week 10 (Mar 20): Tutorials / Design Development & Refinement. (Study mock-up)

Week 11 (Mar 27): Tutorials / Design Finalization (Detailed 2D and 3D drawings)

Week 12 (Apr 3): Tutorials / Design Finalization and Model making (Rapid Prototyping)

Week 13 (Apr 10): Tutorials / Design Finalization and Model making (Rapid Prototyping)

Week 14 (Apr 17): Final Presentation & Critique in collaboration with NTU Museum

 Note: schedule might change during the course term.

Readings

  1. YOSHIOKA Tokujin, interviewed, by KONO Michikazu. “DESIGN BEYOND FORM: THE ART OF YOSHIOKA TOKUJIN.” Discuss Japan－Japan Foreign Policy Forum. Accessed January 15, 2018. http://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/archives/discussions/pt20110205121705.html.
  2. Day-to-Day Data / Context / Georges Perec. Accessed January 15, 2018. http://daytodaydata.ellieharrison.com/georgesperec.html.
  3. Perec, Georges, Simon Morris, and John Sturrock. Species of spaces and other pieces = Pigeon reader. Acklam: Information As Material, 2012.
  4. Flusser, Vilém, and Rodrigo Maltez-Novaes. The surprising phenomenon of human communication. Metaflux, 2016.
  5. Everyframeapainting. “In Praise of Chairs.” YouTube. May 29, 2015. Accessed January 15, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGKNJ4mldE.

 

Additional Readings

  1. Dunne, Anthony, and Fiona Raby. Design noir: the secret life of electronic objects. London: August, 2001.
  2. Manzini, Ezio, and John Cullars. “Prometheus of the Everyday: The Ecology of the Artificial and the Designers Responsibility.” Design Issues 9, no. 1 (1992): 5. doi:10.2307/1511595.