INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
DES3041 | Design Research | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Must Course |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor INGI FERNANDEZ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | . |
Course Objectives: | This course aim developing students' practice-based research abilities. The main focus is at the front-end of design where designers investigate and define problem areas and/or opportunity spaces. Students apply their knowledge on design research methods in the process of defining their graduation project topics, finding a partner to provide support for the project, creating their design briefs, and developing their research reports. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - Describe and practice secondary and primary research methods that are common to design disciplines; define the topics of their graduation projects; - Develop detailed and high quality design briefs and research reports; - Identify their partners who will give technical support in the process of designing and developing their graduation projects and who will guide students while building their prototypes; - Analyze their research findings that lead them to an in-depth understanding of their design problem -Use primary and secondary research methods to investigate an area of practice, with consideration of research ethics - Present research findings, through written work, visually and orally. |
The lectures in this course focus on defining design problems, producing design briefs, writing research reports, planning research activities, the design research landscape, collecting and analyzing research data. Some research methods (eg. interview, design ethnography) are explored more in-depth than others. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to design research and defining possible areas of study | . |
2) | Defining a design problem | Research on area of study |
3) | Creating a design brief and developing a research report | Research on area of study |
4) | Secondary research and benchmarking | Area of study submission |
5) | Design problem review | Research on area of study |
6) | Planning the primary research process and the design research landscape | Design brief first draft submission |
7) | Interview and focus group | Revising design brief |
8) | Design ethnography and AEIOU | Design brief second draft submission |
9) | Questionnaire | Conducting secondary research |
10) | Student presentations | Research report draft 1 |
11) | User profile and user scenario | Conducting design research |
12) | Analyzing research findings | Conducting design research |
13) | Methods of testing and evaluating | Research report draft 2 |
14) | Communicating research results | Conducting design research |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Milton, A. & Rodgers, P. (2013). Research Methods for Product Design. London: Laurence King. |
References: | Laurel, B. (2003). Design research: Methods and perspectives. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. Sanders, E. B. N., & Stappers, P. J. (2012). Convivial Toolbox: Generative Research for the Front End of Design. Amsterdam: Bis Publishers. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 35 |
Presentation | 1 | % 15 |
Paper Submission | 1 | % 45 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 2 | 26 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 2 | 26 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 3 | 15 |
Paper Submission | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload | 99 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design | 3 |
2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | 3 |
3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | 3 |
4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | 5 |
5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | 5 |
6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | 4 |
7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | 4 |
8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | |
9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | |
10) | Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. | 4 |
11) | Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures | |
12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments | 4 |