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 |
DES4922 | Design Portfolio | Spring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor YETKİN YAZICI |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | Computer laboratory with access to graphic and modelling software are required. |
Course Objectives: | The portfolio is a document that provides a personal narrative of a designer's work, process, and approach to solving problems. A portfolio is composed of a designer's evolving collection of best work. Portfolio design presents numerous challenges when trying to craft a cohesive and brief presentation about designer's style, approach, and outlook on design and the world. In this course, strategies will be discussed for aligning the content and structure of the printed portfolio to provide a platform from which to present oneself as a designer. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - Enhance visual, verbal, and oral presentation skills necessary for job or graduate school applications. - Communicate portfolio design process, graphic design principles, and design elements. - Develop proficiency in using graphic design software (Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator). - Produce a professional quality design portfolio. |
Coaching the students for their future life as professionals. Visual communication of ideas and projects: Principles of how to plan a layout and using type. Principles of product photography. Practising job application and job interview. Designing a teaser and a project portfolio, digital and printed. Writing a CV and cover letter. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Course introduction and introduction to portfolio design | . |
2) | Elements of a portfolio design and introduction to Photoshop | . |
3) | Elements of a portfolio design and working with Photoshop | . |
4) | Elements of a portfolio design and working with Photoshop | Preparation of projects and the selection of portfolio content |
5) | Principles of graphic composition and introduction to InDesign | Preparation of projects and the selection of portfolio content |
6) | Principles of graphic composition and working with InDesign | Portfolio layout submission |
7) | Layout design review | Revised portfolio layout submission |
8) | Guest lecturer | Revised portfolio layout submission |
9) | Preliminary jury | Portfolio draft submission |
10) | Critiques and introduction to Illusturator | Revised portfolio design |
11) | Critiques and working with Illustrator | Revised portfolio design |
12) | Critiques | Revised portfolio design |
13) | Critiques | Revised portfolio design |
14) | Critiques | Revised portfolio design |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Design Portfolios: Moving from Traditional to Digital by Diane M. Bender |
References: | Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara Typographic Systems by Kimberly Elam Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual by Timothy Samara |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | % 20 |
Preliminary Jury | 1 | % 20 |
Jury | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 2 | 24 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | 4 | 40 |
Preliminary Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 96 |
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 | 4 |
2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | 4 |
3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | 4 |
4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | 3 |
5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | 4 |
6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | 3 |
7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | 5 |
8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | 4 |
9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | 4 |
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 | 4 |
12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments | 4 |