Themen der Lehrveranstaltung
Introduction to Product Design
- General course setup, information on the planned exercises and the working methods of the "Product Design" course and the "Product Design Workshop."
- Syllabus presentation, essential and recommended readings.
- Online lessons (Teams, OLE), remote office hours; information on OLE online materials.
- Case studies: examples of Product Design in the "learning by doing" approach.
Design Methodology
- Lecture on the Industrial Designer's design approach.
- Materials and Product Design: Dieter Rams, design process and materials, from brief to product. LCA Life Cycle Assessment, the sustainable product life cycle.
Design and Processes
The Designer's approach to design. Tools, materials, and processes for defining the right Product design. The selection of production technologies suited to project development, the evolutionary steps for product generation (from study models to aesthetic model or prototype). Attention to the supply chain, packaging, and handling (transport) of the product, including an approach capable of evaluating the product within a complex process (production, communication, sales, disposal, repair, recycling).
Designers and products
- Historical notes on the Masters of Industrial Design, with eminent examples .
- Contemporary Designers: focus on current professionals Industrial and Product Designer
- Case studies of industrial design products
Unterrichtsform
Teaching format Lectures, exercises, professional guests, educational visits (optional).