ID 302 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Industrial Design

Course Name

Contemporary Issues in Industrial Design

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ID 302	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Guest Speaker Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Esra BİCİ NASIR
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Esra BİCİ NASIR
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This course aims to analyze and implement the contemporary subjects and up-to-date issues regarding the industrial design discipline and practice. Bringing important subjects in industrial design area for last two decades, this course provides students a concise vision and perspective about the design practices and discipline.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; • will be able to learn design thinking as a human-centered approach to innovation which draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology and the requirements for business success. • will be able to understand a human-centered design approach which embraces empathy, creativity and ambiguity • will be able to get engaged with user research practices which aim to develop design projects based on the data collected about user behaviors. Students will be able to get engaged with user research practices which aim to develop design projects based on the data collected about user behaviors.
Course Description	This course aims to analyze the contemporary approaches developed for the design process and concept scrutinizing the relation between the designer and the user.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses	X
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction of the course.	None
2	Use-Users-Designers, Design by Use	Brandes, U. (2009). Design by use: The everyday metamorphosis of things. Berlin, Germany: Birkhauser.
3	Non-intentional Design	Brandes, U., & Erlhoff, M. (2006). Non intentional design. Köln, Germany: Daab
4	Participatory Design	Kristensson, P., Magnusson, P. R., & Matthing, J. (2002). Users as a hidden resource for creativity: Findings from an experimental study on user involvement. Creativity and Innovation Management, 11(1), p. 55–61.
5	Design probes.	Mattelmaki, T. (2005). Applying probes – From inspirational notes to collaborative insights. CoDesign, 1(2), p. 83–102.
6	Design Thinking	Cooper, R., Junginger, S., & Lockwood, T. (2010). Design thinking and design management: A research and practice perspective. In T. Lockwood (Ed.), Design thinking: Integrating innovation, customer experience and brand value, p. 57–64. Allworth Press.
7	Design Etnography and Anthropology	Clarke, A. J. (2011). Introduction. In A. J. Clarke (Ed.), Design anthropology: Object culture in the 21st century, p. 9–13. New York, NY: Springer.
8	Midterm Week	None
9	User Scenarios	None
10	A Guest Speaker: ‘Working Rituals’A Guest Speaker: ‘Working Rituals’	None
11	Developing a Project Idea	Sketches, charts, drawings
12	Project Development	Sketches, charts, drawings
13	Project Development	Sketches, charts, drawings
14	Project Development	Sketches, charts, drawings
15	Semester Review	None
16	Final Project Examination	None

Course Notes/Textbooks

Suggested Readings/Materials

Lockwood, T. (2010). Design thinking: Integrating innovation, customer experience, and brand value. New York, NY: Allworth Press.

Mattelmaki, T. (2005). Applying probes – From inspirational notes to collaborative insights. CoDesign, 1(2), p. 83–102.

Suri, J.F. (2005).Thoughtless acts? Observations on intuitive design. SanFrancisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

Sanders, E. B. -N., & Stappers, P. J. (2012). Convivial toolbox: Generative research for the front end of design. Amsterdam: BIS.

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	1	20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade		60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade		40
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	4	64
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	10	1	10
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury	1	4	4
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	16	16
Final Exam	1	20	20
		Total	114

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Program Competencies/Outcomes

* Contribution Level

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1

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

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X

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2

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

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X

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3

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

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4

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

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5

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

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6

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

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X

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7

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

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8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

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9

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

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X

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10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

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11

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

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12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

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13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

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