FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Industrial Design

ID 331 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Advanced Designing in Clay and Plaster
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ID 331
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to provide students with the advance knowledge and skill for designing and producing ceramic products by using plaster model and mould.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Make functional ceramic products by using plaster model and mould.
  • Practice the methods of modeling and mould making by using plaster material.
  • Study with alternative production techniques and different materials.
  • Improve the technical knowledge and skills for designing with the ceramic material.
  • Student will be able to improve knowledge and design culture by preparing presentation on a designer specialized on ceramic objects.
Course Description In this course students are learning and practicing how industrial ceramic objects producing with clay material by using plaster mould techniques.Students practice the stages starting from the draft; preparing plaster or clay model, mould making in single or multiple parts, forming in the mould with casting or pressing methods, in order to produce functional ceramic products.

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction with examples on History of Industrial Ceramic Design. MIDGLEY, Barry (1982). Modeling and Ceramics: Techniques and Materials, Oxford: Phaidon.
2 Introducing Clay Forming with mould techniques.
3 Types of plaster mould; Techniques of modeling and mould making by using plaster.
4 Preparing gruel of plaster, plaster modeling methods
5 Project: Product modeling: Relief wall tile design.
6 Mould making of the model.
7 Moulds of single or multi parts.
8 Mould making.
9 Mould making, drying.
10 Production of object by slip casting or pressing into the mould.
11 Production of object by slip casting or pressing into the mould.
12 Production of object by slip casting or pressing into the mould.
13 Finishing of the product and first firing.
14 Glaze preparing, glazing and second firing.
15 Semester review.
16 Exhibition of products, discussion and evaluation.

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

MIDGLEY, Barry (1982). Modeling and Ceramics: Techniques and Materials, Oxford: Phaidon.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Emmanuel Cooper.Ten Thousand Years of Pottery; British Museum Press, 1988, ISBN0-7141-2779-5

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
5
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
5
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
1
70
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
3
2
6
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
3
6
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
6
6
Presentation / Jury
1
8
8
Project
1
30
30
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
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

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

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

X
4

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

X
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

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

X
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

X
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

X
9

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

X
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

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)

12

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

13

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

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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