Course title
Q07104002
Introduction to Industrial Design

TANAKA Minami Click to show questionnaire result at 2019
Course description
Based on design perspective and design thinking, students will learn about industrial design procedures and basic methods with small practice.
This course provides an overview of industrial design. To understand industrial design critically, student should have the view point of design history, material culture and user centered design. Based on this criteria, introducing the structured method to analyze industrial design process.
Purpose of class
This course aims to give an overview of the history, function, and actual of industrial design, deepen understanding of its pluralistic functions and meanings.
Goals and objectives
  1. Understand the necessity of man - machine system through modern design history and design survey.
    近代デザイン史およびデザインサーベイを通してマンーマシンシステムの必要性について理解する。
  2. Understanding the significance of design in society, we will be able to choose the way to evaluate design appropriately.
    社会におけるデザインの意義を理解し、デザインを評価する方法を適切に選べるようになる。
  3. Understand the methods of industrial design and become able to use technical terms properly.
    工業デザインの手法を理解し、専門用語を適切に使えるようになる。
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

Quiz Assignment Final Presentation Total.
1. 20% 0% 0% 20%
2. 10% 30% 10% 50%
3. 0% 10% 20% 30%
Total. 30% 40% 30% -
Language
English
Class schedule

Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Introduction
- Confirmation of syllabus
- How to find the E-textbook in SIT library
- Classification of design
- What is "Design"? Why design?
[Preparation] Textbook p1-18 30minutes
[Review]Quiz 30minutes
2. Historical and cultural context 1
- The Industrial revolution / the Great Reform movements
[Preparation] Textbook p19-29 60minutes
[Review]Quiz 60minutes
3. Historical and cultural context 3
- The post-war period / Post-Modernism
[Preparation] Textbook p30-54 60minutes
[Review]Quiz 30minutes
[HW] Words for mind map 150minutes
4. Historical and cultural context 4
- The post-war period / Post-Modernism
[Preparation] Textbook p55-66 60minutes
[Review]Quiz 30minutes
5. Research, brief and specification 1
- Product design research / research methods/ the brief /Identifying customer wants, needs and demands
[Workshop]
- Criteria for high quality design
[Preparation] Textbook p67-76 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
6. Research, brief and specification 2
- The product Design Specification (PDS) / Common elements of the PDS
- Breakdown into the elements / QFD
[Workshop]
- PDS and design brief
[Preparation] Textbook p77-82 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
7. Concept design 1
- What is a concept design? / Concept generation / Concept generation methods
[Workshop]
- Concept generation
[Preparation] Textbook p83-95 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
8. Concept design 2
- Drawing techniques fo product design / Modeling / Prototyping
- Idea development / Effect of visualizing - sketch
[Workshop]
- Idea sketch
[Preparation] Textbook p98-106 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
9. Concept design 3
- Modelling and rapid prototyping
- Evaluations for design
[Workshop]
- 3D hand drawing
[Preparation] Textbook p.108-166 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
10. From manufacture to market 1
- Detail design / Design and manufacture
[Workshop]
- Form and Shape, Effect of changing shapes
[Preparation] Textbook p.108-166 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
11. From manufacture to market 2
- Plastics
[Workshop]
- Highlight drawing
[Preparation] Textbook p.108-166 60minutes
[Review]Assignment 100minutes
12. From manufacture to market 4
- Targeting
- Distribution control using color strategy
[Preparation] Textbook p.108-166 60minutes
[Review]Assignment : Presentation materials 240minutes
13. Presentation [Preparation] Textbook p.167-200 60minutes
[Review]Peer review 100minutes
14. Presentation [Preparation] Textbook p.167-200 60minutes
[Review]Peer review 100minutes
Total. - - 2250minutes
Evaluation method and criteria
Quiz 50%, Final report 50%
criteria Explain textbook Glossary (p230-232) 60%
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class
Textbooks and reference materials
Textbook
Alex Milton and Paul Rodgers, Product Design
ISBN9781856697514
EBOOK ISBN9781780670850
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/shibaura-it/detail.action?docID=1876106

Reference materials[SIT Lib. e-book]
1) Marilyn DeLong and Barbara Martinson : Color and Design, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC(2013) [SIT Lib. e-book]
2) Alex Milton and Paul Rodgers : Product Design, Laurence King Publishing(2011) [SIT Lib. e-book]
3) Abbie Griffin, Charles H. Noble, Serdar S. Durmusoglu, Michael I. Luchs, and Scott Swan : Design Thinking : New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated(2015) [SIT Lib. e-book]
4) Sparke, Penny Routledge: An Introduction to Design and Culture : 1900 to the Present, Routledge(2013)[SIT Lib. e-book]
5) Patricia Graham ; Japanese Design : Art, Aesthetics & Culture, Tuttle Publishing(2014)[SIT Lib. e-book]
6) Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo Marcio Soares, and Neville A. Stanton: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design : Methods and Techniques, Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design Ser.(2011)[SIT Lib. e-book]
7) Michael Siebenbrodt and Lutz Schöbe : Bauhaus, Parkstone International(2012)[SIT Lib. e-book]
8) Mienke Simon Thomas : Dutch Design - A History, Reaktion Books, Limited(2008)[SIT Lib. e-book]
9) Design : History, Theory and Practice of Product Design, [SIT Lib. e-book] ProQuest Ebook Central

Reference materials
1) 101 Design Methods : a structured approach for driving innovation in your organization / Vijay Kumar
2) Product Design and Development / Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger -- McGraw-Hill Education; 6 edition , 2015
3) Beautiful thing : an introduction to design / Robert Clay , Oxford ; New York, NY : Berg , 2009
4)日本インダストリアルデザイナー協会、[プロダクトデザイン]商品開発に関わるすべての人へ、ワークスコーポレーション2012
5)高山 靖子 (著),‎ 亀井 暁子 (著),‎ 高瀬 奈美 (著),‎ 服部 守悦 (著) DESIGN ENGLISH、(株)南雲堂 2016
6)Gerhard Heufler: Design Basics From Ideas to Products, Arthur Niggli (2004), ISBN-13: 978-3721205312
Prerequisites
Download textbook
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • After class and office hours are available. Office hour : Spring Tue. 12-13, Fall Tue. 12-13
    在室時随時 オフィスアワーが望ましい 前期 木曜12:00-13:00、後期 火曜12:00-13:00
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
  • Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
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Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 3.GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
  • 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
  • 17.PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
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