STUDY PROGRAMME
Design

AFAM CODE
ABPR17

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Design

CREDITS
12

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This programme offers in-depth study of the main design-related subjects: Product design and Interior design.

Product design 2: innovation is possible upon understanding all aspects of the complex product system: concept, form, function and communication. The Product Design module approaches this complex scenario starting from the planning stage, with the support of practical workshops.

Interior design 2: this module deals with the human space issue. The learning purpose of this course is to reach full awareness and command both of individual and group design projects, through the understanding of the procedures as well as of the tools used for analysis, description and communication of the project itself.

The expected outcomes are the completion of interior design projects and the improvement of drawing techniques as well as the ability to create model-based representations of space.

The programme grants 12 credits, divided as follows:

• PRODUCT DESIGN 2: 6 CFA

• INTERIOR DESIGN 2: 6 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

PRODUCT DESIGN 2:

• Use the main tools and methods for projects of product development

• Manage comprehensive design processes, from the initial brief to research, project development, execution drawings and model making

• Suggest formal solutions, both technical and structural, in consideration of function and manufacturing processes

• The Industrial Design scope

INTERIOR DESIGN 2:

• Relate to residential, domestic and/or hybrid spaces in the local and global context of the contemporary world

• Reach full awareness and command both of individual and group design projects, thanks to the understanding of the procedures as well as of the tools used for analysis, description and communication of the project itself

• Use different tools for the development of interior design projects, as well as drawing and space representation techniques on paper, video and 1:20 models

PRODUCT DESIGN 2:

• Briefs and how to interpret them

• Research

• Concept development

• Development of a project, choice of materials, processes and technologies

• Small scale model-making to highlight the project main features

• Project representation in 3D and/or hand drawing, technical drawing

• Final model

INTERIOR DESIGN 2:

• Measuring and mapping (Autocad, Illustrator, Sketchup)

• Axonometric and perspective (repetition) drawing: case studies

• Reading a project brief

• Developing Interior Design projects

• Study models

• Scale drawing in architecture and 3D modelling

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Oral exams

• Completion of comprehensive projects

• Submission of exercises, projects or research works

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

The final grade will result from the weighted average of the programme modules.

PRODUCT DESIGN 2:

• Munari, B., Design as art, ed. Penguin Books Ltd.

• Norman, D. A., The Design of Everyday Things.

INTERIOR DESIGN 2:

• Atelier Bow-Wow (2007) Graphic Anatomy, Toto.

• Brand, S. (1995) How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built, Penguin.

• Burton, J., Cooke, L., McElheny, J. (2012) Interiors, Sternberg Press.

• Curtis, W., Modern Architecture Since 1900, Phaidon.

• Kleinman, K., Merwood-Salisbury, J., Weinthal, L. (2011) After Taste - Expanded Practice in Interior Design, Princeton Architectural Press.

• Oliver, P. (2007) Micro: Very Small Buildings, King.

• Yelavich, S. (2007) Contemporary World Interiors, Phaidon.

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

Books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.