STUDY PROGRAMME
Design

AFAM CODE
ABPR17

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Design

CREDITS
12

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course is committed to the development of one or more social design projects in cultural or entrepreneurial contexts, or within the scope of services to local communities. The project themes aim at defining a proper research and innovation laboratory in the field of social design. The supplementary didactic module provides further competences in project management in relation to the local and global economy system, on the relation between design and sustainability, on the necessary strategies to mindfully design for the cultural and social context where we live.

The programme grants 12 credits, divided as follows:

• SOCIAL DESIGN LAB1: 8 CFA

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT: 4 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

SOCIAL DESIGN LAB 1

• Acquire conceptual and methodological competences at the basis of social design projects

• Study in-depth the theme of social design in different contexts

• Independently and mindfully understand the project communication strategies, to create specific briefs

• Develop and coordinate complete projects in social design, including not only the creative design, but also the identification of resources for its financial, sustainable development

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

• 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

SOCIAL DESIGN LAB1

• Design practice for social activation

• Spaces, products, events, services for social design

• Financial sustainability of a project

• Aesthetic codes and techniques for the communication of projects to the broad public

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Identify the objectives to be achieved and the constraints and contextual conditions to be taken into account

• Know how to use the basic tools of the project manager's toolbox

• Communicate and manage people effectively

• Plan and track the achievement of the final output in the best way and manner

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.