Undergraduate Course: Product Design Practice and Theory (AREA08002)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course is currently only available to students in ESALA. This course introduces architecture students to the discipline of Product Design. Students will engage with the current debates in contemporary Product Design, and be introduced to the fundamental knowledge and skills of product design and how they complement their own architectural practice. Students work on a series of exercises and projects of differing timeframes and increasing complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to develop an iterative creative process that incorporates making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting. Aims: 1) introduce basic creative methods, techniques and approaches 2) explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs 3) introduce materials and processes Mode of delivery will be Studio-Based Project Work, Lectures, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review.
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Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: EVALUATE: evaluate and respond to product design project briefs, and formulate appropriate approaches. DEVELOP: apply fundamental product design material and conceptual development through a transparent iterative process. REALISE: realise product design project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies.