===== General course structure/schedule of meetings/list of discussion topics ===== Spring Semester 1 |< 100% 65px 110px 250px - >| ^**Week** ^ ^**Theme** ^**Homework due to the day** \\ Felix will adjust timing for homework (due to…) depending on how fast/slow we progress during the semester. Please be aware that timings might change. | |Week 1 |[[:uvf_01-29-19|TUE, 01-29-19]] |**Design Fundamentals** \\ General introduction, Time and Project Management|- | | |[[:uvf_01-31-19|THU, 01-31-19]] |**The Vision of Design** \\ Project Colloquium |1. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 1 (p. 9–19), p. 176–177), \\ 2. Develop a Gantt-Chart that reflects the design stages of your project for this semester \\ 3. Bring 3-5 photographs of chairs that are in use in your home. | |Week 2 |[[:uvf_02-05-19|TUE, 02-05-19]] |**Moodboard presentation I.** |1. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 78), \\ 2. Think about three stools you would like to design, \\ 3. Create a //Moodboard// for each idea.| | |[[:uvf_02-07-19|THU, 02-07-19]] |**Moodboard presentation II.** |1. email a PDF with 3 moodboards to Felix | |Week 3 |[[:uvf_02-12-19|TUE, 02-12-19]] |**Ideation** (Brainstorming, Mind-Maps)|1. Watch 'Objectified', \\ 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 56-57, 66-67) \\ 3. Create a mind map on your selected idea. \\ 4. Create a [[https://www.wordclouds.com|Word-cloud]] about your selected furniture. | | |[[:uvf_02-14-19|THU, 02-14-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3), class discussion |Today Deadline for uploading data to classes: \\ 1. your Gant Chart (PDF), \\ 2. a picture of your Moodboard of your selected furniture, \\ 3. the mind-map relating to a theme or topic about your furniture, \\ 4. the word-cloud that highlights what you would like to focus on with your furniture | |Week 4 |[[:uvf_02-19-19|TUE, 02-19-19]] |**Guest Talk Zimoun** and… \\ Drawing Workshop |–| | |[[:uvf_02-21-19|THU, 02-21-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No.4, No. 5, No. 6), class discussion |– | |Week 5 |[[:uvf_02-26-19|TUE, 02-26-19]] |**The Function of Design** \\ Project Colloquium |1. Reading [[https://www.indesignlive.sg/happenings/glow-universal-design-education-charter|Universal Design Education Charter]] \\ 1. Create several conceptual drawings that visualise your idea. \\ 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 21–45) \\ 3. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (Utopias, Visions, Concepts, and Trends: p. 216–225) | | |[[:uvf_02-28-19|THU, 02-28-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10), class discussion |Go through [[:presentation_rules|this compilation]] of presentation rules | | |[[:uvf_03-01-19|FRI, 03-01-19]] |**UVF Class Trip** |more infos t.b.a. soon | | |[[:uvf_03-01-19|SAT, 03-02-19]] |**UVF Class Trip** |more infos t.b.a. soon | |Week 6 |[[:uvf_03-05-19|TUE, 03-05-19]] |**Rapid Prototyping** \\ Project Colloquium
 |1. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 94–119) \\ 2. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (Design and Technology: p. 239–261) \\ 3. Build a Mock-Up/Quick & Dirty Prototype of your object | | |[[:uvf_03-07-19|THU, 03-07-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 11, No. 12, No. 13, No. 14), class discussion |Watch 'Bauhaus, The Face of the Twentieth Century' (source [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uN9JK66-vs|1]], [[https://vimeo.com/250264053|2]]) | |Week 7 |[[:uvf_03-12-19|TUE, 03-12-19]] |**Laser cutter Workshop** with Esteban |– | | |[[:uvf_03-14-19|THU, 03-14-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 15, No. 16, No. 17), class discussion |– | Spring Semester 2 |< 100% 65px 110px 250px - >| |Week 8 |[[:uvf_04-02-19|TUE, 04-02-19]]|**Graphic Design & Typography** (lecture), project colloquium |Build a Cardboard Prototype of object (1:1 or scaled model: clean!) | | |=>[[:uvf_04-13-19|SAT, 04-13-19]] | |1. Project Report 1/5 \\ 2. Watch 'Helvetica' | |Week 9 |[[:uvf_04-09-19|TUE, 04-09-19]]|**Interface Design** (lecture), project colloquium |1. Project Report 2/5 | | |[[:uvf_04-11-19|THU, 04-11-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 21, No. 22), class discussion |Further development of prototype! | | |[[:uvf_04-13-19|SAT, 04-13-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 13, No. 18, No. 19, No. 20), class discussion |Further development of prototype! | |Week 10 |[[:uvf_04-16-19|TUE, 04-16-19]]|**Excursion to Qasr Al Hosn Fort** \\ (palm leave weaving workshop) |1. Project Report 3/5, \\ 2. Name for your furniture \\ 3. Logo for your furniture,\\ 4. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design, On the Communicative Function of Design (p. 148–186), Design and its Context (p. 189–201) | | |[[:uvf_04-18-19|THU, 04-18-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 23, No. 24, No. 25, No. 26), class discussion |Further development of prototype! | |Week 11 |[[:uvf_04-23-19|TUE, 04-23-19]]|**Project Colloquium** |1. Project Report 4/5, \\ 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 6 (Testing), p. 121–137, chapter 7 (Evaluation & Selection), p. 139-155, \\ 3. Watch [[https://www.hustwit.com/rams/|Dieter Rams]] | | |[[:uvf_04-25-19|THU, 04-25-19]] |[[:2019_uvf_case_studies|Case-study presentations]] \\ (No. 27, No. 28, No. 29, No. 30), |Further development of prototype! | |Week 12 |[[:uvf_04-30-19|TUE, 04-30-19]]|**Design & Architecture** (lecture), project colloquium |1. Project Report 5/5, \\ 2. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design, Architecture and Design (p. 202–215), \\ 3. Watch 'Urbanized'| | |[[:uvf_05-02-19|THU, 05-02-19]] |Prototyping & realisation in the EDS, AML, or Wood Workshop |Further development of prototype! | |Week 13 |[[:uvf_05-07-19|TUE, 05-07-19]]|Prototyping & realisation in the EDS, AML, or Wood Workshop | | | |[[:uvf_05-09-19|THU, 05-09-19]] |Prototyping & realisation in the EDS, AML, or Wood Workshop |1. Write your [[http://www.hardmood.info/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=uvf_artistic_statement_writing_guide_scan.pdf|Artistic Statement]], \\ 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 8 (Communicating), p. 156-173) | |Week 14 |[[:uvf_05-14-19|TUE, 05-14-19]]|Presentation and demonstration of project| | | |[[:uvf_05-16-19|THU, 05-16-19]] |Preperation for Exhibition|**8:00AM – 6:00PM:** All students set-up their final furniture prototype at the exhibition. | | | |**Exhibition Opening** |**Exhibition Opening at 7pm !**| \\