2000-2001
Undergraduate Calendar Courses | 2000-2001
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| 2000-2001 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR | ||
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Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2000-2001, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.
The theoretical background of industrial design: definitions of design and industrial design; its nature and its history; aspects of manufactured objects; design methods; design management in industry; professional practice and industrial design promotion, nationally and internationally. (Also listed as Architecture 76.206*.)
Lectures three hours a week.
Various aspects of industrial design practice, including: the principles of product analysis; the object/context relationship; the role of the manufactured object; and design analysis from the perspective of the user, the maker and the designer. (Also listed as Architecture 76.211*.)
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.100* (Architecture 76.206*).
Lectures three hours a week.
An introduction to the techniques of industrial design including drawing and sketching as an aid to design, basics of line and shape, ideation and visualization, product drawing, presentation techniques, laboratory equipment and practices, introduction to the design process.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.100* (may be taken concurrently).
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
Further aspects of industrial design theory and practice, more specifically those dealing with principles of product development and fundamentals of form and colour; case studies. Emphasis is on creative problem-solving techniques and application of visual communication techniques in design; introduction to fundamentals of photography.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.130*.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
Transformation techniques applied to manufacturing materials. Part-design requirements and cost factors for manufacturing processes. Influences and role of assembly, finishing, production tooling, and costing.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.210.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.100*, 85.130*.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Continuation of Industrial Design 85.211*. Transformation techniques applied to manufacturing materials. Part-design requirements and cost factors for manufacturing processes. The influences and role of assembly, finishing, production tooling, costing are addressed.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.210.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.211* or permission of the School.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
Provides industrial design students with a working knowledge of computers and their applications. Topics covered include computer fundamentals and the use of application packages in design. Sample applications may include text/word processors, graphics manipulation, authoring software, computer-aided design and 3-D modellers.
Precludes additional credit for Computer Science 95.104*.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.131*.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week.
Analogue and digital systems and graphic processes used in the making of images. Fundamentals of still photography and videography combined with current computer technologies in the application of visual communication techniques.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
The course approaches the phenomena of form and colour systematically by exploring basic elements and principles of design. Form giving properties such as structure, proportion, composition and static and dynamic symmetry are studied. Additional topics include typology of objects, surface transitions, and colour specification.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.131* or permission of the School.
Lectures two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
An introduction to the design process and basic principles of design. Topics include: basic design theory and practice, design methodology, problem solving methods, visual communication skills and basic modeling techniques. The design project(s) will relate to the principles covered in the lectures.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.101* and 85.131*; or permission of the School.
Lectures two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
Introduction to the design principles associated with adapting products to an existing product semantic. Topics covered: principles of design, product semantics, design analysis, design synthesis, design evaluation, and modelling techniques. The design project(s) explore some or all of the design principles covered in the lectures.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.231; or permission of the School.
Lectures two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
(This course carries a 0.5 option credit)
Prerequisite: Registration in the Co-op program of the Bachelor of Industrial Design Program.
This course focuses on physical, biomechanical, environmental and cognitive issues. Displays, controls, workstations, tools and software interfaces are examined from scientific and practical perspectives.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.360*.
Prerequisite: Psychology 49.101* and 49.102* or 49.100.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Techniques and processes used in printing and the relationship of these processes to graphic design. Typeface design and the development of type. Typefaces as exponents of cultural trends. Basic underlying typography and layout in graphic design. Minor graphic design projects.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.231 and 85.232*.
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week.
Processes and materials used in the packaging industry. Principles of package engineering and design for the transportation and distribution of mass-produced products. Product and brand identification; corporate identity through package design. Minor packaging design projects.
Prerequisites: Third-year registration and Industrial Design 85.312*.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week.
The field of exhibition design is explored through lectures and case studies. Students undertake a preliminary exercise in display and exhibition design prior to the development and implementation of an exhibition; this normally involves the design of the School of Industrial Design's Annual Graduation Exhibition.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.231.
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week.
The mechanics of communication in general and of communication by means of objects in particular. Analyses of objects and environments with respect to communicative functions.
Prerequisite: Third-year registration or permission of the School.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week.
Students may continue the research and study encountered in Industrial Design 85.231 and 85.232* by doing advanced research in some specific area of the phenomena of form and/or colour. Directed study.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.231 and 85.232* or permission of the School.
Lecture and tutorials three hours a week.
This course is an introduction to the design principles associated with the evaluation and re-design of an existing product. Topics to be covered include: user/machine relationship, component packaging, and manufacturability. The design project(s) explore some or all of the design principles covered in the lectures.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.232* or permission of the School.
Lectures four hours a week, studio eight hours a week.
This course is an introduction to the principles of innovation as found in industrial design. Topics to be covered include: invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, basic mechanisms. The design project(s) explore some or all of the design principles covered in the lectures.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.330 or permission of the School.
Lectures four hours a week, studio eight hours a week.
Special Industrial Design Studies deal with specific projects, which may differ from year to year depending on the availability of specialists in a particular field or study opportunities as they present themselves.
Prerequisite: Third- or Fourth-year registration, or permission of the School.
Lectures, tutorials and laboratory six hours a week.
(This course carries a 0.5 option credit.)
Prerequisite: Registration in the Co-op option of the Bachelor of Industrial Design Program.
(This course carries a 0.5 option credit.)
Prerequisite: Registration in the Co-op option of the Bachelor of Industrial Design Program.
Prerequisite: Registration in the Co-op option of the Bachelor of Industrial Design Program.
Prerequisite: Registration in the Co-op option of the Bachelor of Industrial Design Program.
Cultural subjects from the fields of fine and performing arts. The context and relevance of industrial design as an integral part of our culture. Guest lecturers.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.350.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.100* (Architecture 76.206*).
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week.
Cultural subjects which have an influence on contemporary industrial design.The perspective of the course is anthropological: the context and cultural relevance of industrial design.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.350.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.100* (Architecture 76.206*).
Lectures and tutorials three hours a week.
Design methodology and the value of scientific methods for data collection and decision making. Techniques such as interviewing, focus groups, usability testing, brainstorming, and value analysis will be covered.
Teamwork techniques and values are considered.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.260* (Architecture 76.206*).
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week.
The organizational aspects of consultancies and client responsibilities within the framework of corporate management. Topics include: the form of contracts for consultancy, determination of fees, legal implications, patents and copyrights. Guest lecturers.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.100* (Architecture 76.206*).
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Each year a special topic is chosen to be elaborated on and discussed. The topics deal with problems in the relationship of industrial design to other disciplines or problems regarding the theoretical aspects of industrial design itself.
Prerequisite: Registration in Fourth-year Industrial Design projects.
Seminar three hours a week.
Directed study in the field of manufacturing, centred on such topics as: cost analysis, new materials and processes, computer aided manufacturing, numerically controlled machining, machining of moulds, etc.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.211* and 85.212*.
Using form organization as a tool to design, the definition and prescription of monolithic solids by means of an abstract system; making and verifying materialized approximations of such solids.
Prerequisites: Industrial Design 85.231 and 85.232* or permission of the School.
Lectures, tutorials and laboratory six hours a week.
Application of design principles in a comprehensive design project. Problem area chosen should be product oriented and of sufficient complexity. Normally undertaken in consultation with off-campus organizations and industry; supervised by faculty members.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.331 or permission of the School.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio ten hours a week.
Enables students to demonstrate through a series of short projects their versatility in product design or in complementary design fields such as communication, graphic design or design experiments. Emphasis is on time management and the ability to work independently on assigned projects.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.431.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.331 or permission of the School.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
The application of required skills and team work in a comprehensive design project. The subject matter deals with broad issues in design.
Precludes additional credit for Industrial Design 85.432.
Prerequisite: Industrial Design 85.331 or permission of the School.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
Like the Third-year Special Industrial Design Studies, those of Fourth year deal with specific projects, which may differ each year depending on the availability of specialists among the faculty of the School of Industrial Design or on particular opportunities as they present themselves.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year registration or permission of the School.
Lectures and tutorials two hours a week, studio four hours a week.
Work experience related to industrial design. Following the internship period (12 weeks minimum), a comprehensive report describing observations and insights must be submitted by the end of the fourth week of the Fall term. Graded Sat or Uns.
Tutorial hours arranged.
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