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TPD4185

Design in Wood

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Works
Special deadlines for course registration
Autumn: 2024-06-01

About

About the course

Course content

Students will practice their skills in designing products, focused on innovative, sustainable and good use of wooden materials. The interplay between aesthetics, function, wooden materials and production processes is central. The main focus is design of single objects, interior design elements and building components. One or more assignments where students experiment with different wooden materials and production processes. Working with sketch models and prototypes is emphasised.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate

  • Is familiar with the different properties of wood as a material in products and have knowledge of processing and joining of wood.

Skills:

The candidate can

  • design products, focusing on the interaction between aesthetics, function, wood materials and manufacturing processes.

General qualifications:

The candidate has

  • completed training in the use of prototype workshop for woodworking.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and supervised project. A verbal presentation of the results is included in the project assignments. The course is given in English if necessary.

Further on evaluation

The students will design a product, interior design element or building component in wood, and present this product orally.

For a re-take of an examination, all assessments during the course must be re-taken.

Required previous knowledge

The course is reserved for master students in Industrial Design and Architecture. The number of students is limited to 15, allocation of places is done in accordance with Forskrift om opptak til studier ved NTNU. The deadline to sign up for the course is June 1st.

Course materials

To be announced.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIO8064 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Design