Course content

In this course, students are expected to work independently or in groups of two. Students are free to propose their own project. The project should be oriented towards design exploration or research.

Examples of project orientations are: "for a company", "directed towards a design competition", " aimed at a conference of journal", "directed towards crowd-funding", etc.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate has

• utilized general knowledge from previous studies, and collected special knowledge to solve a specific design task.

Skills:

The candidate has

• developed its own capabilities and gained experience in independent design work with respect to devilling innovative products, services and / or user interfaces.

General qualifications:

The candidate has

• been trained in project establishment, planning and execution, and has chosen appropriate methodology to realize a design project.

Learning methods and activities

This project-based course is based upon individual or in-pair project work, where students work on a specific topic and discuss their progression regularly with their respective supervisor. It is the student´s responsibility to manage the project, decide on the topic and engage with a supervisor.

Within the first two week, the student needs to submit a 2 -3 page project description comprising of the following: (1) Project Brief / Introduction, (2) Aims and Objectives, (3) Detailed Project plan, explicitly showing activities and sub-ordinate milestones, (4) Expected deliverables. The project description should be signed by the student´s supervisor and a copy submitted to the course leader. Halfway, the student should engage in an interim project evaluation with his or her supervisor. Submission of final project deliverables at the end of the course.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Completed bachelor level education in Industrial Design. Access is limited to Industrial Design students and exchange students connected to the department.

Course materials

Defined by supervisor.