Design Techniques in Practice (H7072)
15 credits, Level 5
Autumn teaching
The module delivers methods, thinking processes and techniques that will help you organise projects throughout your degree and career as a designer. This includes an understanding of the main empathic and intuitive (non-systematic) design research methods to develop design thoughts and subsequent concepts. We'll look at the relevance and importance of the Product Design Specification, with an understanding for how it changes during a typical product design development process.
You will be using 2D and 3D sketch concepts, along with other typical design development techniques such as the use of 2D and 3D computer-aided design, user-testing and conceptual iterations. The module content and associated project brief include the presentation of design concepts that could be taken to the eventual physical creation.