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Design Workshop 1

Overview

The Design Workshop 1 is a module offered by the Department for Informatics, with Prof. Dipl. Des. Fritz Frenkler as the lecturer and Linda Hirsch as the contact person for organizational topics. The module has 4 hours per week and is worth 6 ECTS credits. It takes place at TUM, with sessions scheduled from 9:45-11:15 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.

Module Description

The module is part of the P3.1: Designworkshop 1 (for Master MCI) program. It provides a general overview of the scopes of activity of industrial design, as well as the basic theoretical knowledge and the sequence of the creative process in the context of product and service design.

Exam (Basics in Industrial Design)

The lecture series covers topics such as:

• The role of design in the 21st century
• Historical developments in industrial design
• Terms like corporate design, corporate identity, new functionalism, universal design, design entrepreneurship, and transition design
• Product language (form follows function), product semantics, and product quality
• The importance of formal design of products and the designer's responsibility in terms of planetary guard rails

After participating in the module, students are able to:

• Understand and apply tasks of industrial design
• Understand the scopes of activity and the associated design tasks
• Understand and apply essential aspects, terms, and topics of product identity
• Understand and apply design processes in the context of product and service development
• Understand the importance of social and environmental impacts
• Analyze and evaluate products both historically and formally

Relevant Material

The following materials are relevant to the module:

• Otl Aicher: The world as design
• Bernhard B³rdek: Design: history, theory and practice of product design
• IDEO: Designkit
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Design Guide
• Roberto Verganti: Design Thinking for business
• Richard Buchanan: Design Research and the new learning

Exam (Arts in Mediadesign)

For exam details, please refer to the information provided for the Lehrveranstaltung.