inclusivedesign
2010
fabricated artifacts & places
RMIT INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
that everyone can use Scott Mayson [Lect.] Course: GRAP 2290 - PreMajor Project 24 credit points
Room: 88.5.009 @ 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Dr. Scott Mayson scott.mayson@rmit.edu.au
Duration: 4 hours x 12 weeks
Project Document: Studio Overview Part C
Learner Hours: 20 hours + per week
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Introduction Inclusive Industrial Design
Engaging in Studio Practice
Technology in Design Studio
Inclusive design concerns the fabrication of artifacts and places that everyone can use.
Last semester in research methods you developed a method of working that will enable you develop your studio practice for fourth year.
We use various forms of technology in our every day lives to enable us to undertake various tasks.
The way the objects are designed, affects our ability to feel, see, hear, move and communicate effectively. Inclusive design aims to create user friendly, barrier free, solutions that enable everyone to participate equally, confidently and autonomously in their day-to-day activities. An inclusive approach to industrial design offers new insights into the way that people interact with the artifacts and conditions that surround them within the fabricated environment.
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Building 88 Studio 09 is your working environment for four hours each week. There are breakout space associated with this room. It is ours to do as we wish for each class. Studio is taught as a ‘round table’ format where each person is responsible for taking part & informing there peers learning.
As a final year student you will be required to use your own tablet PC or netbook/ laptop in conjunction with a Wacom Bamboo Touch or equivalent. The use of a tablet PC or, Wacom tablet and portable PC will allow you to emulate practice in industry where designers
Use of Studio Spaces Building 88 Levels 5 & 6 The move from building 87 to 88 has provided you and the program with many exciting opportunities. Level 5 has two computer spaces for high end computing, the teaching spaces are surrounded with flexible teaching and open work spaces. There is also a research group from the design hub on this level. Level 6 has a soft modeling space with flexible teaching and open work spaces. The Industrial Design staff are also on this level.
Staffing 2010 I will be on secondment in 2010 for three days of each week. Developing a lectorial project for the PVC L&T in the college of DSC. Tue, Wed & Thur
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Learning Objectives Learning Objectives • To develop a design proposition that is informed by a process of investigation and exploration (research) • Make clear and lucid connections between the investigation (research) and the design proposition • The ability to undertake a largely self-directed major project (high level of self directed learning) • The ability to defend a design and articulate a well considered decision making process (to be aware of why decisions were made and to be able to articulate these and convince others as to their validity) • To be able to demonstrate and apply accomplished learning in all of the various program streams undertaken to date; Design Studio LP & UPS, Design Studies, Communication Design and Design Technology. • The ability to undertake a major project in a professional manner, including time and project management.
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Studio Practice Content
Research Methods
The main content for this class will be a Design Thesis that will document the written assignments, processes and methods employed within the studio practice sub theme that you chose. Pre major project requires you to bring together and synthesise your knowledge from the past three years of study.
You will be required to clearly document your design proposition and research outcomes. This will require you to engage in a high level of autonomy where you will need to research at a level of open inquiry (student specified) within structured and self-determined guidelines:
You need to write a capabilities statement, 500 words, of the skills, attributes and weaknesses that you bring to the class for self development. There are four essay topics, 1,000 words, each within the body of the thesis. You are able to choose the topics within the following framework: Intro/ Literature Review, Design Methods/ Strategy, Design Technology & Competitor/ Market Analysis. A self reflection, 500 words, will sum up your learning and describe the next semesters road map. Total 5,000 words + design work.
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• Determine a need and generate questions/ aims/ hypotheses based on experience, expertise and literature. • Collect and record self-determined information/ data from self-selected sources, choosing an appropriate methodology within structured guidelines. • Critically evaluate information/ data and the inquiry process rigorously using self-generated criteria within structured guidelines.
• Organise information/ data that is both collected and generated using self-structured guidelines. • Synthesise, analyse and apply information/ data to fill recognised knowledge gaps. • Use the language of the discipline of industrial design to address knowledge and understanding gaps from several perspectives for a range of audiences. You will be required to use Endnote to organise your bibliography of readings. Endnote X2 will allow you to input references as Harvard (Author Date) within your MS word document. You can download endnote from the Library. http://www.rmit.edu.au/LIBRARY/endnote
Online Resources The inclusive design studio has a presence within the online Learning Hub.
Digital audio and collaborative digital design space
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Assesment & Feedback Assessment Tasks All Pre Major project documentation will be submitted as a digital file + hard copy final thesis for crit panel.
• Thesis Mid Semester PDF Online Submission via Learning Hub (due before start of class) week 7
The digital file will take the form of a PDF document. You will need to scan all sketches and type notes relevant to the design thesis.
Feedback Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory with digital feedback
The layout of the thesis is A4 landscape and will be discussed in greater detail later in the semester.
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Feedback, Critique & Studio
Digital Presentation from your computer to Panel 10min • Thesis End of Semester
You are able to determine the percentage of the thesis 30-60% and project 70-40%. Most students in this class would be between 5060% for thesis & 50-40% project.
Digital Thesis Submission Online + Abstract (due by week 14)
• Thesis Topic Conformation Capabilities Statement (week 2) Confirmation of topic two page PDF due before class, week 3, as an emailed downloadable link.
Digital Presentation to Panel 15min
Thesis hard copy at oral defence (due week 15) Completed series of operational prototypes. Digital Feedback with complete grade out of 100%
All major presentations will be recorded using audio that will be available for download as an .mp3 file through Learning Hub. You are required to listen and reflect on this feedback and detail how you will integrate (or not) this advice into your further design thesis work. At the beginning of the Mid Semester and End of Semester presentations/ crits, you are required to summarise the feedback you have received and describe how you have responded to it in your design thesis. • Formal Feedback: A digital [textural, visual and verbal] response to your work in reference to the specific learning objectives of the assessment task.
Feedback will either be available on the Learning Hub or downloadable on internet. • Formal In Class Feedback: Verbal feedback that takes place through verbal/ written discussion. This is in class feedback and is generally related to your ongoing academic performance. • Formal Critique Feedback: Critique is a response (generally verbal) that lecturers/ reviewers and peers give to the formal presentation and articulation of your inquiry. These Critiques will be digitally recorded.
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Digital Portfolios Digital portfolio & feedback This studio and my teaching philosophy pioneer the use of Tablet PC & digital PDF portfolios. You will be required to develop a digital PDF landscape, page layout, for your PreMajor Studio portfolio. You will not be required to print out a hard copy portfolio, instead you need to upload your PDF soft copy portfolio to the Learning Hub at RMIT. This removes the need to travel to RMIT U and fill out triplicate submission forms etc. You are required to submit the PDF portfolio prior to the due date and maintain a reasonable document size of 10Mb. Your portfolio is to be published with InDesign, desktop publishing software, as a PDF file. Please note: Photoshop is for image editing and Illustrator is for vector line work and not intended for DTP.
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Your PDF portfolio will be reviewed digitally and marked-up with a combination of three types of formative feedback: Textual, Visual and Audio. You will receive an email with link to download the reviewed portfolio. All presentations and digital portfolio reviews will be recorded using audio and will be available for download as an .mp3 file through, DLS, Learning Hub. You are required to take note and reflect on this formative feedback and detail how you will integrate (or not) this advice into your future design work. At Mid Semester and End of Semester presentations/crits, you are required to summarise the formative feedback you have received and describe how you have responded to it in your final digital design portfolio. Tablet PC compaed to Design Portfolios
This form of digital design practice and formative feedback is important for your development as a practising designer. I have been developing the use of digital portfolios in design studios for three years. This work has been recognised by RMIT Vice Chancellor - Margaret Gardner with an RMIT Teaching Award commendation in 2009.
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Studio Technologies Technological Practices & Requirements Professional studio practice requires you to collect, evaluate and disseminate a large amount of research data. In order to do this you will need to exploit the potential of your portable PC and software with wireless capability. To enhance this a Wacom tablet allows for hand note taking and sketching. You will require your technology each week on campus at Design Studio - Building 88 Room 009 - in order to present you progress.
Most global design consultancies and a few leading Universities around the world are
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Most weeks we will trial the class as a Lectorial, Lecture – Tutorial, and Critorial, Critique – Tutorial, an environment of collaborative and interactive learning. In order to ink solutions and interact with the lectorial a basic Wacom bamboo Art tablet would benefit your learning. Preferably you will need a tablet that matches the size of your laptop and or carry bag and any brand of tablet would suffice. The combination of laptop and tablet will allow you to emulate the use of a Tablet PC without the need for large investment in new Tablet PC technology.
You are probably already familiar with the Wacom screens in the building 8 computer labs and have realised that screen based inking is the future of design practice. Some aspects of the digital studio model are new to both you and me. Therefore, we need to have some acceptance that occasionally things might not work easily or as expected and could be frustrating as we develop and adapt these pioneering teaching technologies to our future studio practice. HP tx 2500z Tablet PC
It is also beneficial that you have access to internet at home. A Netbook or Laptop allows you to conveniently collate and disseminate your research, lectorial interactivity and post sketch manipulation are extremely powerful tools if used correctly.
predominately engaging tablet PCs as a tool to conduct their business. I would like to engage your learning in emulating this type of ‘business of design’ practice and transcend the traditional design studio pedagogies of paper based studio portfolios.
Digital Technology Hardware Netbook or better + Wacom Bamboo Art Pen Touch Tablet. Tablet PC with active digitiser screen - HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo or ASUS. Access to a A4 scanner [min] Software
Microsoft Office Student – OneNote, Word and PowerPoint http://office.microsoft.com/ en-au/suites/FX101674081033.aspx Classroom Presenter V3.1 - for interactive lectorials http://classroompresenter. cs.washington.edu/ Adobe - Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - DTP of presentations and design portfolio.
Autodesk - Sketchbook Pro 2010 - Free http://students.autodesk.com/
Pens
CAiD - Solidworks or Inventor - Free http:// students.autodesk.com/
Dropbox online file storage PC, OS X & iPhone - Free http://www.dropbox.com/ Xmarks – cross browser bookmark sync Free http://www.xmarks.com/ Wacom Bamboo Art tablet
Windows 7 or XP. - If Mac laptop boot to Windows.
Analog Technology
Ball Point Bic
Felt pens
Triplus Fineliner by Staedler
Sharpies
Gel Ink Pens
Pencils
Prismacolor Pencils
Paper A3 paper bond / bank for sketching Cheap roll paper for ideas Analog to Digital Video Cleaning Up a Scanned Sketch http://vimeo.com/8026094
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