This course was organized to introduce junior level students to problem and opportunity identification in the context of housewares product design. The structure of the course engaged students in the various phases of the design process—data gathering, problem diagnosis, brief writing, ideation, form development, evaluative research, visual design language, mock-ups, and design presentation. The main project focused on designing a marketable houseware product to be sold during the 1st Department of Design Winter Market.
INSTRUCTOR
Sebastien Proulx
TERM
Autumn 2018
Class number
Design 4101
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe, document, and analyze familiar household realities
• Identify a design opportunity
• Design a sellable housewares product
• Develop brand language linking a product and its packaging
• Define a manufacturing process
• Produce small runs of a product maintaining quality control
ASSIGNMENTS
• Household Reality Description
• Sustainable Houseware Design