Course Title: Design Studies 3 (Furniture Design)
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Design Studies 3 (Furniture Design)
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
GRAP2383 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
320T Architecture & Urban Design |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019 |
GRAP2383 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021 |
GRAP2383 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
515T Creative Industries |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Course Coordinator: Julian Pratt
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 4820
Course Coordinator Email: julian.pratt@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 71.02.01
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Prerequisites
GRAP 2382 and GRAP 2376Note it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisites before enrolling in a course.
Course Description
Design Studies 3 (Furniture Design) opens up the political, social and philosophical underpinnings of the Furniture Design discipline in a sustainable and global context.
Sustainability is a relatively new discourse that is of critical importance to furniture design.
Sustainability is concerned with the ways in which we re-vision our futures. It is about addressing injustices (environmental, economic and cultural).
- It is about making possible new ways of living working in the face of rapid environmental and technological change.
- It is about understanding the ways in which we consume resources, and the impacts of such consumption.
- It is about the localities in which we live and the effect of how we choose to live.
- It is about how we give representation to our ideas of the future (and the past).
Tutorial projects in this area will introduce you to specific problems of design in the face of sustainability and the opportunities for design inquiry made possible by the many problems now visible as a consequence of the sustainability movement.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) of the AD007 Associate Degree in Design (Furniture Design):
1. Explore materials and modern manufacturing methods to develop concepts to proposal or prototype for both local and international corporate or individual clients
2. Design and realise innovative and novel furniture products as part of collaborative team and as an independent designer.
3. Apply and creatively adapt theoretical and technical knowledge and skills to your practice of furniture design.
4. Identify and combine principles and concepts in art and design, the craft of making, the technology of creation and manufacture together with ergonomic factors to develop furniture solutions to complex and varied problems.
5. Evaluate your own work, ideas and concepts, including self, peer and industry critique.
6. Articulate and transmit design ideas and details through a variety of methods and technologies to be able to present design outcomes for others to understand and engage with.
7. Present and communicate furniture prototypes for sustainable futures which consider the professional and ethical practice of furniture design in a global societal cultural context.
8. Apply initiative and judgement in exploration in, planning of, problem solving and decision making in your work.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Critically investigate and analyse theories and assumptions about sustainability in the furniture industry.
2. Construct sustainable, responsible and/or ethical arguments relating to materials, processes and productions of furniture items.
3. Present their findings and proposals in written, digital, verbal and visual forms.
4. Critically evaluate own findings and those of peers.
5. Develop new propositions for contemporary, sustainable furniture.
6. Use judgement in the production of components and construction of prototypes in ways that creatively challenge and champion sustainable design.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be engaged in learning that involves a range of activities both face to face and online such as lecture, workshop sessions, tutorials, group and class discussion, group activities and individual research.
Overview of Learning Resources
A list of recommended learning resources will be provided including books, references and web sources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning. Student learning resources also include access to computer laboratories and relevant software.
Online learning tools and content
As a student in this program, you can access online learning tools and resources for your program and associated courses from the RMIT student website.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students
RMIT will provide you with specific course materials for learning through our online system (Canvas). The course and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
RMIT Library
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library.
The library provides guides on academic referencing http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing along with specific subject guides.
The University Library has extensive resources for Furniture Design students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies http://rmit.libguides.com/furnituredesignThe library also provides a variety of resources including databases, e-journals, e-books and websites. You can find more information on Library services at: https://www.rmit.edu.au/library
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester and feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
Assignment 1: Studio Based Design Project - 50% (CLO 1 - 5) Group work
Assignment 2: Critical Analysis project - 20% (CLO 1 – 4) Individual
Assignment 3: Reflective evaluation report/presentation - 30% (CLO 1 – 5) Group work