43 courses with the subject INDD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
INDD 101:Design 1 for Industrial Design
This studio is an introduction to design for undergraduate majors in industrial design. The course will provide an intensive introduction to design as an iterative problem-solving process. It will also introduce strategies for making and analyzing form, and present basic techniques of two-dimensional visualization and documentation of three-dimensional objects and principles of design critique, testing and research.
This studio introduces methods, materials and vocabulary of the industrial design profession, as well as design as a rational, iterative process of problem solving based on working creatively within constraints. Working with materials, digital and hand tools, shop processes and presentation techniques used by professionals are emphasized. It is intensive in industrial design drawing, including sketches, development drawings, orthographic, axonometric and perspective renderings, as well as beginning drafting as used in industrial design, with dimensioned assembly and parts drawings.
This course introduces shop techniques as they pertain to industrial design model-making and prototype construction. All industrial design students must take this course for shop equipment safety training and pass a safety test. Throughout the semester, attention is given to safety precautions for the shop, along with demonstrations of shop equipment and fabrication processes. A major portion of the course will consist of developing an understanding of the materials and machinery commonly used by industrial designers for producing both working and appearance models.
This is an advanced drawing course developed for designers of all disciplines who want to improve the designer?s ability to apply knowledge imparted in other courses to the development of designs. Wherever possible the subject matter of the students? design studio courses will be used as the subject matter for drawing exercises. This course was DRAW 301 until Fall 2022.
An introduction to the traditional techniques and materials that industrial designers use to develop and represent threedimensional concepts and ideas. Students become proficient in the use of pencils, markers, pastels and airbrush on a variety of media. Emphasis is placed on understanding the significance of color and graphic applications for industrial design.
This course focuses on creative problem-solving techniques using drawing, sketch modeling and basic shop skills. Students are exposed to a wide choice of materials, which industrial designers use to move their projects forward. Students will use several media for the purpose of documenting projects in progress, for duplication and for presentation purposes. Emphasis is placed on the improvement of craft in the execution of projects.
During the fourth in a series of eight studios, designs are conceived which explore the dynamics between objects and the user?s senses and emotions. Students are challenged to improve their ability to define problems, generate concepts, evaluate these and offer refinements of solutions. Students will use basic imaging techniques in the presentation of design solutions.
This course focuses on luminaire design, specifically for the lighting trade market, which requires knowledge of codes and regulations, lighting metrics, and fundamentals of Lighting Design. A review of the Lighting Design market, including residential, corporate, industrial, retail, as well as interior vs. exterior lighting. Students will increase their knowledge ofhow light is used in the built environment, and the different types of lamp sources, luminairesand their functions.Emphasis will be placed on recent development in solid state lighting and controls.
This course focuses on lighting in Public Space, in the form of large scale installations of light,digital projection, media facades, and other means of place-making which transforms our cities into digital urban design. We will review howhistoricallylight has shaped the landscape of our public environments, with a focus on new technologies that allow for the rapid upgrade we are seeing in urban areas. Students will learn software that allows them the ability to programlight shows, and use digital mapping. Students will participate in full scale temporary lighting installations.
An introduction to the traditional techniques and materials that industrial designers use to develop and represent threedimensional concepts and ideas. Students become proficient in the use of pencils, markers, pastels and airbrush on a variety of media. Emphasis is placed on understanding the significance of color and graphic applications for industrial design.
The course introduces students to computer-aided design with a focus on the industrial design processes. In an intuitive fashion, students create and refine designs using a solids-modeling software package. In order to recognize the critical role CAD plays in the development of designs, students will use designs created in design studio courses as the subject matter of the CAD activities. Design-control drawings, three-dimensional rendered drawings and perspective drawings will be the course's output. This course was CAD 206N until Fall 2022.
This course is concerned with the exploration of materials used in the mass production of products, the processes used to shape these materials and the applicability of these materials to product-design solutions. Students should be prepared to visit a number of manufacturing facilities. A survey of rapid prototyping technologies completes the course.
This course analyzes human factors as related to broad aspects of design development. It explores the issues of operator/ user human factors and their impact on design. The outcome of this course will be to ascertain the relationship of basic human dimensions on product design. Subjects include systems reliability, sensory and motor processes, basic research techniques and anthropometric studies.
This course follows Introduction to Furniture Design, and offers projects that address furniture processes and materials in greater depth than the introductory course. This course is appropriate for those who have taken Introduction to Furniture, and it is also an appropriate initial entry point into study of furniture design for those with prior experience in prototyping, woodworking, measured drawings and CAD. Registration is by permission of the instructor, to ensure that students have requisite background to engage successfully with the material.
This course is an Introduction to Furniture Design. The course offers projects that address furniture processes and materials that give the student a foundation in the subject. The course is appropriate for those with no previous experience of Furniture Design, although prior experience in design processes including CAD alongside modelmaking fabrication skills are strongly encouraged. All students will be required to take the Kanbar Shop Safety test before starting the course.
The fifth in a series of eight studios, this course focuses on ideas of designs derived from an understanding of consumer behavior. Emphasis is placed on user needs, ease of use and product culture, without ignoring the practicalities imposed by manufacturer?s markets, manufacturing process constraints and investment concerns. Students will demonstrate control of the process of design to develop meaningful concepts that employ appropriate technology for their eventual realization.
In this sixth in a series of eight studio courses, students design and develop consumer products in a virtual product development consultancy. Students learn about the complexities of the design development process, during which supply-chain and assembly requirements, marketing issues, materials and sustainability all affect the initial intent of their designs. Prerequisite: INDD-301.
This writing intensive seminar will serve as a forum for students to explore the context and scope of the practice of industrial design through readings, research, critical discussions, written presentations and papers. This course is intensive and incorporates a workshop component in which students will use various theoretical frameworks to examine their own attitudes and design work through papers and spoken/ graphic presentations.
This course will build upon principles introduced in introductory CAD courses. It is primarily a laboratory course in which students will learn to take their early design concepts through to the final presentation using advanced digital design techniques. Students will use multiple digital design software packages across computer platforms with an emphasis on CAID packages such as NURBS modelers and animation software, as well as vector-based, desktop-publishing programs and bitmap-based programs. This course was CAD 306 until Fall 2022.
This course builds on concepts and information which is presented in Materials and Processes II- Manufacturing with a much deeper investigation of development workflow, regulatory considerations, designing for particular performance parameters, and designing for assembly and validation. Students will be introduced to considerations in design such as structural robustness and environmental sealing against moisture and dust, along with development and modeling strategies which facilitate iterative solutions which can be easily modified as testing and validation takes place. The focus of the course will be on development of an actual product design which will be taken to the point where a fully functioning prototype can be fabricated and tested.
This lecture course begins with industrialization and leads to the development of modern design and philosophy. Aspects of industrial design and graphic communication will be critically reviewed. Current design events will be studied interactively and discussed as a continuation of past design inquiries.
This course will introduce students to the Soft---goods and Accessories industry through the following professions: footwear design, bag design and outdoor gear. Through this course students will develop a keen understanding of the following: history, design skill---sets, materials, introductory construction techniques, research methodologies, product development, manufacturing practices, and exposure to the international community involved within this fast paced and exciting industry.
This course will introduce students to the Soft-goods and Accessories industry through the following professions: footwear design, bag design and outdoor gear. Through interdisciplinary and industry collaborations students will develop an advanced understanding of the development and prototyping processes, construction methods, materials, computer software, manufacturing practices and professional collaborations that take place in the development of soft good products.
The seventh in a sequence of eight studios, this course focuses on the development, expression, and function of design in the context of human culture. It focuses on industry-leading, critical, and entrepreneurial design practices. This studio incorporates development of proposals for the Capstone Project. Prerequisite: INDD-302.
The last in a sequence of eight studio courses, this course is dedicated to the student's capstone project. It is structured to include all aspects of client/designer dynamics, literature review and user research, project management and dissemination, and professional issues. Students present the outcome of their projects at the Kanbar Showcase. Prerequisite: INDD-401.
This is the final part of the three-part Furniture Design course sequence. This course builds on the major project that was designed and developed in Furniture 1. In this course this project will be fabricated as a full-size working prototype. A full presentation will also be developed covering costings, detailed working drawings, sustainability metrics and market research validation. Sales and marketing will also be introduced through visits to showrooms or tradeshows.
An intensive summer workshop for graduate students matriculating without an industrial design background. This course replicates much of the skills-based content covered in undergraduate Design I, and goes on to cover shop and prototyping issues otherwise found in Materials and Process: Shop Techniques, as well as basic materials and process selection for manufacturing. Projects are designed, but this class focuses on techniques and skills rather than the objects designed. Note: This course meets from 9-5, the last week (one week only) of the SM4W semester. Student must register for course by 1st day of the SM4W term.
This course follows Introduction to Furniture Design, and offers projects that address furniture processes and materials in greater depth than the introductory course. This course is appropriate for those who have taken Introduction to Furniture, and it is also an appropriate initial entry point into study of furniture design for those with prior experience in prototyping, woodworking, measured drawings and CAD. Registration is by permission of the instructor, to ensure that students have requisite background to engage successfully with the material.
This is a new advanced course, continuing and building on skills and understandings in the first two furniture design courses (Introduction to Furniture Design and Furniture Design 1). it is intended to be the culmination of a sequence of Furniture courses that can be taken as a 9-credit concentration within the Industrial Design major, or as an electives in INDD or other majors. This course requires Furniture Design 1 as a prerequisite because it makes use of concepts, skills, and projects introduced there.
This course gives students the tools they need to find and frame opportunities, to construct successful design briefs and to evaluate design in progress, and to explore and document new generative and evaluative research techniques and defining basics of professional practice. class projects will support studio work, as well as contributing to ongoing research initiatives.
This course addresses specialized topics in professional practice relevant to graduate industrial design students. These include current approaches to intellectual property, professional ethics, contracts, management practices, and structures of practice and employment in the field. In addition, students research fields within industrial design to identify potential career paths, plan and execute individual strategies for networking and interviewing, and prepare portfolio deliverables and other self-promotion materials in consultation with faculty and guest critics.
This course is the first in the MSID studio sequence. This studio concentrates on user-centered design techniques, including observational/ethnographic research methods and methods incorporating users and other stakeholders into the design process. Each studio will be expected to do extensive generative research and to publicize/archive its research and conclusions.
This course is the second in the MSID studio sequence. This studio provokes interdisciplinary activity through a project centered on designed systems, which requires industrial design but requires inputs from other disciplines. Types of projects might include:- ID + corporate brand experience, - ID + materials science product development, - Products of service/business, platform design, - Entrepreneurial design (design + business plan), - Software/hardware systems
In this class, students map and discuss the major influences on industrial design today, as well as modeling the lifetime learning and assessment of theory that are necessary for effective professional design and critique. The class is a seminar and is thematic rather than historical in focus. The reading list is expected to include blogs and periodicals, as well as books, and will change frequently.
This course will allow students to pursue individual areas of interest while working jointly with a faculty member. Enrollment is subject to the availability and approval of both the program director and faculty member. The student must have 18 or more graduate-level credits, and a prospectus of the proposed independent study must be approved at least one month prior to registration. See appropriate form available online at Registrar's website, www.philau.edu/registrar/.
The 2-semester capstone project sequence stresses the importance of iterative prototyping and evaluation in current design practice by devoting two semesters to the ID Capstone project. In this first capstone project semester, students begin work with a team of collaborators within and outside the University. Students have weekly progress critiques with studio faculty and other students, as well as regular meetings with outside project stakeholders. The semester concludes in a progress presentation with outside critics.
The MSID master's project sequence includes two courses. In this second semester, students work with collaborators and critics/clients within and outside the University to develop, detail and revise designs to a professional level, and to test their performance in the real world. Activities include weekly critiques with studio faculty and other students, as well as meetings with outside project stakeholders. The semester concludes with in-person defense of the work and a display at the CDEC Spring Design Show.
