EÜT408

School of Architecture and Design \ Industrial Design

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Compulsory

Turkish

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Industrial Design Undergraduate Program

The Professional Practices course aims to develop students' practical knowledge and skills related to industrial product design in an applied environment. Topics such as starting a company, managing an organization, and customer relationships will be explored with the participation of professionals from the field, focusing on legal, financial, and managerial information. The course will also cover design job definitions, copyright, patents, design registration, utility models, and branding concepts.

Notes on Design: How Creative Practice Works, Kees Dorst
What They Didn’t Teach You in Design School, Phill Cleaver
The Design Experience: The Role of Design and Designers in the Twenty-First Century, Mike Press, Rachel Cooper

The course aims to introduce industrial design students to existing professional practices, helping them develop an understanding of the profession and the career paths they may choose before entering professional life.

1. Can develop solutions by working together with experts from different disciplines in areas related to industrial design.
2. Can follow global design trends, communicate effectively in international environments, follow the contemporary professional practice, and develop and initiate new business ideas.
3. Learn ethical principles in professional practice and master relevant laws, regulations, and intellectual property rights.

Week 1: Introduction to the course content, topics, and objectives.
Week 2: Emergence and Historical Development of Industrial Design in Turkey
Readings:

"A Creative Convergence of Modernity, Globalization and Tradition: Understanding Industrial Design in Turkey" (Er.A., 2009)
"Change in Industrial Designers’ Jobs: The Case of Turkey, 1984-2018" (Kaygan, P., Ilhan, A.O., Oygür, I., 2020)
Week 3: Working as an In-House Designer
Week 4: Working as an Independent Designer (Design Consultancy and Project-Based Designers)
Week 5: Industrial Property, Patent, and Design Registration
Week 6: Industrial Design and Entrepreneurship 1
Week 7: Industrial Design and Entrepreneurship 2
Week 8: Transition from Physical Design to Digital - Digital Product Designers
Week 9: Technical and Personal/Social Skills for 21st-Century Designers
Week 10: Transformation of the Job Concept in the 21st Century and Its Effects on Creative Professions.
Week 11: Professional Organizations for Industrial Design and Their Importance for the Profession
Week 12: Review of Topics Covered Throughout the Semester and Future Recommendations on Professional Practice.

• Participation 30 %
• In-Class Activity: Working on innovation and distinctiveness concepts in design 10 %
• In-Class Activity: Technical and social skills in professional practice 10 %
• Final Written Exam 50 %