EÜT413

School of Architecture and Design \ Industrial Design

3

6

Compulsory

Turkish

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Industrial Design Undergraduate Program

This course aims to enhance students' knowledge of the industrial design profession, along with their verbal and visual communication skills. Topics such as organizational culture, company formation, entrepreneurship, customer relations, legal, financial, and managerial information will be explored in this course. The course will also cover design job descriptions, copyright, patents, design registration, utility models, and brand concepts. Additionally, students will learn to present their work, experiences, and skills developed over the past four years in print, digital, and online formats, helping them create communication materials for their professional career goals.

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 New Designer, Manuel Lima

The course aims to introduce industrial design students to various professional practices and help them develop an understanding of their chosen career path. It focuses on assisting students in defining their career goals and creating the necessary documents, presentations, and communication elements required to reach those goals.

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. Constantly improves and renews themselves by using their independent learning habit to adapt to the ever-changing design environments.
4. Learn ethical principles in professional practice and master relevant laws, regulations, and intellectual property rights.
5. Can express ideas effectively in written, verbal and visual forms and improve professional communication skills.

Week 1: Introduction to course content, topics, and goals. Assign reading for the next week.
Week 2: Emergence and Historical Development of Industrial Design in Turkey.
Week 3: Working as an In-House Designer. Discuss the origin of professional practices in large manufacturing companies in Turkey and introduce in-house design practices.
Week 4: Working as an Independent Designer (Design Consultancy and Project-Based Designers). Discuss design consultancy and its emergence, the working styles of designers in consultancy, and the differences between freelance designers.
Week 5: Industrial Property, Patents, and Design Registration. Explore the concept of industrial property, design protection, innovation in design, and the design registration system.
Week 6: Industrial Design and Entrepreneurship. Discuss entrepreneurship in industrial design and how designers create companies through technology or product development.
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Week 8: Introduction to Portfolio Design. Evaluate existing portfolios and discuss examples from domestic and international designers.
Week 9: Portfolio design critiques.
Week 10: The Changing Role of Technical and Social Skills for 21st-Century Designers. Discuss the importance of both technical and social skills in professional practice.
Week 11: Democracy and National Unity Day (Official Holiday).
Week 12: Final critiques of portfolios. Discuss professional website design tools and analyze domestic and international designers' websites.- Professional Organizations in Industrial Design and Their Importance. Explore the role of professional organizations in raising awareness of the profession in industry and society.

• Class Participation: 10 %
• Resume (CV) 5 %
• Letter of Intent 7.5 %
• Technical and Social Skills in Professional Practice (Class Activity) 5 %
• Portfolio 30 %
• Final Written Exam 30 %