49-711 Special Topics: Industrial Design Practice

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course is an elective follow on to the required Product Design Fundamentals course. The course gives students the opportunity to master the skills and techniques needed to visualize and represent product concepts efficiently. Building on the principles introduced in the required course, the emphasis is on the approach and techniques used to realize tangible products research, sketching, model making, user testing, and presentation. Sharing resources and knowledge during the research phase, students work individually to solve the product design challenge presented by the instructor. Demonstrations and assigned exercises coupled with classroom critiques are used to practice and improve skills throughout the mini. Class meetings will be both in the assigned classroom and in the studio.

Prerequisites: none listed

Courseweave needs JavaScript to show sections, workloads and planning tools.