51-212 ID Studio II: Meaning of Form

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This studio course introduces students to the functional and expressive meaning of product form through creative exploration and decisionmaking in design. Functional product attributes include those that guide intuitive, safe, and comfortable use expressive attributes include aesthetic, cultural, and contextual variables. Students are exposed to various methods of conceptual sketching, prototyping, and documentation to realize and communicate ideas in a process that anticipates human interpretation and response to design. Lab fee applies. This course is restricted to undergraduate Industrial Design majors only.

Prerequisites: 51-211

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