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1~302~ Ergonomics
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisites: ID201 Industrial Design 2, ID202
Technology 2
Subject aims
To introduce students to the wide range of factors affecting
the relationship between people and their working
environment bv evaluatina human capabilities and limitations
and how the abplication Gf ergonom/c principles and data can
be applied to optimise design, performance and wellbeing of
the user.
Subject description
Topics include: an introduction to the philosophy of
ergonomics, its principles and disciplines; learning the
anatomical, physiological and anthropometric capabilities and
limitations of the human body; gaining an understanding of
the biomechanics of the human body; evaluating and
analysing human performance; engineering psychology and
human behavioural characteristics; erqonomic product and
workplace design; the environmental?actors which effect
human performance; human information processing
characteristic; the design of controls and displays for
compatibility with human needs and expectations; system
design and task analysis; occupational health and safety, risk
engineering, control and prevention.
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1~303~ Technical Writing
No. of hours per week: two hours
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. This subject introduces the principles and practices of
0 2 technical writing with respect to reports, manuals and other
industry related documentation.
Subject description
This subject will cover the nature and basic rules of
communication as appropriate to the designer. Other topics
will include the fundamentals of style, reader based writing,
report writing, submissions and briefs, graphics and desktop
publishing, documentation blueprints, drafting, editing,
production and distribution of documentation.
1~3036 Product Critiques 1
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: ID201 lndustrial Design 2, ID202
Technology 2, ID204 Computer Studies 1 6
Subject aims
To increase the students' analytical skills with rational
objectivity.
Subject description
Case studies, seminars, discussion, deconstruction or
reconstruction and analysis of design will examine such areas
as:
their own and others' work
aesthetic rationale
manufacturing and production
conceptual design
1~304 CAD Studies
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: ID202 Technology 2
ID204 Computer Studies 1 B
Subject aims
To introduce the potential of the computer as a design and
drafting tool, and to develop the students expertise in the use
of CAD for the production of engineering drawings.
Subject description
Introduction to the operation of a PC based computer-aided
design laboratory, its equipment and software. Through
demonstration and practical work the student will learn the
operating system and commands necessary to produce hard
copy engineering drawings using the CAD system.
1~30s Design History 2A
No. of hours per week: two and a half hours
Prerequisites: ID205 Design History 1 B
Subject aims
In year two students will be asked to further develop the
critical, analytical and conceptual thought required to
formulate and articulate considered and well informed
opinions.
Students will be encouraged to extend and consolidate their
research, presentation and writing skills through intensive
thought and debate.
Subject description
Semester three concentrates on post World War II design, the
critique of modernism and the conflict between high art and
mass culture. Theories of symbology are explored along with
issues relating to the cultural discourse constructed by design:
commodity culture, advertising, clothes as code, the home as
the site of consumption, and corporate imperialism.
1~401 Industrial Design 4
This subject consists of:
ID401 A Design Projects 20
ID4016 Engineering Graphics 2
1~401~ Design Projects 2B
No. of hours per week: nine and a half hours
Prerequisites:
ID301 lndustrial Design 3
ID302 Technology 3
Subject aims
To expand the application of learned theoretical skills and
knowledge to problem solving.
Subject description
The student will begin to resolve complex issues relating to
design and be expected to utilise professional presentation
techniques in order to communicate their ideas. Greater
emphasis will be placed on the conceptual development of
ideas and providing the relevant technical information to