Ashby, Michael & Johnson, Kara (2009) Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design 2nd ed, Butterworth-Heinemann.
2.9 References:
Thompson, Rob (2007) Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals, Thames & Hudson
DeGarmo, E. Paul; Black, T. J. & Kohser, Ronald A. (2002) Materials and Processes in Manufacturing, Wiley
Bralla, James (1998) Design for Manufacturability Handbook, McGraw-Hill Professional
Lesko, Jim (2006) Industrial Design: Materials and Manufacturing 2nd ed., Wiley
Lefteri, Chris (2007) Making it: Manufacturing techniques for Product Design, Laurence King
Eissen, Koos (2007) Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers, Bis Publishers
McDonough, William & Braungart, Michael (2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, North Point Press
Gordon, J. E. (2003) Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down, Da Capo Press
Lewis, H. Gertsakis, J. Grant, T. Morelli, N. & Sweatman, A. (2001) Design and Environment: A Global Guide to Designing Greener Goods, Greenleaf Publications
2.10 Course Coordinator(s):
Peter Schumacher
1. Course details
Course name: Product Design Studio 5 (Usability)
Course ID: 105705
Previous name: N/A
Area/Cat No: GRAP 3010
School code(s): SLL
Unit value: 9
Area: GRAP
Course level: 3
Career: ug
Field of Education: 100500
Campus: CWE
Grading Scheme: Graded
Final examination: No
Syllabus plus: Yes
Will this course be available as a University wide elective? No
Cost centre code: 135500
Work experience in industry (Check appropriate box then delete all other rows).
To introduce students to the principles and concepts of design for usability and interaction design focused on usability principles and methodologies for user research and analysis.
2.3 Course Objectives
Course Objectives
Graduate Qualities being developed though the course
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Demonstrate knowledge of design for usability concepts.
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Demonstrate knowledge of design research, methods and approaches in the context of design for usability
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Plan qualitative user research strategies for the purposes of product design with consideration of ethical issues for user sentred research.
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Conduct basic user research to gather qualitative data for design problems
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Analyse qualitative data to draw conclusions leading to the creation of new designs
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Communicate research findings and design concepts to peers and users via written reports, oral presentations and visual presentation boards.
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Plan, conduct and analyse basic usability tests ethical issues for user centred research
Usability principles; affordances, constratints, mapping, visibility, conceptual models; the nature of usability problems, wicked problems and implicit and explicit knowledge in design; the concepts and principles of qualitative user research; the use of personas an scenarios as tools in design for usability; analysis of ddesign problems and creating plans for conducting research using methods appropriate for the context; interaction with users and client groups in order to negotiate and conduct research; understanding ethical issues and processes related to conducting user research; analysis of data from user research and use the conclusions to inform new design solutions; evaluation of designs with users with various testing techniques; communicate designs using images, oral presentations and written reports.
