Academic Catalog

ID212 DESIGN COMMUNICATION IV

Course Code: 1250212
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 4.0
Department: Industrial Design
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Lecturer ALPER KARADOÐANER
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Ways of communication, the basic elements and principles of communication. Training of the hand, the eye & the memory. Rendering a perspective view from observed reality. Rendering of different surfaces and materials from every day life. The third-Dimension; perspective & rendering of the solid form constructing perspective views with geometrical tools; one-two & three point perspective; measuring point perspective. The construction principles of the three-dimensional grid systems. The light shade and the shadow concepts in rendering. Shadow and reflections. Rendering principles.