ID521 CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF DESIGN
| Course Code: |
1250521 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer Dr. AREN EMRE KURTGÖZÜ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Definition of design in general and industrial design in particular as cultural phenomena. Identification and establishment of the disciplinary frameworks within which design activity, designed products and their contexts are analyzed in terms of a wide range of paradigms . A general knowledge of the various modes of interpretation and analysis of products as material culture. Critical sense of observation and discrimination in the course of designing and encountering products.
