Course Objective(s)

This course helps deepen students' knowledge of available materials and contemporary product manufacturing methods. Concepts which concern today's designers are discussed in depth, such as the importance of sustainable, timeless design, design for social change and even their contribution to shaping culture in certain contexts.

The objectives of the course are to:

Help students discover the material world and discuss issues regarding industrial design, product design and furniture design.

Create the conditions for them to discover and apply simple methods of manufacturing products through their own designs.

Give students food for thought regarding today’s consumerist society and let them deal with questions such as what it is that they are designing and why they are producing it.

Inform them about contemporary design abroad and stress the importance of constantly monitoring developments worldwide.

Highlight the practical, economic, environmental and technical restrictions of contemporary design through designing their own products.

Learning Outcomes

After the completion of the course the student is expected to be able to:

Distinguish and assess issues of contemporary industrial design, product design, furniture design.

Constructs products and manages graphic/multimedia skills to assemble three-dimensional products.

Designs and makes simple products in their own space as well as test new technologies that are available in Cyprus.

Criticise and present arguments on issues such as consumerism, sustainability in design, environmentally friendly design, recycling, upcycling, etc.

Distinguish the need to be in constant contact with what is happening in this field in the rest of the world and propose solutions as a new designer.

Is able to appraise wider economic, environmental, technical restrictions and suggest new ideas through making his/her own products.