Design

User Experience Design (UXD or UX) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and “delight" provided in the interaction between a user and product. If we design a product that people interact with, then we are designing a user experience. If we want our product to be easy to use, engaging, what people expect, and meet the goals of the organization, then we want to make sure we design an optimal user experience.

In this course students will learn the basic principles and processes for designing user experiences. Grounded in empathy and a hands-on, iterative approach to problem-solving, students will learn to use UX Design Framework to create effective user experiences. Sections of the course will introduce students to the core stages of design thinking, user research, prototyping, etc. Students will also learn about UX design roles and the skills every designer needs to be successful.

Whether a company is attempting product design on their own, or using the services of by outsourcing to a design firm, it’s critical to create a mutual understanding of the product design among all involved parties, especially during the concept ideation phase of a project, which can save significant time and expense by avoiding misunderstandings regarding the product’s design, functionality or purpose. Designers increasingly use rendering tools to create photo realistic visualizations of products as they evolve throughout development to speed concept approvals, identify problems, and sell products. The old-school method of building scale models are time consuming and are no match for the rapid contemporary product cycles. Creative Visualizations saves you a lot of prototyping time and is one of the essential skills for Product Designers.

This course imparts advanced design communication and visualization techniques to the students. It helps the students to combine traditional and digital tools to create compelling design communication artifacts.

This course explores issues in contemporary design practice at the intersection of digital technologies, ethics, and society. How are futures imagined, performed, and made durable over time? Where and how are futures being made? What is the role, agency and responsibility of design in making futures by creating the conditions for emergent behaviors, interactions, subjectivities, and societies?

Introduction to Furniture and the thinking and processes involved in furniture design; going beyond the conventional and exploring the entire gamut of furniture elements and systems. This course explores the intrinsic relationship between the function/use of the furniture and its form.

This practical Introduction to User-Centred Design will encourage students of Interaction Design to self-discover and hone their empathic abilities through repeated iterations of the UCD process to several real-world & imaginative projects, while indirectly, also revealing the relationship to and between the other courses in the IxD major.

This course traces the development of the major theoretical frameworks, from classical Greek theories of mimesis to the present day concerns of ecocriticism and post-colonialism, which are used to analyse texts within the discipline of English literary studies. Apart from giving a comprehensive overview of the salient features that inform each school of literary theory, the course also connects these theoretical frameworks to the social, political, and cultural contexts that underline them. It is hoped that this course will enable the students to have a firm understanding of the various eclectic concepts that inform the field of literary theory and to engage with literature more critically.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Communication through the visual medium, be it sketching, technical drawing or diagramming; have historically been the primary tool used by designers to communicate their ideas to the world. This course focuses on equipping students with tools and techniques to visualize spaces. It will enable students to recognize the elements of space and articulate these elements in design in order to develop a perception towards elements of space. The students will explore 2D and 3D models with hand skills. This course attempts to increase visual perception skills, broaden visual vocabulary and develop sensitivities to form-space relationships. It also introduces students to representations of ideas through various media and sets standards for composition, content, and craftsmanship.

CURRICULUM CONTENT

Model making

Free hand Drawing

Technical Representation in Drawing 2D Plan, Section and Elevation

One point and two point perspectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To develop technical representation skills in drawing in order to communicate designs accurately

To develop hand skills to aid visual communication of design projects

Understand the selection of appropriate type of representation

Impact of paper size, paper type, paper orientation, frame, scale, tool, technique, and type on the communication of an idea

TEACHING METHODS

Combined lecture and workshop mode

Presentations of various representations and discussion of techniques and efficacy of communication

All exercises would be framed based on the content that needs to be communicated instead of being framed based on tools and techniques

Students would be asked to represent the same content using different media in order to understand the relation between message and medium

Content to include all scales of objects and spaces

Exercises on representing designs using various types and discussion on appropriateness of representation

The course aims to empower the students with external and internal visualisation and representation skills and their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course students will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting to comprehend natural and man made structure, space, mass, volumes. 

The course also aims to teach comparative study, copy work through exercises especially designed that aim the learning to use different materials, trans disciplinary expressions and imagination. 

This course will allow students to understand their immediate surrounding and world of imagination.

Understanding fundamentals of materials & construction makes it easy to construct building elements.This course focuses on identifying and developing knowledge of various systems of staircases & false ceiling and to understand & create drawings and details related to. It includes field visits, market survey, on board class discussion for understanding Staircase, Ramps,Escalators & elevators, Mezzanine floor and False ceiling.

Understanding fundamentals of materials & construction makes it easy to construct building elements.This course focuses on identifying and developing knowledge of various systems of staircases & false ceiling and to understand & create drawings and details related to. It includes field visits, market survey, on board class discussion for understanding Staircase, Ramps,Escalators & elevators, Mezzanine floor and False ceiling.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Design Charettes form an integral component of the programme and introduce the student to complexities, issues, and their impact in an urban area for finding appropriate solutions. This course is divided into two parts. In the first part, students will be exposed to the skills they need to develop while understanding how to read a city or its part. In the second part, the course will explore the core principles that contribute to the continuous evolution and functioning of cities. Being a studio-based course, the design charette trains the students to comprehend the urban issues and challenges and explore urban design strategies to address them. Students will be guided on data representation for city / neighbourhood level maps, analyse the information captured and demonstrate the solutions spatially. The course intends to culminate interrelations between society, ecology, technology, and management at a city / neighbourhood level. The knowledge set obtained through various theory courses and modules culminates in application in the design charrette.

Learning Objectives  

Upon completing this course students should be able to:

1. Understanding various layers that comprise an urban area

2. Developing an understanding of users, social realm and social equity

3. Understanding the relevance of creating renewable, resilient, sustainable environment & ecology and its contribution to designing an urban area

4. Understanding city networks and regulatory frameworks to create efficient urban systems and their functioning.

Advanced learning on Information architecture, prototyping, and 

Storytelling as a tool to communicate, engage and explore within concepts of interaction design.

Transmedia storytelling is the practice of designing, sharing, and participating in a cohesive story experience across multiple traditional and digital delivery platforms - for entertainment, advertising and marketing, or social change.

Have you ever read a book, seen a movie, watched a television show, or played a game that centred around different aspects of a larger story or universe? You may be familiar with popular examples of such universes like Star Wars, Marvel, and The Walking Dead (to name a few). How do the professionals develop such expansive narratives? How do they ensure that each element stays true to the original story? How do they innovatively use different technologies to share the stories, grow audiences and create an active and involved community of fans? More and more, we are also engaging with elements or franchises of larger and more complex stories across a much more diverse range of platforms like interactive web experiences, social media communities, mobile devices, theme parks, and even augmented and virtual reality. A major challenge that current and future storytellers face is being able to engage different audiences in a story that is seamlessly told across all of these different platforms. 

 WHAT WILL I LEARN? 

This course will help you to design a strategy for developing and telling your own transmedia story. You will learn about what it takes to: 

• Shape your ideas into compelling and well structured narratives and complex story worlds • Identify, understand, and engage different audiences in your stories 

• Create cohesive user experiences across different platforms 

• Evaluate existing and emerging technologies to share your story with the world, and help your audience participate in the larger storyworld you create 

The course provides you with a unique, authentic, and industry relevant learning opportunity. You will have access to current theory, industry examples and advice and undertake learning activities that will equip you with the tools you need to start developing your own ideas.