Course Leaders:

asist.arh.int. Livia Rus

conf.arh. Dan Vucicovici

Teaching Staff:

asist.arh. Cristina Iliescu, asist.arh. Bogdan Radu

Learning outcomes:

critical analysis of an existing object, of everyday usage

Content:

PROBLEM-SOLVING
identifying specific problems in the product family and establishing solutions to solve them

Teaching Method:

Case-study presentations, discussions

Assessment:

formative assessments during the project; final evaluation of the project's requested elements and presentation

Bibliography:

- Mike ASHBY, Kara JOHNSON, Materials, and Design. The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, ed. Butterworth-Heinemann
- Jones CRISTOPHER- Design Metode si Aplicatii, ed. Tehnica 1972
- Thomas KUHN –Structura revoluțiilor științifice, ed. Humanitas, 2008
- W.LIDWELL, K.HOLDEN, J.BUTLER –Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability..., ed. Rockport Publishers, Inc. 2010
-Don NORMAN –The Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books, New York, 2013
-Victor PAPANEK –Design for the Real World, Thames and Hudson, 2006
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