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George L Mccain
ART 321
Seattle Campus
Design of a furniture piece. Methodologies and construction, types of hardware, special shop techniques, scale modeling and full-scale functional designs.
Class description
This course is not a furniture design class. The subject will be Materials and Processes for Industrial Design. The class is a required class for ID students.
Student learning goals
An exposure to the basic processes and materials used for producing typical products, e.g, injection molding, die casting, blow molding, vacuum and pressure forming, raapid prototyping, labels and decoration, etc.
An understanding of the materials trade-offs in designing products.
A knowledge of environmental issues in design.
In-depth research into specified processes.
An understanding of some basic knowledge neccesary for Industrial Design.
General method of instruction
Generally one field trip a week to local industry to observe processes.
Recommended preparation
All required class necessary for admission to Junior level ID
Class assignments and grading
There will be a team project assigned to do in-depth research on a given process, and a multi-media report-out at the conclusion of the research. Quizzes will be given on a regular basis regarding processes observed on field trips as well as on assigned readings.
Grades will be on a curve and weighted by relative importance of assignment category.
