This course explores enterprising approaches that designers can employ to connect their ideas with markets. This course engages with notions of the commodity and enterprise, through the fields of craft and design, to proactively engage with complex problems that will literally shape our future.
This course connects students to future scenarios that are under construction and builds knowledge and skills essential for them to capitalize on this opportunity as a form of intellectual property. Students will have the opportunity to access technologies, enabling their designs to be prototyped. Particular focus will be placed on calibrating designs with with systems of production within the university and with ‘industrial’ manufacturing firms. Market research, marketing, distribution, brand development and legal issues will also be covered.
A diverse range of leading industry professionals may provide guest lectures and/or host field trips. Case studies of leading Australian and international design innovators will provide important reference points and exemplars.
This course may be offered in semester mode or as an intensive.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate awareness of the problematic local and global context in which limited production objects are produced.
- Demonstrate understanding of business and enterprise skills including operational plan, marketing plan and financial planning.
- Utilise materials, techniques and traditions to produce work that is conceptually and commercially resolved with consideration to market opportunities.
- Demonstrate refinement of design solutions through iteration and critical reflection.
- Calibrate ideas to the chosen method of production to maximize innovation and market viability of the solution.
- Engage with historical and theoretical contexts relevant to the design and production and consumption of our built world.
Indicative Assessment
Portfolio of studio work (50%) Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4, 5Presentation including submission of PowerPoint Slides/presentation notes, 5 minutes (30%) Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 6
Journal/Documentation (20%) Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 6
Assessment includes periodic critique and review sessions that provide ongoing feedback on work in progress.
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Workload
Semester length delivery - 130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing. Intensive delivery - 130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact: 5 days of lectures and tutorials, delivered intensively over a 14 day period; and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.Requisite and Incompatibility
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2820 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $4320 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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