Seminar-Product Design

17.-19.9 Week 1: Information about program subject

Content: Introduction information, course requirements, tasks and level of knowledge

24.-26.9  Week 2: Product design and its role in society

Content: Watch movie Why we buy Prepare presentation for seminar about learning from the movie.

1.-3.10 Week 3: Principles of design - lecture

Content: Product design attributes and parameters in testing results (Handout analysis and questions).

Students activity: participation

8.-10.10 Week 4: History and recent situation of product design - lecture

Content: Major development in product design, inclusion of product design into management processes, role of product design at company level and importance for economy

Students activity: feedback from documentatary movie from week 2

15.-17.10 Week 5: Product design realisation and perception Content: Presentation of paper for task C1 and C2

22.-24.10 Week 6: Topic by Mrs. Jarossova

Content: will be selected later

29.-31.10 Week 7: Visit to Slovak design centre and design museum

Content: Time will be set later (due to national holiday)

5.-7.11 Week 8: Topic by Mrs. Jarossova

Content: will be selected later

12.-14.11 Week 9: Topic by Mrs. Jarossova

Content: will be selected later.

19.-21.11 Week 10: Creativity industry and specific aspect of design in specific industries

Content: will be selected later.

26.-28.11 Week 11: Creativity industry and specific aspect of design in specific industries

Content: will be selected later.

3.-5.12 Week 12: Future trends in product design - Cases in product design

Content: Presentation of papers to the task C4 and C5

10.-12.12 Week 13: Closure and evaluation of course content, final written test

Content: Feedback of course 

Handouts and materials for seminar