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Product Design Sketching

Course overview

Professional Diploma Series

Product realization appreciation Product design sketching Product digital mockup Form exploration: from art to part

Course Aims

to develop students’ knowledge and skills in exploring product ideas communicating the ideas

Students become competent in visualizing and presenting ideas using freehand sketches colour rendering technical drawing computer imaging

Art VS Product Design Sketching

We sketch for a purpose (to help us think, to communicate, to persuade, etc.)

We sometimes sketch existing things, but mostly we sketch things we imagine

We sometimes play with optical illusion, but we never draw ‘impossible objects’

Module Web Site

Access via http://lmes.cl3.ust.hk

Directly to http://tds.ic.polyu.edu.hk/digital_design/site_icu208_sketching/index.htm

CalendarVenueHandoutsAnnouncements and reminders

Assessment

Class Attendance: 75% or more (absent for no more than four 3-hour sessions)

Assignments: Students must submit ALL assignments before the corresponding due date.

Module Grade: Students must get a total mark of at least 50 (D grade) in this module.

Assignments

Assignments (60%) 3 drawing home-works 4 graded class activities

Individual project (40%) Includes a series of sketch developments Digital image enhancement Final oral and visual presentation

Subject Ground Rules

Build up your art materialsBring your sketch padBe boldPractice, practice, practice