Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Duration
Contact Hours
Campus
Prerequisite
Corequisite
1 Semester
36 Hours per Semester
Prahran
Nil
Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points
Bachelor of Design (Interior Design)
In this unit, students will learn ways by which to make connections between the concept of design investigation and how it applies to the theory and practice of Interior Design. Students will undertake a variety of research-based tasks which graphically and textually show an enriched understanding of investigative techniques and methods. Learning Objectives After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to: 1. Consider environmental, spatial and cultural issues, and use them to inform concepts of interior space; 2. Articulate contemporary Interior Design practice within an historical and theoretical context; 3. Critically evaluate and argue key aspects of design theory, in an industry-relevant context; 4. Explore the social implications of the design of human space, and embed within interior design projects; 5. Apply contemporary Interior Design theories, such as notions of Interiority and the human form, to research and design projects; 6. Demonstrate the relationship between theory, research and design project outcomes; 7. Verbally, textually and visually articulate research, theoretical underpinnings, concepts, process and outcomes of design projects.
Projects will be conducted within a studio-based learning environment on a work-in-progress basis. Studio-based learning requires the active participation of all students both individually and in group-based activities. This unit will be a combination of formal lectures, discussions of weekly readings and their relationships to design research and seminar presentations. Projects will be conducted within a studio-based learning environment on a work-in-progress basis. Studio-based learning requires the active participation of all students both individually and in group-based activities. This unit will be a combination of formal lectures, discussions of weekly readings and their relationships to design research and seminar presentations. Students will be required to participate in and contribute to the weekly sessions involving: • Seminars • Tutorial discussions • Research activities Preparation Requirements Students are required to prepare for each studio session by completing that week’s scheduled reading in advance and expecting to engage in wider discussions about each topic. Students will be required to show evidence of wider research and analysis through discussion in studio and via the unit’s Blackboard site. Graphical/Textual Journal From the first day of the semester you will keep a graphical/textual journal. The form of that journal is completely up to you (as long as it is transportable and does not consist of scraps of paper thrown together in an old shopping bag). Please use your Journal – sketch in it (you will practise your drawing skills). Write in it (you will practise your writing skills). Fill it with ideas, photographs, images, quotations. Learn to observe the world around you on site visits, during lectures and studio sessions, but also (and more importantly) in all those places you encounter everyday – train, tram, supermarket, street. Describe. Sketch. Think. Analyse.
Key Generic Skills for this Unit of Study You will be provided with feedback on your progress in attaining the following generic skills: • teamwork skills, • analysis skills, • problem solving skills, • communications skills, • ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and • ability to work independently
Students will work towards a graphic / text based research project which explores one or more of the following areas in a conceptual and theoretical framework: • Colour Texture theory; • Constructing Place; • Domesticity; • Design research/investigation (specific to interior design); • The relationship between theory and practice; • Gender; • The Flaneur and the Other’s gaze; • Detail and object; • Patterning; • Colour and Colour Theory; • Interior Designers and Architects (past and present); • Ornament and lighting.
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