Bachelor of Industrial Design (DBDI) - Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture & Design
Program
Director:
Mr Peter Schumacher
Our renowned Industrial Design program at the Louis Laybourne Smith
School focuses on the creative process directed toward problem setting
and problem solving within the interface between people and things.
Preparation for entering the industrial design profession includes the
development of skills and knowledge necessary to generate innovative and
aesthetic solutions to a wide range of products and systems based upon
the cultural, environmental and social needs of people and the places we
inhabit.
The program prepares people to
communicate design intent by using sketching, diagramming, spoken and
written language, augmented by contemporary digital technology and three
dimensional modelling, both hand made and virtual. Consideration is
given to issues of sustainable and manufacturing technology within a
social context directed toward our diverse global environment.
The
program takes advantage of its inner city campus and a diverse and
technologically advanced manufacturing base in Adelaide, incorporating a
rich variety of resources into the educational experience. Specialised
streams of study include furniture design and design for manufacture,
sustainable product design, transportation form design, together with a
focus on design for disability. Students have the opportunity to
participate in design study tours of local and international design
schools and established practices, and in cross-disciplinary study tours
to centres of product design excellence. Students graduating from this
program have been consistently successful at securing design positions
in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and America.
