Minors - Bachelor of Industrial Design (DBDI)
The
Industrial Design Program at the Louis Laybourne Smith School offers
three minor streams for students who choose to focus on specific
professional directions: furnishing design for manufacture; form for
industry; and sustainable industrial design strategies.
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Furnishing design for manufacture:
Introduction to the
knowledge and vocabulary of materials and processes typically used in
furniture manufacture, providing a base for further learning and the
communication of designs for furniture manufacture. Includes advanced
consideration of the interdependance of materials, manufacturing
processes and the functional and aesthetic considerations in furniture
design.
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Form
for industry:
This course combines psychological and philosophical
aesthetic theory with form inspiration methodology, toward the design
of innovative products within industry domains such as transportation
and filmmaking. Emphasis is placed on form exploration and aesthetic
refinement.
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Sustainable
industrial design strategies:
Studying sustainable design and manufacturing principles, the concept of 'cradle to grave' product cycle, design for disassembly, life cycle cost, social and environmental cost, the toxicology of materials, issues relating to renewable and non-renewable resources, ecological, social and industrial sustainability.