Swedish name: Formens grunder
This syllabus is valid: 2009-09-07 and until further notice
Syllabus for courses starting after 2009-09-07
Syllabus for courses starting between 2009-08-31 and 2009-09-06
Course code: 5ID104
Credit points: 3
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Industrial Design: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Umeå Institute of Design (UID)
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2021-09-08
The course is aimed at students without previous experience of studies in the area of industrial design. The goal of the course is to give the student a possibility to explore the practice and the understanding of form, in order to train and develop skills and abilities, and to prepare for and facilitate participation in the curricular education on courses and programmes in industrial design. The course focus is on promoting an exploratory and investigative approach to form. Typical exercises would motivate the students to continue their own experiments and personal development in the area of form. This form study course is divided into two parts, a self study through a recommended reading of books and articles which would be followed with practical assignments and exercises in two and three dimensional visualisation. The course also aims to introduce specific concepts and basic theories of form.
After completing the course, the student shall be able to: - account for the basic principles of evolution of form - account for basic theories of form - use an adequate form related vocabulary in relation to concepts of form - visualise two- and three dimensional form in paper, foam and clay and relate this to the basic principles of form evolution and to basic theories of form - independently explore and reflect over their own understanding of and skills in the area of form.
General entry requirements to higher education are needed for admittance to the course. Priority is
given to student who, the semester the course is given, is 1) a student on Industrial Design
Introduction, or 2) admitted to a programme or course taught in English at the UID and who has no
previous training in form or design studies. Thereafter, students with previous design or form studies,
as well as students admitted to programme or course taught in Swedish at the UID, will be admitted to the course. If study places are not filled on the course, other student categories might be accepted. Admitted students must have completed the workshop course in order to use workshop machinery.
The course is a self study course. A teacher led introduction to the course is given, after which students conduct literature studies and carry out practical exercises and assignments based on a specific project brief. During the course, each student will be given individual feed back at least once.
Examination consists of a written essay and of submission of specified 2D and/or 3D deliverables. After completing the course, one of the grades Fail (U) or Pass (G) is awarded the student. In order to obtain credit for the course, all assignments must be completed. For students who have not obtained the grade Pass, other examination sessions will be arranged. A student who for two consecutive examinations for the same course has not been passed, has the right to have another examiner appointed, if there are no special reasons against this (Higher Education Ordinance chapter 6, 22 §). The request for a new examiner shall be made in writing to the Department board of the Umeå Institute of Design.
Equivalency credits for this course can only be given if it can be shown through transcripts and course plans that a similar course has been passed, and after the course responsible and director of studies have evaluated and approved the students individual level of skills and knowledge.
The literature list is not available through the web. Please contact the faculty.
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