Overview
Key facts
During the second half of the Twentieth Century, the clearly defined profession of industrial design broadened and fragmented into a diffuse array of specialized practices. Rather than confining their activity to shaping objects for everyday use, object designers have expanded their practice by borrowing from fields such as sociology, anthropology, art, film, and management consultancy, thereby uncovering new ways in which design can affect our lives.
Kadenze offers the Making Meaning - An Introduction to Designing Objects programme.
Beginning with a tour through design’s pluralism, this program delves into the power relations and semiotic structures which lie behind object making. It analyzes the process of design as it unfolds in the designer’s mind, on paper, through model making, and via other generative “thinking tools”. Examining the motivation of designers today, it reveals radical, avant-garde positions, as well as progressive, ethical, and sustainable practices that question the profession’s quiet complicity in unchecked mass consumption.Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Mission Creep: Product Design Goes Plural
- Style and Substance: The Overt and Covert Politics of Design
- Reading and Writing Form: The Visual Language of Designed Objects
- A Generative Process: Design in the Mind, on the Page, and in the Hand
- Rules of Engagement: Exploring the Realities of Design Practice
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 8 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Design View 103 other Short Courses in Design in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Skill Level : Beginner
Tuition Fee
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International
200 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 200 USD for the full programme during 8 days. -
National
200 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 200 USD for the full programme during 8 days.
Funding
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