Industrial Design and Human Factor

Subject:  Industrial Design and Human Factor

Credits: 5 ECTS

Target Audience:  1.year students, MSc Product and system design

Prerequisites: BSc

Objectives:

Introduction to industrial design thinking and methods. Form, colours, presentations and communication is focuses.

Theory and methods within the area of user oriented design. Usability and human machine interaction will be focused.

Topics:

• Modelling methods, communication and presentation, colours
• Human factors, ergonomics
• Human-machine-interaction
• Usability
• Design thinking

Course readings:

1. Industrial Design by Peter Fiell, Charlotte Fiell, Julia Krumhauer; Taschen GmbH 2003
2. Product Design and Development; Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger; McGraw-Hill 2003
3. A number of research articles

Instructions: Lectures and individual- and group-exercises (mandatory)

Mandatory Assignments: Mandatory exercises must be approved before admission to the examination

Evaluation: Project work