Product Design Sketching Course overview

Professional Diploma Series Product realization appreciation Product design sketching Product digital mockup Form exploration: from art to part

Course Aims to develop students’ knowledge and skills in  exploring product ideas  communicating the ideas Students become competent in visualizing and presenting ideas using  freehand sketches  colour rendering  technical drawing  computer imaging

Art VS Product Design Sketching We sketch for a purpose (to help us think, to communicate, to persuade, etc.) We sometimes sketch existing things, but mostly we sketch things we imagine We sometimes play with optical illusion, but we never draw ‘impossible objects’

Module Web Site Access via Directly to Calendar Venue Handouts Announcements and reminders

Assessment Class Attendance: 75% or more (absent for no more than four 3-hour sessions) Assignments: Students must submit ALL assignments before the corresponding due date. Module Grade: Students must get a total mark of at least 50 (D grade) in this module.

Assignments Assignments (60%)  3 drawing home-works  4 graded class activities Individual project (40%)  Includes a series of sketch developments  Digital image enhancement  Final oral and visual presentation

Subject Ground Rules Build up your art materials Bring your sketch pad Be bold Practice, practice, practice