Studio Units

Courses

Learning to know

Courses Learning to do

Electives/SWS

Ability

Ability to design and persuade people

Research

and writing ability

Varied

Exposure

Varied

Canon:

History of Design and Objects 

Design: Gaining empathetic insights through experience.

Nuances of the Design profession

Property

of materials and 

manufacturing technologies.

Varied

L4

Yr 1 M

Fundamentals of Furniture Design

(14 C)

Design Process

(2C)

Material and Processes- I

(2C)

Electives/

SWS (8C)

S

Furniture & Innovation

(14 C)

History of Design and Objects 

(2C)

Material and Processes - II

(2C)

Yr 2 M

Furniture for Mass Production(14 C)

Systems thinking (2 C)

Emergent Furniture Technologies

(2C)

S

Furniture Systems

(14 C)

Design Management

(2 C)

Design Research

Methodology 

(2 C)

Evidence of student learning

Final Portfolio

Physical + Online

+ Exhibition

Case Studies and Essays 3 each Course. Final Essays in a bound volume

Detailed Drawings 2D or 3D as needed, Prototypes, models,

MCQ Exams

+ VIVA

Tutor Deliverables

Final Brief

+ Exhibition

+ Units Catalog

Lecture and tutorial notes in bound volume

External Review

BOR to review final exhibition for quality of learning and design excellence

BOR to review essays for clarity and excellence in communication

Industry Experts to judge the outcomes and give feedback