Felix's Documentation of Teaching at NYUAD

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)
Sunday, February 12, 2017

• Attendance list
• Checking the cardboard radios
• Open questions on the reading assignments? 1. Research Methods for Product Design: Future Forecasting (p. 30), Trend Spotting (p. 31), Literature Reviews (p. 50, p.64–65), 2. Design as Research: Where are we going? (p. 17–21), The Resourceful Social Expert (p. 22–27), The Myth of the Design Androgyne (p.28–34))

• Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas – Marcus Vitruvius Romanus, (ca. 80–10 B.C.)
• Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882): The focus should be on practical and functional aspects, decorative elements should be secondary.
• Gottfried Semper (1803–1879): The form should be appropriate to the function, the material, and the manufacturing process.
• Thonet Brothers, Chair No. 14, 1859
• Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, The modern Style, Secession Style…
• The German Werkbund
• Werkbund Exhibition, The Weissenhof Project, Stuttgart, 1927
• The aim of The Bauhaus
• Periods of The Bauhaus
  • Founding Phase (1919-1923)
  • Consolidation Phase (1923-1928)
  • Phase of Disintegration (1928-1933)
• The influence of The Bauhaus on Design Training
• Walter Gropius,
18.5.1883 (Berlin) – 5.7.1969 (Boston)
• Max Bill,
22.12.1908 (Winterthur) – 9.12.1994 (Berlin)
  • Ulmer Hocker (means stool), Max Bill, 1954
• The goal of Ulm School of Design
• Periods of Ulm School of Design
  • 1947–1953 – Concept
  • 1953–1956 – Former Bauhaus teachers joining
  • 1956–1958 – Inclusion of new scientific disciplines
  • 1958–1962 – Emphasis on Design Methodology
  • 1962–1966 – Involvement of industrial partners
  • 1967–1968 – Dispositional Freedom
• The Story of Braun

• Start at 10:30am

1. Watch those two clips:
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Cyp7bIZOM
   2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncw3f4jgNP4
2. Rewrite Essay 1 (and use the Writing Center as a resource)
3. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (p. 15–48)