Felix's Documentation of Teaching at NYUAD

Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas 2020

General course structure/schedule of meetings/list of discussion topics/homework and due dates

Please be aware that the course is continuously adjusting its schedule and its mode of learning towards NYUAD's responses on Covid 19. All <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>meetings marked in yellow</font> are directly affected. Students are asked to carefully check eventual occurring daily changes and updates on this site. For questions about the schedule please contact Felix.

Spring Semester 1

Week		Theme	<font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;#e74c3c>Homework due to the day</font> Felix will adjust timing for homework (due to…) depending on how fast/slow we progress during the semester. Please be aware that timings might change.
Week 0	TUE, 01-28-20	Design Fundamentals General introduction, Time and Project Management	Get the course books from the book store.
	THU, 01-30-20	The Vision of Design Project Colloquium	1. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 1 (p. 9–19), p. 176–177)), 2. Develop a Gantt-Chart that reflects the design stages of your project for this semester, 3. Bring 5 digital photographs of traditional/typical/important architecture from your hometown.
Week 1	TUE, 02-04-20	Rapid Prototyping (Laser Cutting Workshop)	1. Pass Esteban's laser cutter training 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 94–119), 3. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (Design and Technology: p. 239–261)
	THU, 02-06-20	Case-study presentations (No. 1, No. 2), class discussion	1. Watch 'Rams' 2. Go through this compilation of presentation rules
Week 2	TUE, 02-11-20	Mood-board presentation	1. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 78), 2. Think about three cardboard architecure projects you would like to work on, 3. Create a mood-board for each idea. 4. Email a PDF with the 3 moodboards to Felix
	THU, 02-13-20	Case-study presentations (No. 3, No. 4), class discussion	-
Week 3	TUE, 02-18-20	Ideation (Brainstorming, Mind-Maps)	1. Watch 'Urbanized', 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 56-57, 66-67), 3. Create a mind-map on your selected idea. 4. Create a word-cloud about your selected cardboard architecture. 5. Email mind-map and word-cloud to Felix
	THU, 02-20-20	Case-study presentations (No. 5, No. 6), class discussion	-
Week 4	TUE, 02-25-20	Drawing Workshop	-
	THU, 02-27-20	Case-study presentations (No. 7, No. 8), class discussion	-
Week 5	TUE, 03-03-20	Cardboard Workshop with Tobias Horrock	Please reserve the afternoons and evenings on Tue 3 and Wed 4 for this workshop (each day 6–9pm)
	THU, 03-05-20	Presentation of Cardboard Workshop results, discussion with Tobias Horrock	-
Week 6	~~TUE, 03-10-20~~	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33> NO CLASS – COVID-19 </font> (link)	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33> Homework remains!</font> 1. Create three handdrawings that visualise your idea. 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (p. 21–45) 3. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design (Utopias, Visions, Concepts, and Trends: p. 216–225) 4. Email scans of your drawings to Felix
	~~THU, 03-12-20~~	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33> NO CLASS – COVID-19 </font> (link)	-
Week 7	TUE, 03-17-20	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>Group Meeting via zoom</font>	1. Build a small scale model of your cardboard architecture 2. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design, Architecture and Design (p. 202–215) 3. Email pictures of your cardboard model to Felix
	~~THU, 03-19-20~~	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>1:1 sessions via zoom only</font>	-

Spring Semester 2

Week 8	TUE, 03-31-20	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Improve/change your model based on the feedback you received. 2. Email pictures of your improved model (2nd iteration) to Felix
	~~THU, 04-02-20~~	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>1:1 sessions via zoom only</font>	-
Week 9	TUE, 04-07-20	Project Colloquium <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Project Report 1/5 2. Improve/change your model based on the feedback you received.
	THU, 04-09-20	Case-study presentations <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font> (No. 9, No. 10), class discussion	-
Week 10	TUE, 04-14-20	Project Colloquium <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Project Report 2/5 2. Watch 'Objectified' 3. Improve/change your model based on the feedback you received.
	THU, 04-16-20	Case-study presentations <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font> (No. 11, No. 12), class discussion	-
Week 11	TUE, 04-21-20	Project Colloquium <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Project Report 3/5 1. Improve/change your model based on the feedback you received.
	THU, 04-23-20	Case-study presentations <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font> (No. 13, No. 14), class discussion	1. Watch 'Bauhaus, The Face of the Twentieth Century' (source 1, 2)
Week 12	TUE, 04-28-20	Project Colloquium <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Project Report 4/5 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 6 (Testing), p. 121–137, chapter 7 (Evaluation & Selection), p. 139-155, 3. Develop a perfectly made cardboard model that features a detail from your architecture.
	THU, 04-30-20	Case-study presentations <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font> (No. 15), class discussion	-
Week 13	TUE, 05-05-20	Project Colloquium <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. Project Report 5/5, 2. 1. Write your Artistic Statement, 2. Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 8 (Communicating), p. 156-173)
	THU, 05-07-20	Graphic Design & Typography <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	1. 'Watch Helvetica' 2. Name for your cardboard architecture 3. Logo for your cardboard architecture, 4. Reading: Design: History, Theory and Practice of Product Design, On the Communicative Function of Design (p. 148–186), Design and its Context (p. 189–201)
Week 14	~~TUE, 05-12-20~~	<font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>1:1 sessions via zoom only</font>	1. Finish your cardboard architecture prototype.
	THU, 05-14-20	Online Group presentation <font inherit/inherit;;#000000;;#FFFC33>⇒ Group meeting via zoom</font>	<font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;#e74c3c>Have all documents (drawings, photographs of models, etc.) uploaded to the online exhibition!</font>