1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Students will be encouraged to extend and consolidate their
research, presentation and writing skills through intensive
thought and debate.
Content
Semester three concentrates on post-World War I1 design,
the critique of modernism and the conflict between high art
and mass culture. Theories of symbology are explored along
with issues relating to the cultural discourse constructed by
design commodity culture, advertising, clothes as code, the
home as the site of consumption, and corporate imperialism.
ID401 Industrial Design 4
15 credit points 12.5 hours per week Prahran Prerequisites:
ID301 Industrial Design 3, ID302 Technology 3.
Assessment: continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
This subject consists of:
Design Projects 2B
Engineering Graphics 2
V) Design Projects 28
S
X Objectives
To expand the application of learned theoretical skills and
n knowledge to problem solving.
2.
t; Content
The student will begin to resolve complex issues relating to
design and be expected to utilise professional presentation
techniques in order to communicate their ideas. Greater
emphaHis will be placed on the conceptual development of
ideas and ~rovidine " the relevant technical information to
support chosen solutions. This semester will concentrate on
a developed use of professional presentation techniques,
demonstration of an understanding of the integration of the
technical and professional skills and draw on a sophisticated
use of mockups to communicate ideas. The student will be
expected to conduct research to establish a basis for
resolution. The projects in this semester will be small scale.
Engineering Graphics 2
Objectives
To introduce advanced engineering drawing and CAD skills,
and to introduce aspects of mechanical design.
Content
Advanced engineering drawing including detailed multiplecomponent
assem.blies, linear and geometric tolerancing,
geometry of solids and development of lines of intersection
and surface development for intersecting solids.
Introduction to elements of mechanical design such as bearings,
drives, seals and simple lever, gear, and cam mechanisms etc.
Use of CAD in engineering drawing.
ID402 Technology 4
10 credit points 2 hours per week Prahran Prerequisites:
ID301 Industrial Design 3, ID302 Technology 3 Assessment:
continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (hdusuial Desii)
Objectives
An introduction to the structure, properties, and processing
of metals.
Content
The classification, structure and properties of ferrous
and non-ferrous metals and their alloys;
hot and cold forming, heat treatment and surface
treatment of metals including the mechanism of
corrosion and the protection of metals;
machining and fabrication of metals;
testing and inspection techniques used to determine the
properties of metals;
design for manufacture in metal.
ID403 Professional Studies 2
10 credit points 6 hours per week Prahran
Prerequisites: ID301 Industrial Design 3, 10302 Technology
3, ID303 Professional Studies 1 Assessment: continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
This subject consists of:
Process Management
Product Critiques 2
Process Management
Objectives
To develop an understanding of the designer's role in the
industrial environment and the management of design
projects.
Content
Topics to be covered include manufacturing theory with
reference to the management of the design process, design
for export, resource planning, government resources, vendor
qualification and quality management.
Project Management will also be examined as it applies to
designers and the manufacture of products within the scope
of the designer.
Guest lecturers will be used as required for specific assistance
and will discuss hypothetical and actual case studies.
Product Critiques 2
Objectives
To raise students level of inquiry and evaluation of design
and its consequences.
Content
Case studies, seminars and discussions will analyse the
effects of design on topics including:
their own and other's work;
the environment and material selection;