INT-112: Design Fundamentals 1

As one of a series of Industrial Design Foundation courses, Design Fundamentals 1 concentrates on design elements and gestalt principles in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional composition. The course addresses historical and theoretical contexts through lectures and readings using short written assessments as strategies for research and concept development -compare and contrast, time lines, abbreviated literature and visual reviews, probes, and reflection. Emphasis is placed on design process, research, formal properties and terms, perception, proportion and grid structures, hierarchical ordering in visual communication, rhythm and movement in space and time, achromatic tonal qualities, color mixing, translation between traditional and digital media, and practiced craft.