Syllabus

Module I: What is Designing? The Designers' Objectives and Challenges Is Designing an Art, a Science or a Form of Mathematics?
Module II: Evolution of Design History of Design Methodology.
Module III: Design process – design as a process, different school of thoughts and processes, philosophies and approaches to design and its methodology, stages of design (divergence, transformation and convergence) systematic search (decision system approach, logical certainty) selection of strategies and methods (linear, cyclic,
branching, adaptive, incremental, random search) and others.
Module IV: KISS principles (Kelly Johnson) Affordance (Gibson, Don Norman) Usecentered design (John Flach and Cynthia Dominguez) User-centered design (UCD) HCI (Human-computer Interaction) Human-centered design (HCD).
Module V: Seminars/ Assignments/ Practical

To study various Theories of Design and Process and its applications.

Understanding and appreciation of principles and percept's of issues related to design in theory and practice.

Appreciation of architectural spaces and things with respect to man and his behavior.

1. An ability to design and conduct inquiries, and to analyze and interpret data.
2. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs such as aesthetic, economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
3. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.

Jones, J. C., Design Methods, Wiley

Norman, D., The Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books

Jormakka, K., Schurer, O., and Kuhlmann, D., Basic Design Methods, Birkhauser Verlag AG

Cross, N., A History of Design Methodology, Kluwer Academic Publishers , Design Methodology and Relationships with Science pp 15-27