Overview

This unit will assist students to enhance their professional skills and knowledge in relation to the practice of design. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the many management issues relating to design projects. They will closely examine the financial, legal and administrative practices relating to employers, employees, clients, stakeholders, and government standards, which are common to small design consultancies and studios.

Requisites

Prerequisites
DDD30038 Project Management and Practice

Rule

250 credit points in:

BH-DESINA
OR
BA-DESINA1

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Evaluate the professional skills, roles and responsibilities of an industrial designer or interior architecture student
  • Identify the financial, legal, ethical and administrative aspects required in running a design studio
  • Create a design proposal, which applies relevant fundamental financial, legal, ethical and administrative concepts
  • Prepare a design project plan supported with relevant professional documentation as per Australian and International regulations

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Class		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
JournalIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4 
Project ProposalIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Professionalism
  • Intellectual property
  • Ethical and sustainable practice
  • Writing reports, proposals and briefs
  • Fees and agreements
  • Employment models i.e. self-employment, consultancies, etc.
  • Pitching and sourcing clients
  • Communicating with diverse stakeholders
  • Professional documentation, including contracts, drawings, sign-offs and record keeping
  • Project and time management
  • Quality assurance practices
  • Australian Standards
  • Business structures and tax systems

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.