Overview

This unit involves a detailed and professional level project that is executed to an industry standard. The project addresses the developments undertaken in Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 1 to enable a high quality project outcome. Designers will refine their project brief and plans in response to previous studies in Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 1. This unit addresses the development of research skills and the synthesis of research with design practice. Students will develop a specific project outcome that is highly refined and detailed.

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:

  • Produce a refined brief and project plan that outlines a strategy for solving a well-defined problem
  • Critically evaluate proposed design directions through real-world justifications, substantiated by continuing critical analysis of relevant trends and issues
  • Produce a highly refined and detailed design outcome and prototype to professional standards
  • Evaluate the investigative process and outcomes through concise, coherent and well-structured documentation, reports and presentations
  • Articulate the commercial viability of an outcome through a concise understanding of manufacturing requirements and production costs

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Seminar		1.00 12 weeks 12
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Studio		5.00 12 weeks 60
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		20.00 12 weeks 240
TOTAL312

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Design FolioIndividual 25% 1,2,3,4,5 
Full Scale ModelIndividual 25% 2,4,5 
PresentationIndividual 20% 1,2,3,4,5 
Research and Technical ReportIndividual 30% 1,2,4,5 

Content

  • Conduct further design research to refine and substantiate developments
  • Apply a range of analytical and research skills to facilitate the articulation of a design outcome
  • Design and detail to professional standards ready for manufacture/construction
  • Produce a high quality and highly detailed prototype
  • Produce a highly detailed written and illustrated rationale that documents the design development and outcome.

Study resources

Reading materials

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