Product Design Engineering Studio
Overview
The Product Design Studio will introduce a range of Product Design skills including innovative idea generation, visualisation and sketching techniques for communication of both external and internal product detail. Additionally, the development of engineering methodologies, such as, Reverse Engineering and the generation of Product Design Specifications to document complex product design requirements will be applied to the Studio project. The Prototyping workshop module will cover Safety Workshop practices using hand and machine techniques, including material selection and prototyping strategies to communicate and make three dimensional forms, form studies and prototypes.
Requisites
01-June-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply practical engineering methodologies, such as reverse engineering processes, to determine effective and efficient design (K4, S1, S2, S3)
- Apply idea generation techniques and consider user demographics to achieve innovative and appropriate product design outcomes (K5, A1, A2, A3, A5, A6)
- Interpret internal and external product requirements and generate product design specifications
- Address a range of product design and development skills including engineering documentation and prototyping into design projects (S1, S3, S4, A1, A2)
- Use and appropriately select sketching techniques to effectively communicate design intent (A2)
- Apply safe prototyping practices in the prototyping workshop using both hand and machinery techniques, including material and prototyping strategy selection (S2, S3, A2, A6)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Studio | 3.00 | 8 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Workshop | 3.00 | 4 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Individual | 0% | |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 10% | 5,6 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 30% | 2,3,4,5,6 |
| Project | Individual | 60% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Content
This unit is comprised of two delivery modules, covering the following content:
Product Design Studio:
- This component will continue to build on a range of product design and development skills
- Concept development and design methodology
- Engineering documentation
- Basic principles of product design specifications
- Material, Processes and assembly techniques
- Reverse engineering processes
- Analysis of product reliability, performance and complexity
- Ergonomic principles and analysis of product semantics
- Research user demographics
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Prototyping Workshop Module:
- Occupational Health and Safety training
- Prototyping Machinery and Hand tool training
- Prototyping Material and Strategy selection
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.