Showing 49 courses for the subject Industrial Design
This course will use a range of visualisation methods to represent design concepts and elements. Methods used include hand drawing, photography, motion graphics, animation and video.
This course will introduce students to basic principles of game design, animation and motion design. Fundamental game design concepts, such as mechanics and loops, will be explored and analysed to enable students to conceptualise and develop playable...
This course introduces students to the role of visual and written communication in contemporary design practice. A range of techniques will be taught to help students communicate design concepts, critical thinking, and design processes to develop and...
In this course students engage with emerging technologies to visualise and create 3D forms, bodies and spaces. Students address the distinctive features of creating form and making digitally fabricated artefacts.
This course introduces students to, and develops their fluency in, design vocabularies and composition specific to the configuration of design elements. Analogue and digital techniques are used to explore body, space, form and movement.
This course introduces students to narratives and storytelling in the context of visual design. Students will be exposed to a range of traditional and contemporary examples including Māori storytelling practice and examples from film, animation, digi...
This course focuses on creative exploration of materials and processes. Students will learn various manual and digital techniques and apply these to the exploration and production of expressive forms.
This course introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of interactive visual perception through creative coding and AI for interactive interfaces. Students will develop their own visual, animated, multimedia and interactive design solutions...
This course explores the basics of graphic design and photography through hands-on projects. Students are introduced to professional design practice through the use of a brief, design processes, and critique. Using design software, as well as sketchi...
In this introductory course students will learn the principles of fashion design by researching material properties and developing design models that lead to the production of wearable forms. Emphasis is placed on pattern design methods, covering a r...
By observing and analysing historical approaches and responses in and between cultures and design, students will explore design from a place-based perspective.
Whakapapa Design I
DSDN172
This course is deeply rooted in Māori culture. Whakapapa Design emphasises ethical behaviour and the consequences of our actions as designers. Whakapapa Design highlights interconnections between people, place, and all living entities and offers a pa...
This course will explore a variety of approaches to material simulation and coded design processes. Topics covered will include advanced rendering, rapid digital iteration, and the translating of digital form to physical artefact. Students will look ...
Industrial designers communicate primarily through the physical aesthetic qualities of the products they create. In this founding industrial design course students will explore and expand their three dimensional visual vocabulary to empower them to p...
This course investigates how industrially designed products respond to the people and environment in which they exist. This four-dimensional quality of products offers significant opportunity for design experimentation and expression. Through the use...
Introduction to electronics, circuit design, and programming as design tools for creative electronic solutions. This course is for students wishing to explore physical computing and interaction design (including IoT). Thinking beyond the mouse/keyboa...
This course stimulates students to explore and experiment with a range of design-focused mediums, materials and techniques. In addition to material and technical proficiency students will gain competence in creating contextual design interventions an...
This course examines the dynamic complexity of the human body and its form, mapping personal variation, movement and anatomy as the inspiration for products. 3D scanning and colour 3D printing will be used to collect data and create a tailored produc...
This course introduces a variety of design research methods and discusses how, when and where these approaches may be utilised in the design process. Topics for discussion and research will include social and cultural bias, human behaviour, and the r...
This course challenges students to explore and engage with specific online publications that inspire them to design a product suitable for publication to an international audience. To reach this standard students will select appropriate media includi...
Students will investigate real-world issues through interaction design methodologies to identify problems, needs and desires that can be addressed through physical and digital interactions. Students will learn to design scenarios and prototype intera...
This course explores industrial design from a historic, contemporary and future (speculative) perspective with a specific focus on the implications of technological evolution. Emerging issues such as artificial intelligence, biological printing and c...
This course asks students to plan and create design-driven innovations for the near future through bold experimentation with a variety of non-traditional mediums including smart materials, intelligent processes and emerging technologies. Students wil...
This course considers the relationship between digital creation - CAD (Computer Aided Design) and digital making/fabrication - CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and explores the design opportunities these technologies offer. Students will investigat...
This course introduces branding as a business concept to students. It explores the role that a product and associated services play in promoting and developing a company’s brand as well as the way a brand impacts on the perception and value of a prod...
In this course students will explore and implement current digital product design methods for software, complex websites and apps. The course will emphasise complex interaction design, developing design systems, the interrelationship between design r...
Design Ideation / Ariā ā-Hoahoa
MDDN403
This course is an advanced investigation of ideation, narrative design, pre-production, and professional practice, through the lens of animation, visual effects, and technical art. Students will consider traditional and emergent approaches to these t...
Narrative Design / Hoahoa ā-Paki
COMD411
Narrative is an important element in design. Design can tell stories, communicate information, and create meaning. This course looks at a range of tools and techniques for creatively constructing and deploying narratives in various contexts, includin...
This course explores the theory and practice of fashion history, culture and design. Students undertake analysis and critique of fashion paradigms through an interdisciplinary approach and consider the significance of fashion for people and societies...
Affective Interaction Design
IXXN411
The course investigates how hyper-personalised designs can affect emotional responses in people. In-depth research and design experiments will be carried out through theoretical and applied methods and presented by students through weekly seminars. S...
Students will gain advanced level experience with newly emerging media and interaction design techniques specific to mixed human-machine communication networks such as Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence. An emphasis will...
This course engages with Māori creativity and mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) in the production of both visual and material cultural design that honours our place and past in Aotearoa New Zealand. Guided by traditional Māori protocols and knowledg...
In this course students will explore and utilise graphic design elements, software, and strategies in the pursuit of a body of design work, while analysing ways to leverage personal experience and unique backgrounds. Through research, exercises and p...
Information Design Practice
MDDN415
This course explores practice for effectively and accurately designing with complex information. Topics will include understanding datasets to create accurate data visualisations, and visualising a variety of information to effectively communicate id...
In this course students will analyse and conceive user experience design concepts, techniques and strategies. Students will explore a number of different design processes, frameworks, research methods, prototyping techniques, and design outcomes.
In this course students develop skills in core user experience design processes such as: problem framing, qualitative research and analysis, visualisation techniques, interaction design, and prototyping. Students are introduced to designing for acces...
This advanced course offers an intensive, hands-on experience in compositing and visual effects (VFX) design. Students explore digital compositing techniques, advanced VFX tools, and VFX shot design, focusing on integrating CGI with live action foota...
In this course students will focus on developing a mastery of the skills relating to the creation of creature, human, and mechanical puppet rigs for digital characters, as well as creating digital simulations of physical phenomena.
In this course students will critique and analyse traditional applications of lighting such as portraiture, practical studio lighting, and cinematography. Projects will develop a mastery of digital lighting and rendering software while evidencing mas...
Motion and Performance
MDDN432
In this course, students master the technical skills required to create exceptional animations with Unreal Engine using a motion capture pipeline. We explore best practices and key concepts for crafting compelling visual narratives using real-time mo...
Creative Digital Manufacturing
INDN441
In this course students undertake industrial design projects researching new and emerging digital technologies as a catalyst for the creation of innovative future products, systems and services. Students develop design proposals considering the effec...
Creative Artificial Intelligence
MDDN443
This course introduces the latest research practices in the data-driven creation and manipulation of digital media. It covers techniques of how to organize, represent, transform, and generate image-based media. Students will strengthen their computat...
This course introduces students to a diverse range of research practices that foster criticality, creativity and a deepening of our connection to whanaungatanga associated with a range of contemporary issues and emerging technologies. An emphasis wil...
This course offers in-depth training in creative coding for visual effects using Houdini and its scripting language, VEX. Students dive into the world of procedural system development, learning to create sophisticated models and digital creatures. Th...
Advanced Theory
SIDN472
A critical examination of theoretical and creative work at the intersections of design, culture, history, politics and ethics. Students will read and analyse a range of texts relevant to contemporary multi-disciplinary design research practice. Speci...
This seminar-based course introduces postgraduate students to current qualitative methods in design research. It explores a range of creative and empirical and culturally appropriate methods, concentrating on the formulation of research questions, th...
Creative Project
DSDN590
FILM/DSDN/NZSM/THEA 590 is a creative research project, which is the capstone of the MFA (Creative Practice) degree. The project topic and approach is developed by the student under the guidance of an academic staff member in the relevant area.
Design Research Portfolio
DSDN592
Master of Design Research Portfolio.
This is a project-based 90-point thesis that exists within the 180-point MDI degree programme. With approval of academic staff, and in consultation with a Design Research Innovation Lab (DRIL) supervisor, students undertake a major design investigati...
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