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Modelling and Prototypes

Code 12721
Year 2
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 5
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Design Industrial
Entry requirements not applicable
Mode of delivery Theoretical/practical lessons.
Work placements Don't exist.
Learning outcomes Understand the underlying issues in the design of an object (formal expression, function and structure) and its project development.
Able to combine the artistic expression of different materials with their structural constraints.
Combine the symbolic expression of a design object with its constructive and operational functionality.
Syllabus Modern Movement as an operative model of a design project.
Materials from the point of view of their structural capabilities and their expressive poetics.
Technologies (industrial and non-industrial) and materials, susceptible to manipulation in the construction of prototypes, such as: steel, wood, wood derivatives, composites and polymers.
Evolutionary work on models with the aim of building a prototype.
Main Bibliography Hallgrimsson, B., 2012. Prototyping and Modelmaking for product design (2nd ed.). Hachette UK: Laurence King Publishing.
Cuffaro, D. F., 2006. Process, materials, and measurements : all the details industrial designers need to know but can never find. Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers.
Lefteri, C., 2006. Materials: for inspirational design. Mies: RotoVision Book, cop.
Lefteri, C., 2007. Making it: manufacturing techniques for product design. London: Laurence King, cop. .
Lesko, J., 2008. Industrial design : materials and manufacturing guide. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, cop. .
Panero, J. & Zelnik, M., 2002. Dimensionamento humano para espaços interiores : um livro de consulta e referência para projetos. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, cop..
Pfeifer, M., 2009. Materials enabled designs : the materials engineering perspective to product design and manufacturing. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, cop..
Zec, P., 2007. Material and design. Essen, Germany: Red Dot Edition, cop. 2007.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2023-01-20

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