ECTS - Furniture Design
Furniture Design (ICM303) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Furniture Design | ICM303 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Field Trip, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim of the course is to introduce students to furniture design, to orient them to examine the relationship between product – space and user. In addition to provide students understanding the importance of budget and material, color and texture in the process of product design by experiencing the whole process. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Experiencing furniture design and production process in the light of the principles of furniture design; alternative materials used in furniture design; physical, ergonomic, psychological, economical and social factors affecting furniture design. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to the course.Announcement of studiowork 1.Announcement of the research and presentation topics. | Analyses of the books given in the reference list. |
| 2 | Presentation: “Tree” as a material used in furniture design. Structure of tree, sections, kinds and using areas, conjunction details. Studiowork: Experiencing wood conjunction details with polystyrene. | Studiowork 1 – Analyses of wood conjunction details. |
| 3 | Field trip at furniture production factory. Information transfer about kinds of trees and drying techniques, fiberboard, MDF “Medium Density Fiberboard”, HDF “High Density Fiberboard”, Laminated wood and used areas. | Research about the products, materials and production techniques used in the furniture production factory. |
| 4 | Presentations | Presentation 1- Observation in furniture production studios, preparation of samples, drawings and videos. |
| 5 | Presentations. Announcement of the content and aim of homework. | Presentation 1- Observation in furniture production studios, preparation of samples, drawings and videos. |
| 6 | Submission and evaluation of homework: structure in furniture. Production of a sitting unit in 1/1 scale by cardboard without using any adhesive or any other material. | Homework- research about the structure, analyses of wood conjunction details again, design and production of a sitting unit. |
| 7 | Decision of furniture design that will produced at the end of the semester (sitting unit, bookshelves, table, coffee table, lighting unit, furniture for corridor) and evaluations of first ideas (panel evaluations). | Studiowork 2- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing. |
| 8 | Panel evaluations of furniture design. | Studiowork 2- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing. |
| 9 | Table evaluations (critics) of furniture design. | Studiowork 3- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production. |
| 10 | Table evaluations (critics) of furniture design. | Studiowork 3- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production. |
| 11 | Mid-Jury Evaluation. | Mid-Jury- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production and material board. |
| 12 | Mid-Jury Evaluation. | Mid-Jury- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production and material board. |
| 13 | Table evaluations (critics) of furniture design. | Studiowork 4- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production and 1/1 details of materials. |
| 14 | Panel evaluations of furniture design. | Studiowork 4- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production and 1/1 details of materials. |
| 15 | Panel evaluations of furniture design. | Studiowork 4- 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing, model production and 1/1 details of materials. |
| 16 | Final Jury evaluations. | 1/10 plan, section, elevation and perspective drawing .1/1 furniture. |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Aronson, J. (1965). The Encyclopedia of Furniture. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers. |
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| 2. Savage, D. (2011). Furniture with Soul: Master Woodworkers and their Craft. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. | |
| 3. Saville, L. (2006). Design Secrets: Furniture: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered. Beverly,Massachusetts: Rockport publishers inc. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 8 | 30 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 15 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Toplam | 13 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 70 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 30 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Having knowledge and awareness of the design and construction decisions influenced by geographical variations in social, economic, cultural, and physical contexts. | |||||
| 2 | Being able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary manner at the national and international levels, independently or jointly planning design projects in interdisciplinary work, and taking on responsibilities to execute/manage them in the field of interior architecture. | |||||
| 3 | Having knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to the field of interior architecture; being aware of professional ethics, duties and responsibilities. | |||||
| 4 | Being able to obtain the necessary data using accurate research methods and techniques, interpreting the results, and transforming the theoretical knowledge acquired by generating counter-arguments/syntheses, evaluating them, and applying them to alternative design solutions in the practical domain in the field of interior architecture. | |||||
| 5 | Expressing data, ideas, design solutions and projects accurately and effectively by using oral, written and/or visual communication techniques and technology in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 6 | Having knowledge of interior space systems in a way that considers the relationship between the base building construction and the interior construction in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 7 | Providing a holistic design approach by developing details through the appropriate selection of furnishing, product and material in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 8 | Creating space with the influence of psychology, sociology, philosophy, architecture and art by using scientific and technical knowledge that will respond to aesthetic and functional needs in the field of interior architecture. | |||||
| 9 | Developing user-oriented design solutions with human factors, ergonomics, universal and inclusive design principles in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 10 | Having knowledge within the scope of the historical development of architecture and art in the interior architectural design process, having the competence to make decisions by exhibiting a respectful and sensitive attitude towards cultural heritage and historical/natural environment. | |||||
| 11 | Designing to increase spatial comfort and wellbeing with the impact of physical environmental systems such as lighting, color, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 12 | Having the ability to develop a sustainable design by using natural and built environment information in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
| 13 | Keeping up with new developments in the field of interior architecture and design, having a consciousness of lifelong learning, and contributing to the field. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 100 | ||