Sejin Hwang is a designer and researcher. She holds an MSc in Education from University of Oxford and a BFA in Industrial Design from RISD. Her research centers on design education, with a specific focus on enhancing the student experience in design critique. She is committed to improving student learning and making design research methods more accessible to design students and emerging designers through her teaching and research efforts. She has worked as a design researcher for various research centers and local businesses and is now engaged in exploratory research on critique systems and speculative design research within the context of climate change.
This course is an introduction to conceptual and manual skills that represent necessary steps in design evolution. Students strengthen skills by completion of several processes and exercises. Critical thinking and concept generation is a primary focus, drawing and model making activities help to establish this process. Throughout the course each student will focus on improving communication skills and the ability to project or sell ideas.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $15.00
Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Industrial Design Students.
In this product design studio, we will dissect an existing product, analyze a market segment, and redesign the product to fit the described market. The methodology used to complete this task will be accelerated, giving students an overview of a typical industrial design process. Students will be exposed to design drawing techniques, foam modeling methods, and the concept of designing for consumers.
