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TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolving Paths
T2 - Undergraduate Design Education through Graduate and Generative Research with a Particular Focus on Sustainability
AU - Doğan, Çağla
AU - Turhan, Senem
AU - Bakırlıoğlu, Yekta
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - Design considerations that take into account the diverse issues of sustainability have become a central source of inspiration for third-year design students in the Department of Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University. These considerations include the development of products that can evolve in line with local needs, product maintenance, repair and upgrade, and the effective use of resources and have been integrated into various design projects relating to diverse product sectors (e.g. small household appliances, bathroom tiles and accessories). While engaged in these projects, the graduate students focused on and developed a generative design research method and an innovative idea generation tool that helped the design students better understand and incorporate these considerations into the idea generation phase of the design process. This paper presents suggestions for and insights into the means of bringing together undergraduate education and graduate research by providing examples from design education cases.
AB - Design considerations that take into account the diverse issues of sustainability have become a central source of inspiration for third-year design students in the Department of Industrial Design at Middle East Technical University. These considerations include the development of products that can evolve in line with local needs, product maintenance, repair and upgrade, and the effective use of resources and have been integrated into various design projects relating to diverse product sectors (e.g. small household appliances, bathroom tiles and accessories). While engaged in these projects, the graduate students focused on and developed a generative design research method and an innovative idea generation tool that helped the design students better understand and incorporate these considerations into the idea generation phase of the design process. This paper presents suggestions for and insights into the means of bringing together undergraduate education and graduate research by providing examples from design education cases.
KW - generative design research
KW - graduate research
KW - idea generation phase
KW - sustainability considerations
KW - undergraduate industrial design education
U2 - 10.1080/14606925.2016.1177318
DO - 10.1080/14606925.2016.1177318
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84977655578
VL - 19
SP - 585
EP - 604
JO - Design Journal
JF - Design Journal
SN - 1460-6925
IS - 4
ER -