Sem I
DES 601 Design Theory
Colour, Rhythm, Scale, Space, 2D - 3D viewing, Unity,
Gestalt's Principles,
Design paradigm,
Elements of design,
Human figure drawing,
Illusion of motion,
Art, art movements and artists,
Story Boarding.
Sem I
DES 602 Design Practice -I
Understanding Design,
User Thinking and User Centred Design,
Design Research and Define,
Research and Data collection Methods,
Converting Research into Practice,
One Team Project
Sem I
DES 681 Design Project -I (Communication Design)
Form exploration,
Introduction to HCD (human centred design) process,
Research and Analysis,
Data gathering in the field,
Data gathering in-house,
Data Analysis and design strategy,
Design and Testing,
Design Conceptualization,
Usability testing,
Structure in the design,
Early Prototyping,
Foundation in Cognition,
Human Information Process,
User Experience Design for Packaging Design and Graphics
Sem I
DES 681 Design Project -I (Product Design)
Form Exploration,
CAD,
Motion and Mechanism,
Ergonomics,
Material Exploration
Sem II
DES 682 Design Project -II (Communication Design)
Typography,
User Experience Design,
Iterate and Finalize,
Usability test analysis and Design Evolution,
Design best practices, Prototyping Strategies and tools,
Heuristic Evaluations,
Detailed Design and Final Design,
Present and Sell,
Making a pitch for user experience,
User Experience in Industry,
Preparing for Industry,
Consulting and cross cultural skills,
Communicating your design,
User Experience Design for Packaging Design and Graphics
Sem II
DES 633 Integrated Product Development-I
Need and Innovation,
New Product Development Process,
Market Research (size, attributes and value proposition),
Technological considerations (design, manufacturing, ergonomics, validation & testing),
STP (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning),
Financial Planning (pricing and costing),
Regulatory Concerns,
Developing a Business Case
Sem II
DES 682 Design Project -II (Product Design)
Manufacturability,
Electronics Basic,
Mechanical Packaging,
Electronic Packaging,
Prototyping
Sem III
DES 699 M.Des Thesis (16 Units)
Sem IV
DES 699 M.Des Thesis (16 Units)
Electives
DES 621 Creative Visualization
Design Ethnography,
Artefact Analysis,
Contextual Design,
Models for user interaction,
Data Consolidation and Interpretation,
Visioning/ Story Boarding,
Solutions and Prototyping,
Card Sorting,
Affinity Mapping,
Quantitative Analysis,
Coding and Categorizing,
Collaborative design and thinking,
Game Design for collaboration
Electives
DES 623 Topics in Motion Pictures
Camera Angles,
Cinematography,
Continuity,
Time, Space and Directional Continuity,
Picture Making basics,
Writing for screen
Electives
DES 625 Studies in Form and Style
Form Development,
Narrative Design,
Psychology of Perception,
Gestalt's Theory,
App and Website Design,
User Manual Design
Electives
DES 630 Fundamentals of Graphics
Theory of Graphics,
Elements of Design,
Colour value relationships,
figure ground theory,
History and evolution of Graphic Design,
Art movements,
Graphic Designers and their styles,
Applications of Graphics,
Visual Styles,
Introduction to Typography,
Storyboarding,
Logo Design,
Packaging, Branding, Rebranding,
Designing for Print,Web and Mobile Applications
Electives
DES 698 Special Studies/Project Course in Design(Product Design)
Design for Manufacturability,
Autodesk Inventor, CAD,
Manufacturing methods,
Behaviour of materials,
Hands on interaction of different materials,
Design of mechanisms ( gears, cam, 4 bar mechanism and application)
Electives
DES 606 Interaction Design For Physical Products
Introduction to Interaction Design,
Human Factors and cognitive ergonomics,
Information and Data Visualization,
Two Short term and One long Term Project
Electives
DES 698 Special Studies/Project Course in Design (Communication Design)
Electives
DES 634A Electronics for Designers
Introduction to machines, hardware and software products,
Fundamentals of electronics,
Understanding sensors, signals, systems, data acquisition, analysis, inferencing,
Hardware Design (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, NodeMCU),
Mechanisms and Actuators,
Wireless communication (IoT),
Rapid prototyping,
PCB Design,
Product Prototyping (Final Project)
