Design

Teaching Objectives The aim of the course is to enhance the student’s critical, logical, and operational skills in the design activity related to product form in Design. As a course belonging to the Representation area, the design work will mainly address issues of descriptive geometry and visual communication. By deepening the study of primary forms, their constructive genesis, and the possible aggregations or relationships that can be built among them, the student will develop a stronger critical sense in the interpretation and composition of form. Program Descriptive geometry has always been in constant evolution. In recent years, in particular, due to the continuous development of digital technologies, it has greatly expanded in both tools and objectives. Of primary importance in today’s education of the Designer is the assimilation of those invariant concepts of the discipline that remain unchanged through every transformation and form the critical and operational foundation for the creation and representation of form. Lecture Topics The lectures are structured around the following main themes, which characterize the disciplinary area of Drawing and, in particular, the ongoing renewal process of descriptive geometry: Geometry (10 hours) 3D Modeling (18 hours) Parametric Modeling (5 hours) Rendering (5 hours) Rapid Prototyping (5 hours) Visual Communication (5 hours) The topics are approached from a critical rather than merely practical perspective. This means that instead of providing exhaustive instruction on the functions of a specific software or technology, the course aims to develop in students the critical ability to understand the practical implications of applying digital technologies to the imagination and communication of design. The topics are therefore presented within a logical and coherent framework that highlights their strong interconnections.

No prerequisites

G.M.Valenti “Di segno e Modello” Francoangeli Roma , I edizione 2021 R. Migliari, Geometria descrittiva, Volume II, CittàStudi, Torino 2009 G.M.Valenti “de.form.are \ de.form.ing” designpress Roma , II edizione 2010

Attendance is not mandatory but is strongly recommended. The course, as well as providing content that the student - theoretically - could also acquire independently, requires a critical maturation that can only be formed through constant dialogue with the teacher.

The exam consists of the oral presentation of the graphic and digital works and of the physical models produced. The presentation will focus on the process of maturation and processing of the material produced. During the presentation the student can be invited to illustrate the principles of the theory provided during the lessons of the course. The evaluation is based on the following scheme: • description and adequacy of the process; • levels of in-depth study of the topics; • originality and awareness in the development of the requested products; • active participation; • clarity of exposure.