Katowice, Poland

Industrial Design

Master's
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⇑Industrial Design at ASP Katowice

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: engineering and engineering trades
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: asp.katowice.pl/en

⇑Test: Is Industrial Design the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. A manufacturer asks you to redesign a kitchen appliance so it’s easier for older users. Where do you start?

2. How do you feel about working with engineers on material choice, tooling and production costs?

3. Your portfolio already includes several products. What do you want to add to it at Master’s level?

4. A client wants a product that can be repaired, disassembled and recycled. How do you respond?

5. How confident are you with 3D modelling, rendering and rapid prototyping?

6. Lectures and studio critiques are in English, with designers from many countries. How do you see that?

7. During a critique a tutor says your concept doesn’t solve the user’s real problem. What do you do?

8. Would you like to lead a design team or run a research project in a design studio?

9. Which future role sounds most like you?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Industrial Design?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Design
Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns). Design has different connotations in different fields (see design disciplines below). In some cases, the direct construction of an object (as in pottery, engineering, management, coding, and graphic design) is also considered to use design thinking.
Industrial Design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production. Its key characteristic is that design is separated from manufacture: the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features takes place in advance of the physical act of making a product, which consists purely of repeated, often automated, replication. This distinguishes industrial design from craft-based design, where the form of the product is determined by the product's creator at the time of its creation.
Design
This is exactly the meaning of design: the conflict between form and content, form being the problem. [...] It is the coming together of form and content that is the realization of design.
Paul Rand (2008), Conversations with Students p. 32
Design
Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.
Donald Norman (2002), The Design of Everyday Things, Introduction to the 2002 Edition
Design
The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things.
Attributed to Harry Bertoia, Knoll Design, p. 66 in: Carlotte & Peter Fiell (2005) 1000 Chairs. Introduction
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