Industrial Design TED University

Overview

TED University's Industrial Design degree aims to improve capacity for collaboration, teamwork and co-creation processes which are essential for designers in professional life, and to develop basic skills of design process such as user-centred research, conceptual product development for defined needs, modelling, prototyping, and evaluating the end product. 

By the end of this degree, students should be able to do the following:

• Generate 2D, 3D, 4D forms and processes in accordance with basic principles of design for the betterment of life 
• Identify and analyze design problems, and use creative thinking methods for solutions.  
• Apply various methods and tools required at different steps of the design process.  
• Use theoretical and practical knowledge competently while designing systems, services, and products.  
• Use proper methods to identify the needs of potential users and use contexts, and develop solutions to mediate intended user experiences. 
• Plan a design process by complying with the various needs of different industries; effectively carry out this process individually or in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.  
• Evaluate and contribute to the development of existing knowledge and practice through proper research, critical thinking and ethical perspective.  
• Identify the materials and production technologies within the scope of industrial design activity; and use it within design processes.  
• Prepare mediums to competently transfer ideas into visual, oral, and written forms, and effectively communicate with stakeholders throughout the design process.  
• Demonstrate a professional approach to industrial design by taking into account its historical background and ever-changing technological, economic and social contexts; and to treat design practices in this framework.  
• Appraise the importance of social responsibility, sustainability, and ethical conduct in industrial design; pay attention to the relationship between people, objects and environments, and value intellectual and industrial property rights.