Course Title: Design products from a brief

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5435 Diploma of Product Design

Course Title: Design products from a brief

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 144

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Contact: Robin Blood

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4683

Course Contact Email: robin.blood@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to design a product from a brief that specifies the product’s purpose and target market. 

It requires the ability to interpret the product design brief, undertake research, understand target user demographic, develop design options, plan the design process, test and iterate design with users and provide visual concepts to the client before making the product model. 

This unit applies to product designers who design and develop products from a brief. Product designers may work independently or as part of a product development team. 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VU23428 Design products from a brief
Elements:	1.Analyse the product design brief 2.Undertake research to inform the design 3.Develop innovative options 4.Develop design proposal and project plan 5.Deliver concepts to client 6.Realise product design

Learning Outcomes

Refer to Elements/Performance Criteria

Overview of Assessment

Assessments will be held throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess your performance and the application of your knowledge and skills and may include practical tasks, project,direct observation including exploration of and experimentation with techniques,written and/or oral questioning and discussions to assess your knowledge and understanding of this unit.