Located in a design-research studio context you will undertake a complex design project with supervision by academic staff members, and in collaboration with peers. You will concurrently research and develop design solutions to a self-defined set of questions culminating in a refined design proposition that will be presented through a variety of mediums. Alongside your design development activities you will produce a comprehensive body design-research documentation that describes your particular inquiry including: the key ideas, literature and case studies within that field; the methods by which you undertake design research and practice; and, the specific knowledge you generate through it.

This course commences the capstone project to be undertaken in the final year of the Industrial Design program. The design research and development undertaken form the methodological and practical foundation for the next phase of capstone design project - Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping.

If you are enrolled in this course as a component of your Bachelor Honours Program, your overall mark will contribute to the calculation of the weighted average mark (WAM). See the WAM information web page for more information.