Industrial Design Method is a course of learning industrial design from its origins in ancient artifacts, tools, craftwork, furniture, and flatware to the machine ethic of the twentieth century art movements like Bauhaus, Art Deco, Modernism and Post Modern that have influenced today's products. Each period had its technological base, attendant theoretical base and methodology grounded in the social, political and commercial imperatives of its day. The major construct in the equation is creative thought expressed through utilitarian objects. From this backdrop, learning will focus on contemporary stages in product development both creative and derived from the scientific method wherein problem recognition and statement is followed by inquiry and idea generation, which will render several alternatives to be discussed, tested and evaluated. Thinkers in creative cognition and design method will form a foundation for design processes in the development of product function and esthetics.
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