IND480.1 Design Strategies for Innovation

The creation of places for a new way to look involves taking a certain distance on our daily tasks in order to think about the theory and the process of project development. This fact involves moving to a wide field where new knowledge is generated as a product of interaction of contents and experiences of very diverse origin. This strategic operation allows us to explore and experiment in hybrid zones that are generated in interdisciplinary areas that have already consolidated, and that trigger movements of concepts, as well as confrontations with diverse experiences that allow us to open new spaces for theoretical thinking and project designing. This class focuses on the observation of nature’s morphology to discover the principle of “sufficient minimum” that relates structural efficiency with economy of resources. This principle is of great relevance at present, considering the importance of environmental care and policies of optimization of the use of material and energetic resources. (ECS 2010)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course presents to the student the principal trends that have impacted the evolution of design from the end of the 19th century to today. The principal objective is in promoting analytical thought and relative criticism to the manifestations of design within a historical context. In this course the student will study the practice of design and develop investigation and research skills. Pre-requisite: intro design course. (UC code: DNO 0122)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This workshop helps students to develop the ability to design products and services following qualitative international standards. The workshop is divided in sections. Each one following a specific topic, highlighted in the goals of the School of Design. The workshop aims at giving the students all of the tools needed to be successful working with international qualities. Following this format, the students will acquire competencies that will allow them to fulfill the requirements of the productive sectors of the international market. Pre-requisite: prior industrial design course. (UC code: DNO0321)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This workshop addresses the theme of “quality” from the point of view of the user. The workshop is divided into sections addressing each of these specific topics of thematic lines and professional profiles covered in the Design School. The objective of this workshop is to address the projection tools associated with friendliness and accessibility. Pre-requisite: previous design courses. (UC code: DNO 0314)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course will address the process of creation in project design through the use of specific software and computer operated machines and tools. Our goal is to have the students learn the use of digital technology in interaction with traditional tools, thus ensuring an advanced level in their capacities of creating forms at the modeling level, prototyping and manufacturing. (UC code: DNO 016)