The 'New craft and industry design studio' is organized as an integrated course, through two modules: 'Design for new typologies' and 'Mechanical tests'.

The Course develops 3 specific aspect of design activity: 1. product design, 2. design&technological requirements of materials and components, 3. Technologies and processes for prototypes.

The integrated course will be organized in:

1. Lectures (Technologies, Design Theories and Examples, Issues of morphological mechanical behaviour)

2. Workshop Studio (about the design-work topic)

3. Deliveries and Final Work

For steps 2 and 3, students will work on their single project.

Objectives

The course will provide students to know, to understand and to know how and to manage a design activity of product, interpreting the quality and performance of the materials as elements which can drive the project; also investigating the forms in relation to physical-mechanical characteristics and the available technologies of production.