School Of EngineeringMaster Studio 2Western Sydney University Unit Code: 300518.1
Discipline: MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Bachelor degree in Industrial Design.
Equivalent Units
300190 - Master Studio
About this Unit
This unit explores strategies for industrial designers operating in the complex and contradictory context of late-industrial cultures. The complexity of designing in Australia for a global economy with local peculiarities is studied, with a particular emphasis on designing for users who are increasingly difficult to know. These same users are also demanding more protection from goods and services that they consume and they demonstrate increasing doubts about the claims that advertisers make. These factors are bringing new issues into the industrial design field.