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Diploma Project

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Course abstract

Dploma project covers all stages of product development from idea to market, from market research, design trends, product offerings in the selected product category, supply and selection of materials and constructions, technology selection, sketching, modeling and sample design, project economic calculations, as well as the choice of packaging and labels solutions. The work consists of two parts: the descriptive part and the part of the project that include the product's visual material and the finished design product. The student also presents a protfolio, which does not affect the assessment of the bachelor's thesis, but shows the student's professional preparation for the labor market.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

1. Student is able to apply the knowledge acquired during the study courses and practice to create the descriptive part of the graduation work, is able to find and describe the information, describe the technologies and stages of product development, to make economic calculations - the descriptive part of the diploma project
2. Select materials, techniques and the right technologies, develop sketches, models, samples. Conduct research, critically analyze and formulate the idea. Develop a product and present it – project part of diploma project
3. Is able to prove the novelty of his / her work, is able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge in practice, to demonstrate professional competence and confidence - defense of diploma project

Course Content(Calendar)

Full time intramural studies:
1. Approval of the topic of the Diploma project and elaboration of the work plan
2. Study of design samples for the relevant product category
3. Collection of related material and analytical review of literature. Targeting, research work
4. 1. review- control
5. Selection of materials and technologies
6. Creating Prototypes
7. Prototyping testing
8. 2.review-control
9. Product development
10. Research of packaging samples, selection of packaging materials and packaging
11. Theoretical substantiation and description of the product development solution. Product economical calculations, implementation in production and sales
12. Preparation and development of visual material (drawings, presentation board, informative booklet, business cards)
13. Preparation of presentation and defense speech
14. Pre-defense of Diploma project
15. Improvement of diploma project, presentation and defense speech.
16. Defending the Diploma project

Part time extramural studies:

All topics specified for full time studies are accomplished

Requirements for awarding credit points

Work presented in 2 mid-term reviews and pre-defense, defended at the State Examination Commission

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Working with literature and online sources. Research, prototyping. Individual work. Product, packaging and visual material development. Presentation.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The final assessment is made up of the overall assessment: compliance of the diploma project with the formal requirements (10%), execution of the descriptive part of the diploma paper (15%), execution of the part of the work project (60% in total - idea 10%, implementation of idea 10%, technical performance, quality 10%) , functionality 10%, packaging, promotional materials 10%, presentation board 10%), ability to defend the diploma project in open session (15%). The reviewer's rating is also included in the overall rating.

Compulsory reading

1. Bakalaura darba izstrādes metodiskie norādījumi
2. Best K. Design Management: managing design strategy, process and implementation. Singapore: AVA publishing, 2006. Paņemts no Amazon.com
3. Jones J.C. (1970) Design methods. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992. 407 p.

Further reading

1. Thinking Objects: Contemporary approaches to product design Lausanne: AVA Publishing, 2009.
2. Ashby M., Johnson K. Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. 389 p.
3. The handbook of design management. R.Cooper, S. Junginger, T. Lockwood, R.Buchanan, R.Bolan, K.Chung, Oxford, OX, UK ;New York, NY, USA: Berg, 2011. 567 p.

Notes

Compulsory Course in Professional Bachelor Program in Design and Crafts