In an environment where the innovation and efficiency are crucial, the Course on Design Process and Product Architecture offers you a comprehensive training in industrial design, a field that is constantly evolving and with high professional demand. This online course will equip you to to master the process from creative conceptualisation through to the implementation of feasible and detailed solutions, using advanced techniques such as the The HUMBLES method or the Affective Design. You will learn how to applying modularity to products and to use simulation tools to optimise production. You will also gain expertise in additive and subtractive manufacturing, and you’ll understand the importance of the eco-design, ergonomics and safety in product development. This course is ideal if you are looking for enhance your industrial design skills y position yourself competitively in a booming sector. Once you’ve completed it, you’ll be ready to tackling the challenges of modern design with a a sustainable and innovative approach.
Design Process and Product Architecture
Industry
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understand the general aspects of the industrial design and its application in real-world projects.
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Apply creative techniques to propose feasible solutions in product design.
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Using models and techniques from the design process to optimise product development.
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Implementing modularity y simulation tools in product architecture.
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Analyse and improve the flow of information through diagrams and process sequencing.
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Assess criteria relating to availability, ergonomics, safety and eco-design in product design.
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Exploring additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies applied to product development.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. GENERAL ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Define the product
Creativity
Proposal for a feasible solution
Detailed and documented design
TEACHING UNIT 2. MODELS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROCESS
An Introduction to Industrial Design Process Models
The HUMBLES method
Affective Design
Kansei Engineering
TEACHING UNIT 3. MODULARITY AND TOOLS FOR PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE
Product modularity
Product architecture build tree
Simulation tools in production
TEACHING UNIT 4. METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FLOW OF INFORMATION IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
Design sequencing
Flowcharts
Layout and organisation of the production process
Concurrent engineering
TEACHING UNIT 5. PRODUCT DESIGN CRITERIA: AVAILABILITY, ERGONOMICS, SAFETY AND ECO-DESIGN
Criteria for good design
Availability to be able to produce the product
Ergonomics applied to product design
Safety: criteria and regulations
Eco-design
TEACHING UNIT 6. ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING
Introduction and definition of additive and subtractive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
Subtractive manufacturing
TEACHING UNIT 7. TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOULDS AND DIE-SETS
An Introduction to Moulds and Dies
Development of mould manufacturing without a prototype
New technologies in the development of moulding tools