Abstract
Design conception development plays an important role in the development of successful design projects. However, there is a lack of emphasis on ways for educators to creatively encourage students to develop ideas. As interior design educators we need to expose students to multiple means and methods of design exploration and design thinking. This study explores and tests digital fabrication design as a means of ideation and prototype and provides insights on methods and procedures to conduct in a freshman studio. Examples of shared practices undertaken in this studio class include conceptual processes that exploit at the additive and subtractive manufacturing capabilities using computing-aided design methods and digital fabrication as an iterative tool for the development of innovative, adventurous, and responsive design concepts. The project outcomes provide the qualitative basis for analysis and evaluation of the method grounded by a juried comparison of aesthetic language to those of prior freshman studios whereby outcomes were based solely on an aesthetic experience of sketching and drawing. This paper illustrates the exploration of a new inquiry-based stance for the development of conceptual thinking in a freshman interior design studio. It include examples of concept development exercises with a strong emphasis on interpretation, abstraction, and iteration using methods of the digital avant-garde.
Presenters
May A. Malek AliAssociate Professor, Honours Bachelor of Interior Design, Fanshawe College - School of Design - Canada/Alexandria University - Faculty of Fine Arts - Egypt
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Design Concept Development,Sketching,Digital Brain Storming,3D Exploration,Parametric Layering Model
