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Module title: Product Design Studio 1
SCQF level: 08:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: DES08110
Module leader: Chloe Xingyu Tao
School School of Arts and Creative Industries
Subject area group: Art Design and Photography
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

In this module, you’ll build on the foundational design skills you developed in your first year to tackle a focused design brief. You’ll examine market trends and user needs to generate creative and informed design concepts, using a mix of design sketching, CAD modelling, and physical prototyping. Through this process, you’ll explore and develop function and form, testing and refining your ideas based on user feedback. Working in teams, you’ll develop insight into collaboration and shared responsibility, mirroring real-world design practice. You’ll also learn how to present and discuss your design outcomes clearly and persuasively through visual and verbal communication, helping you grow confidence in expressing your ideas like a professional designer.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Examine specific market trends and target user needs to ideate informed design concepts.

LO2: Explore and develop function through physical and virtual modelling.

LO3: Examine user feedback through physical modelling and prototyping.

LO4: Develop insight into teamwork and shared accountability through completion of a collaborative design project and reflect on individual contribution through creative documentation.

LO5: Critically appraise products through visual and verbal presentation.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2025/6, Trimester 1, In Person, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: In Person
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Chloe Xingyu Tao
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Online Guided independent study 140 You will be provided with starting points for reading and resources to guide your independent study as you explore course content and work to complete coursework assignments outside of scheduled class time.
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 24 You will meet with your peer-learning group of classmates to discuss and support each other with your learning on the module, and to work together on practical coursework assignments.
Face To Face Lecture 12 Through each interactive talk, tutors will introduce you to key ideas, ways of thinking, and practical processes, which you will explore further through assigned coursework tasks, group discussion and independent study.
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 24 In class sessions you will explore the ideas presented in the talks by tutors further through interactive practical tasks, discussion and reflection.
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Portfolio 100 1~2~3~4~5 Exam Period , WORDS= Portfolio Summative assessment will take place through a single submission of a portfolio of work in week 14. This submission will constitute 100% of your summative module grade. The portfolio will present each of the tasks you have undertaken throughout the module. These might include, for example: a process book documenting your individual contribution to any group activities carried out during the module; a A2 sized poster (in portrait) that represents final designed product(s), a public facing exhibition that showcases your group design project and a one-minute video that explains how the product works. The portfolio must demonstrate a clear process of the project as well as your involvement and responsibilities in group work. Portfolios will be assessed based on their overall demonstration of achievement of module learning outcomes, rather than solely on specific attributes of individual tasks. In this way the portfolio submission will allow you to present a personalised account of your engagement and activity throughout the module in order to demonstrate that you have achieved the learning outcomes for the module.
Component 1 subtotal: 100
Component 2 subtotal: 0
Module subtotal: 100

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Product Design Studio 1
 

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