D19 - ADVANCED DESIGN

courses

ID:

D19

Duration (hours):

60

CFU:

SSD:

DISEGNO INDUSTRIALE

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

DESIGN/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 22/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The Advanced design module aims to:

Introduce the methods and digital techniques of advanced representation for Design;
To approach the evolved processes of Design process through the new digital tools;
Acquire the skills to elaborate 2D project tables (representation conventions, standards, dimensions, types of documents);
Develop advanced digital skills for three-dimensional modeling and rendering in the field of product design;
Use the main software for modeling, rendering and three-dimensional vector graphics;
Know the techniques of rapid prototyping and 3D printing.

Course Prerequisites

You cannot take the Advanced design exam if you have not passed the Drawing for design exam.

Teaching Methods

The course is organized in:

Frontal contributions offered by the teacher (lectures / presentations);
Group exercises with ongoing assessments;
Collective reviews and punctual meetings (presentations and collective discussions / direct reviews).

Assessment Methods

The course includes ongoing assessments relating to the assigned project research (individual).
The exam will be aimed at ascertaining knowledge of the topics covered during the course (listed in the extended program), at assessing the ability to critically discuss the design work carried out in the exercises and the quality of the final outcome.
The exercises during the course are applied to a specific design theme.

Texts

Tomás Maldonado, Reale e virtuale, Feltrinelli, Milano1992
Enrica Bistagnino (a cura di), Disegno-Design. Introduzione alla cultura della rappresentazione, Franco Angeli 2010
Schumacher P., Parametricism 2.0, Academy press, 2016
Carpo M., The Second Digital Turn, design Beyond Intelligence, The Mit Press, 2017
Shillito A.M., Digital Crafts: Industrial Technologies for Applied Artists and Designer Maker, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2013

The Advanced design course provides the theoretical-methodological knowledge and the technical-practical skills to develop an advanced design process with the use of digital tools for modeling, rendering, rapid prototyping and 3D printing in the areas of product design.

Course Language

Italian

More information

For information regarding the classroom and timetables, please refer to the calendar of the CdS in Design.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
The final exam is the same for attending and nonattending students.
The calendar of lessons, educational activities and student reception hours are provided at the beginning of the course.