Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

• display the skills and attitude to co-innovate, cooperate and communicate with an external stakeholder;
• create a concept and a surface design collection to meet customer requirements as a member of a team;
• understand professional design practice within the context of commercial surface design.

     

Credits: 6

Schedule: 25.02.2025 - 03.06.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Maarit Salolainen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course consists of group work, lectures, workshops, tutoring sessions and meetings with the external stakeholder. Students are introduced to presenting, promoting, marketing and selling surface patterns. The students create a collection of surface designs as a team based on a design brief from the customer (external stakeholder). Contents vary from one implementation to the next depending on the external stakeholder and the scope of the collaboration project.

  Please note that the course is linked to the course MUO-E1079 Textile Design Concept and requires the knowledge and skills acquired from the course material: Online Guidebook in Surface Design.

       

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The final grade for the course is based on student’s attendance and participation in the contact teaching as well as group work and the assignments that the students complete during the course. Students must attend and actively participate in at least 80% of the contact teachings. The introductory session is mandatory.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Course includes lectures, work in workshop and assignments.

  Overall workload (6cr): 162 h. Minimum 80% attendance in contact teaching is required.

  • Contact teaching: 60 h
  • Independent work: 76 h
  • Personal reflection: 25 h
  • Course evaluation: 1 h

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Provided in MyCourses

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring IV - V
  2025-2026 Spring IV - V

  Registration:

  Registration in Sisu. Min. 6, max. 10 students.

  Priority order:

  1. Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design MA (FaCT)students;
  2. Visual Communication Design (VCD) students.
  3. Other MA students in the MA Design Programme

  Otherwise, priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture https//www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

       

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