KUAN HUI CHEN
has successfully completed an online offering of
Making Meaning: An Introduction to Designing Objects, Part I
Taught by
Tim Parsons
Issued: April 21, 2022

Learning Outcomes

Product Design Landscape

  • Understanding the breadth of the object design field and its specialisms

Style and Substance

  • Ability to identify how objects gain value and the political nature of design

Language of Design

  • Understanding of semiotics and the perception of form
  • Understanding how designers use semiotic relationships to affect meaning in objects

Generative Process

  • Understanding the design process as a balance of logic and intuition
  • Ability to use different methodologies in the generative phases of design
  • Proficiency in visualization and prototyping processes