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Syllabus



Syllabus

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Overview


Toy Product Design is a MIT Public Service Center learning design course offered in the Spring semester. This course is an introduction to the product design process with a focus on designing for play and entertainment. At the end of the course, students present their toy products at the Playsentations to toy designers, engineers, elementary school children and the MIT community.

In this course, students work in small teams of 5-6 members to design and prototype new toys. Students work closely with a local sponsor and experienced mentors on a themed toy design project. Students will be introduced to the product development process, including: determining customer needs; brainstorming; estimation; sketching; sketch modeling; concept development; design aesthetics; detailed design; prototyping; and written, visual, and oral communication.

For additional information about this course, see the 2.00B Web site .



Almost Required Readings


Amazon logo McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks, 1994. ISBN: 9780060976255.

Amazon logo Norman, Donald. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Every Day Things. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2005. ISBN: 9780465051366.

Amazon logo Ulrich, Karl T., and Steven D. Eppinger. Product Design and Development. 3rd ed. Boston, Mass: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003. ISBN: 9780072471465.



Suggested Readings


Amazon logo Ashby, Michael, and Kara Johnson. Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. ISBN: 9780750655545.

Amazon logo Sutton-Smith, Brian. Toys as Culture. New York, NY: Gardner Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780898761054.

Amazon logo Bee, Helen L., and Denise Roberts Boyd. The Developing Child. 10th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2003. ISBN: 9780205340989.



Instructors


There will be one lab instructor and one mentor assigned to each lab section. Lab instructors are professors or graduate students that have a strong background in product design. Mentors are undergraduates who have previously taken Toy Product Design and have shown great interest and skill in the subject.



Grading


Individual lab instructors assign the grades for all students in their section. Instructors collaborate to ensure that there is equitable grading between lab sections. Half of the total grade is based on individual work and the other half is based on teamwork. Class and lab participation grades are based on both attendance and quality of in-class activity.


ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Class participation (Individual)15%
Lab participation (Individual)15%
Brainstorming assignment (Individual)5%
Idea presentation (Team)5%
Individual sketch model (Individual)5%
Team sketch models (Team)10%
Final presentation (Team)15%
Final prototype (Team)20%
Design journal (Individual)10%



Calendar


The calendar below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and lab (Lab) sessions.


SES #TOPICS
Week 1
L1Toys and course overview
Week 2
L2Play
L3Brainstorming and innovation
Lab 1Hasbro design and engineering tour
Week 3
L4Theme presentation
L5Site visit
Lab 2Team brainstorm
Week 4
L6Sketching and industrial design drawing
L7Graphic design and visual information
Lab 3Concept selection and poster design
Week 5
L8Finalizing posters
L9Idea presentation
Lab 4Shop safety
Week 6
L10Sketch model techniques
L11Pull toy completion or planning
Lab 5Sketch model construction
Week 7
L12Estimation
L13Sketch models
Lab 6Individual sketch model presentations
Week 8
L14Design aesthetic
L15Interactive narrative and games
Lab 7Sketch model 2.0 construction
Week 9
L16Plastic
L17Plastic (cont.)
Lab 8Sketch model 2.0 construction
Week 10
L18Design consulting
L19Design consulting (cont.)
Lab 9Prototyping
Week 11
L20Design for manufacture
L21Prototyping
Week 12
L22Designing presentations
L23Designing presentations (cont.)
Lab 10Prototyping (cont.)
Week 13
L24Presentation prep
L25Presentation prep (cont.)
Lab 11Presentation prep
Week 14
L26Presentation review
L27Practice presentations
Lab 12Final playsentations

 








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