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COURSE DESCRIPTION

DESIGN RESEARCH METHODS/TET 601

Course Title:	DESIGN RESEARCH METHODS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Banu Hatice GÜRCÜM

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/banugurcum

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

banugurcum@gmail.com,

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Identify concept, culture, purpose, functionality, importance and types and of design and factors effecting the design.
Design problematic, identify current problems in textile design.
Interpret the textile design information resources (sector research, market research, customer surveys, trend-setting surveys).
Identify the goal and the role of Art and Design researches, general methodical approach in textile design researches.
Use methodical research techniques in any type of the textile design research.
Identify textile designing process of designers and design teams.
Identify designer's design attitude such as product-oriented, process-oriented, production-oriented, function oriented or customer-oriented,
Make designs and collections using the analysis theory and techniques in textile design.
Make designs and collections showing social responsibility of the designer.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Design concept, culture and factors effecting design, design functionality and the types of design. Purpose and importance of design.
2. Week	1st Research Presentation: Design problematic, current problems in textile design.
3. Week	Textile design information resources: sector and target market research, customer surveys, trend-setting surveys, global, local and ethnic styles.
4. Week	Design elements and principles, The goal and the role of Art and Design researches, general methodical approach in textile design researches.
5. Week	2nd Research Presentation: Design researches in textile sector.
6. Week	Modernist, post-modernist, structuralist post-structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, post-colonial, marxist, ecological etc. approaches to design.
7. Week	Analysis of concepts and context:Philosophy of symbolic forms: interpretation through conscious, culture, method, logic, semiotical analysis,
8. Week	Types of research,The hermeneutic and phenomenological methodical research approach
9. Week	Ethnographic field strategies, historical research, case studies etc.
10. Week	3rd Research Presentation: Choose a research topic about textile design , Creation of hypothesis and work plans,
11. Week	Dimensional end semantic analysis, nominal and reel identification, statistics according to data collection techniques,
12. Week	Designer vs Design team, Product oriented, process oriented, product oriented, funtion, customer oriented designs,
13. Week	Information about the design, concept or context, contend, Designer's information resources, Sketches and technical drawings of the design.
14. Week	4th Research Presentation: Data collection, analysis of subject, Fabric trend, ornament and colour analysis reports, colour and storyboard, sketches,
15. Week	Responsibility against production designer's, Data sheets,Sustainability in Design, Nature Friendly Design, Eco-design, etc ,
16. Week	Final Project Presentation

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1-Blessing, L. T.M. and Chakrabarti, A., DRM, A Design Research Methodology,Springer, 2009 ISBN 978-1-84882-586-4 2-Allan Collins , Diana Joseph & Katerine Bielaczyc 2004. Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13:1, 15-42, 3-Karpuz, H., Arkeoloji, Sanat Tarihi ve El Sanatlarında Bilimsel Araştırma Teknikleri, Konya,2004. 4-Bryman, A. (2008). Social Research Methods 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press Chapters 12 and 21. 5- Seyidoğlu, H., Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, İstanbul, Güzem yayınları, 1997 . 6-Allison, B., ‘Allison Research Index of Art & Design’Leicester: Leicester Expertise, 1992 7-Barzun, J., ve H.F. Graff (Çeviri F. Dilber). Modern Araştırmacı, Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara,2004 8-Gray, C. & Malins, J., 'Research Procedure / Methodology for Artists & Designers' in: 'Principles & Definitions: Five Papers by the European 9-Gray, C., Douglas, A., Leake, I., & Malins, J., 'Developin

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer,

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	0	0
Assignment	1	20
Exercises	0	0
Projects	5	80
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	6	8	48
Searching in Internet and Library	6	8	48
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	5	8	40
Preparing Presentation	1	6	6
Presentation	1	1	1
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			185
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.4
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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