Wood product design (5 cr)
Code: MU00DT33-3001
General information
Enrollment
14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021
Timing
08.03.2021 - 02.05.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 25
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Bioproduct Design
Teachers
- Rami Federley
Teacher in charge
Heli Abdel-Rahman
Groups
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BTMKV20KP
Objective
- you can choose suitable materials and utilise them in product design
- you can choose the most suitable manufacturing methods for the desired final result
Content
What has to be taken into consideration when designing wood products?
What is a functional, durable and useable wood or wood-based material like?
Materials
Kalustemuotoiludesign. Holmberg. P.2000
Käyttäjä tuotekehityksessä tieto, tutkimus, menetelmät. Hyysalo. P.2009.
Ergonomia. Launis, Lehtelä. Työterveyslaitos P. 2011
The Measure of Man&Woman revised edition. Tilley. Henry Dreyfuss associates. P. 2002
Sittmöblers mått. Berglund Erik. P.2001. (huom. vaikea saatavuus)
Syventävää kirjallisuutta:
Bauhaus 1919-1933, Droste, M. Taschen
Furniture design. Sembach, Leuthauser, Gössel. Taschen
Art of japanese joinery. Seike.
Available in Learn platform.
Student workload
5cr is 135h where contact teaching is 70h and independence working is 65h
Further information
You will designs and manufactures a wood prototype, as well as your technical documentation. The object of the design may be furniture, fixtures or some other utensil. The theme is domestic wood species or wood products. The product must be safe and implemented in accordance with standards. You should take into account the user information related to the product, e.g. ergonomics. Wood products are also strongly associated with the concept of quality, which is based on the right choice of materials and manufacturing methods. A more detailed description of the task on the Learn platform. you can do frames or sun glasses to yourself to your friend or to the customer
You can manufacture the product for yourself, a friend, or an outside customer. However, the design perspective must be industrial manufacturing.
The course includes the cost, because the manufacture of the product containing material and manufacturing costs
Partner in the Pro Puu Association, Lahti
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Student's self-reflection and peer evaluation
Evaluation of learning exercise
Active participation