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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course examines how the design of objects mediates the relationship between our bodies and architectural spaces, influencing human activities and behaviours. Through hands-on studio practice, students will engage with a range of design skills and fabrication processes, including generative and iterative design methods, material experimentation, and project management. Projects are contextualised through relevant theory and concepts, such as materiality, structures, affordances, and critical design. By interrogating archetypal furniture forms, the course challenges students to design and fabricate objects that support human activities while questioning and shaping social behaviour and cultural norms. Participants will develop innovative solutions that extend beyond utility, exploring how design can convey personal narratives, disrupt expectations, and offer cultural critiques within the built environment. Topics offered in this course currently occur in alternating years and include the following: - The Elevated Surface: Design for wood table structures - Supporting Bodies: Now that we’re here, where do we sit? The course is taught by a combination of readings, lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and supervised practice that exposes students to a combination of technology, theory, history, and design and making processes. Workplace health and safety instruction is an integral part of this course.
Portfolio of studio work (Project 1)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Portfolio of studio work (Project 2)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Portfolio of studio work (Project 3)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Independent research report/presentation (1000 words or 8-10 minute presentation)
Learning outcomes 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, group collaboration, critiques and supervised studio practice; and b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, group collaboration, reading and writing. Other Information School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place. This course will have a Materials Fee. At the ANU School of Art & Design, each workshop sources appropriate specialist?materials,?which are made available to students?to facilitate their working?effectively,?efficiently and safely?within our programs.? The School of Art & Design is able to supply materials that don’t compromise ANU obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS), and that have been assessed as suitable for each course.? The Materials Fee ? is payable for the School of Art & Design to supply consumables and materials that become your physical property. You can choose to pay the Materials Fee and have these materials supplied to you through the School of Art & Design, allowing you to take advantage of the GST-free bulk purchasing power of the ANU.?These materials are also WHS compliant. The exact cost of the Materials Fee will be updated in the Class Summary for each semester in which the course is offered. The full SOAD policy can be read here: https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/required-resources-and-incidental-fees.
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