HD·PD·10 Advanced
Product Design Case Studies & Capstone
Bringing the whole specialization together on one real brief.
This capstone course studies real product design case histories in depth and applies every prior course in the Product Design specialization, form, materials, DFM, prototyping, sustainability, user research, to a single, complete design brief carried from concept to production-ready documentation.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 01 Analyse real product design case histories for the decisions behind their success or failure
- 02 Carry a single brief from concept through to production-ready documentation
- 03 Integrate form, material, DFM, prototyping, sustainability, and user research decisions coherently
- 04 Present a complete product design rationale to a critical audience
- 05 Document a design for manufacturing and portfolio purposes simultaneously
- 06 Reflect critically on trade-offs made across the full project
- Finished products hide the trade-offs that produced them
- Case histories teach decision-making, not just outcomes
- Scope should stretch every skill without becoming unfinishable
- An unbounded capstone brief risks shallow treatment of every stage
- Integration is harder than any single skill studied alone
- Conflicts between form, material, and DFM surface here for the first time in the sequence
- Testing the capstone with real users closes the specialization's learning loop
- Skipping testing leaves the project's core claims unverified
- Documentation quality is itself part of the capstone's evaluation
- This is the specialization's final, integrative practical test
- A good presentation defends decisions, not just shows results
- Critical questioning is a normal and valuable part of the review