Unit Outline

This unit provides further development in object and furniture design. It reflects a commitment to craft skills necessary for contemporary studio designer makers while also exploring the role of design as a critical practice and way of thinking within a world already filled with objects. This unit explores various structures that offer support to the human form, from everyday items like chairs through to more speculative and critical design approaches. You will interrogate, critically analyse, and evaluate pre-existing notions of structure to make individual responses capable of disrupting conventional norms. Core knowledge is further built by introducing a range of making processes and skills. This unit encompasses a combination of collaborative, individual, observational and live presentation activities. Further concepts that delve into methods of reuse, repair and adaptation of materials are incorporated as you undertake iterative processes such as models, mock-ups and experimental prototypes or interventions. You will engage with the design and development of supporting structures through design brief/s, lectures, demonstrations, studios, workshops, tutorials, discussion, or presentations that span historical, traditional, theoretical, technological, and speculative realms combined with current approaches to making and processes. Instruction and compliance to workplace health and safety (WHS) is fundamental to this unit.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Select and apply multiple technical skills and techniques relevant to a designed structure/s in response to unit project brief/s
2.	Investigate and employ different materials to produce experiential structure/s in response to unit project brief/s
3.	Identify, analyse, contextualise and articulate theoretical and historical contexts relevant to critical design practice in response to unit project brief/s
4.	Identify and follow WHS practices relevant to object and furniture techniques, materials, equipment and workspaces
5.	Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	FFSF113 Object and Furniture 1; FSF111 3D Design 1
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	FSF214

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Task 1: Presentation	See the MyLO site for the due date	20 %	LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Task 2: Design Pitch & Critique	See the MyLO site for the due date	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Task 3: Folio of final work/s	See the MyLO site for the due date	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Task 1: Presentation

Task Description:

Research and present an evaluation of a range of different structures that offer support to the human form.

Task Length:

20 examples presented as a PDF

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Engage in research through a presentation informed by multiple resources	LO2, LO3
2	Reflect on creative examples evidenced by clearly articulated presentation	LO3
3	Use visual techniques to identify and communicate ideas and information	LO3

Assessment Task 2: Task 2: Design Pitch & Critique

Task Description:

Prepare and deliver a five (5) minute design pitch outlining your proposed creative direction in response to the project brief.

Task Length:

5-minute in-class presentation including 5 slides followed by critique

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Describe selection and application of multiple technical skills and techniques in relation to designed structure	LO1
2	Reflect on material investigations and contexts relevant to designed structure	LO2
3	Discuss WHS practices relevant to designed structures	LO4
4	Demonstrate working collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts through active design discussion, critique, and feedback	LO5

Assessment Task 3: Task 3: Folio of final work/s

Task Description:

The final folio for this studio unit consists of a resolved critical/speculative structure capable of supporting the human form, journal, and statement.
A reflective project statement outlining the premise of the final outcomes.

Task Length:

Folio: Journal: maximum 36-pages. Statement: maximum 300 words

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Designs and make a resolved critical/speculative structure that experiments with a range of materials	LO1, LO2
2	Identify and analyse a selection of contexts relevant to designed structure	LO3
3	Apply WHS practices to resolve designed structure	LO4
4	Demonstrate working collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts through active design discussion, critique, and feedback	LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.