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SDN2525 · Sensory design
2025 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 2Department of Design
Overview
In this unit, you will expand on your design practice to consider senses other than sight. Your introduction into the topic will include exploration and discussion of examples and approaches to sensory design, which may include an expanded understanding of senses such as hearing, proprioception and balance in relation to spatial perception. Through a project-based approach you will explore and develop your own sensory design approaches.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 - Single project | Project | 100% | — |
100% in-semester assessment
Requisites
Learning outcomes
- Discuss sensory design approaches and their relevance to spatial design practice;
- Employ exploratory strategies within an iterative design approach;
- Apply a range of sensory design strategies and techniques to the development and communication of a design scheme;
- Prepare a design proposal in response to a project brief.
Workload
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Studio activities | 36 hours |
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