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Industrial design at JMU is a fairly new concentration in the art discipline. Every object we use everyday, if it is not made by nature, has been designed by a designer. From size, shape, color, movement, to function, an object is thoroughly thought about. Designs are pushed from what they are to what they could become.
According to the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), “Industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer. Industrial designers also maintain a practical concern for technical processes and requirements for manufacture; marketing opportunities and economic constraints; and distribution sales and servicing processes. They work to ensure that design recommendations use materials and technology effectively, and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements.”
This major pushes not only ones thoughts in aesthetics but takes advantage of knowledge of other subjects. For example, an assignment may examine physics, through design in motion, in addition to social restrictions placed on society through exploring laws such as the American with Disabilities Act. Students look at major designers’ influences such as Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Martí Guixé, Alvar Aalto, and Philippe Starck. By learning in a studio setting, ID students are not only influenced by research on major designers but by fellow students as well.
This studio environment is conducive to experiment and not based on outcome but pushes students to go beyond what they have seen and invent. Students are asked to test and try new materials to broaden knowledge and uses of materials such as wood, metal, and plastics. Artists are asked to sketch ideas, build small-scale models, and to create full scale working prototypes. Projects range in scale, function, and are sometimes asked for an outcome before even addressing a problem.
Industrial Design is one of the only environments on campus where a student of any major has an opportunity to do well and help others through their own knowledge and experiences. As long as one creatively applies ones self they will be positively impacted by this studio.
Ronn Daniel Associate Professor of Art
Ph.D. studies, University of Chicago; M.Arch University of Illinois at Chicago
BSE (Civil Engineering) Duke University
danielrm@jmu.edu 540.568.5850
Bio
William Tate Associate Professor of Art
M.Arch Virginia Polytechnic University; B.S. Wake Forest University
tatewl@jmu.edu 540.568.6577
Bio
ART AND DESIGN COURSES (electives - pick 4)
ART 210 (formerly 348). Animation: 3-D Modeling
ART 220 or 222 (formerly 225 or 226). Introductory Ceramics: Potter's Wheel
ART 240 (formerly 322). Metal and Jewelry
ART 280 (formerly 335). Sculpture
INDE 202. Interior Design Studio II
IINDE 210 (formerly 221). Architectural Graphics
INDU 320 (formerly 322). CAD II: Digital Design
INDE 420 (formerly 422). CAD III: Digital Design
INDU 496 (formerly 495) Internship in Industrial Design
ART AND DESIGN COURSES (required)
GRPH 200 (formerly 243). Computer Graphics
INDE 220 (formerly 222). CAD I: Digital Design
INDU 390. Industrial Design Studio (must repeat 3 times)
ART HISTORY COURSES
ARTH 303. History of Design (required)
Choose one of the following:
HIST 327. History of Technology in America
INDE 370. History of Interior Design
ARTH 470. Modern Art From 1900-1945
ARTH 472. Modern Art Since 1945
ARTH 476. Modern Architecture
ISAT ELECTIVE (choose 5)
GISAT 151. Analytical Methods I
ISAT 152. Analytical Methods II
ISAT 211. Issues in Modern Production
ISAT 311. Role of Energy in Modern Society
ISAT 331. Automation in Manufacturing
ISAT 410. Sustainable Energy Development
ISAT 411. Energy Economics and Policy
ISAT 430. Manufacturing Processes
ISAT 431. Materials Science in Manufacturing
ISAT 435. Integrated Product and Process Development
ISAT 471. Transportation: Energy, Environment and Society
ISAT 480. Selected Topics in Intergrated Science and Technology
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (choose one)
COB 191. Business and Economic Statistics
COB 218. Legal Environment of Business
MKTG 380. Principles of Marketing