Methodology of Form-giving Design

You will start the course knowing Adolfo's work, his experience and inspiration in product design, the main creative references he has had and his particular way of approaching design projects.

You will continue with an introduction to the method that Adolfo has developed: Configurative Design. Through some examples you will know the main aspects of this conceptualization process, how you can apply them to your design and then put the theory into practice, doing an exercise to generate several results from a brief.

Then, you will analyze the different ways that exist to apply the methodology to the design of objects, spaces and solutions. You will understand that when designing an object, you do not design an object in itself, but an interaction. Also, you will explore why you should not look for a functional result, but also useful, and the difference between both concepts. All this as a preamble to understand who is the final designer of your piece: the user.

As a final project, you will develop the design of an object that manages to apply configuration of the different ways that we will analyze during the course, manipulating the limitations of any project in your favor and unlocking your potential for creative exploration to maximize the scope of your proposals.

At the end of the course you will have more conceptualization tools to generate original ideas designing from a purpose, without simply resorting to visual references (like Pinterest or Tumblr).