Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Design

DESIGN II - 2025/2026

2º curricular year
Semestralidade: annual
ECTS: 32

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Diogo Riobom
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Diogo Riobom

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 12 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

O1. Consolidate and master the design methodology;
O2. Know and apply the fundamentals of three-dimensional design;
Promote critical awareness and encourage observation skills.
O3. Master the grammar of three-dimensional representation;
O4. Know how to technically communicate the project;
Promote research and experimentation.
O5. Building awareness of the professional context.
Expand the theoretical and practical view of students about the designer´s activity.

Specific Aims/Objectives

EO1. Understand the projects in their relationship with the constraints of materialization and
production;
EO2. Study new socially responsible and sustainable practices and behaviors;
EO3. Development and rigorous presentation of three-dimensional projects on a human scale;
EO4. Evaluate and select production and finishing materials and technologies.
EO5. Assimilate and transmit the interaction between Man and the scale and functionality of
artifacts.

Skills to be acquired

C1. Master the different stages of the design methodology: diagnose problems, define
objectives, process data, generate and evaluate alternatives, configure solutions and communicate results.
C2. Ability to organize the elements that structure the three-dimensional discourse;
C3. Ability to formulate emerging issues with initiative and entrepreneurial spirit;
C4. Ability to self-manage the process of investigation, questioning and proposition.

Teaching Procedures

Theoretical/practical classes:
-Exhibition and demonstration of cont. programs through audiovisual resources,
bibliography and webgraphy;
-Comparative and reflective analysis of Projects for classroom debates and development of
4 theoretical works;
-Experimentation and practical application of the syllabus by carrying out 4
practical jobs.
Tutorial Guidance:
-Monitoring and guidance of works. individual students;

Programme

P1 - 2 weeks
Research and framing of projects by 10 designers/artists for discussion (20 slides).

Research on Designboom and Wallpaper Magazine (online).

P2 - 3 weeks
Reverse engineering (electronic equipment to be defined)

P3 - 4 weeks
Soft mobility (design and production of a skateboard/longboard)

P4 - 5 weeks
Furniture Design

P5 - 5 weeks
CMP

P6 - 5 weeks
Packaging design for single-dose medicines

P7 - 5 weeks
Electronic Product Design

Evaluation Type

The assessment will be carried out based on attendance, participation, commitment, debates and activities (10%), execution and presentation of the 7 practical work proposals (90%).

Teaching Resources

Theoretical/practical classes: bibliography and webgraphy, computers, overhead projector, blackboard, material
miscellaneous for mockups.

Sustainability Objectives

The content taught will be in line with the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the UN. Given the variation in the theme of the work proposals, students will be encouraged to engage in critical thinking, to which objectives they will respond.

Keywords

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
INCLUSIVE DESIGN
DESIGN GAMES
PACKAGING DESIGN
URBAN DESIGN
SPECULATIVE DESIGN

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography