At the end of the multidisciplinary course, the student will be familiar with: - understanding the relationships between project, historical/cultural context and structural conception; - giving identity to a two-dimensional or three-dimensional composition by managing the relationships between shape, volume, material, color and space; - knowing how to experiment, giving concrete form and structure to intellectual concepts; - managing the time dedicated to the project (conceptualization) and construction of the artefact (experimentation).

Ability to observe and to build relationships between concepts. Interest in expressive synthesis through the graphic tool and the manual process. Knowledge of basic mathematical concepts and tools. Good knowledge of the chronologies and the main moments / history of art history and history.

The Laboratory consists of the contributions offered by three disciplines (Design, History and theory of design, Statics for design), divided into lessons inclusive of short exercises and long exercises to which all disciplines compete within their own calendar hours. The purpose of the exercises is the conceptualization and construction of formal compositions with a strong expressive connotation and an appropriate static scheme, communicated through the graphic tool and the shape modeling, made with basic materials (paper, cardboard, wood, fabric). DESIGN (6 CFU, 60 hours) It is the discipline that coordinates the multidisciplinary laboratory, oriented to the perception, the understanding and the experimentation of compositions obtained through the development of relationships between elementary functions and compositions (two and three-dimensional) of shapes, materials and colors. The theoretical and the practical parts make use of case studies and significant compositions related to the world of art, graphics and object design. Lessons The theoretical part, alternating with the practical one, makes use of case studies and significant compositions referring to the world of art, graphics and object design. Exercises: these are exercises presented at the end of a lesson of the Design discipline and developed over the following 2/3 weeks, both in the classroom (if present) and at home, under the control of the teacher and tutors, with the collaboration of the two other disciplines that make up the Laboratory. The first exercise is for individual participation, while the second and third are for group participation, consisting of 3 students. Students, organized in groups, are therefore invited to respond to the project brief with a proposal of composition in which emphasis and declination are given to the concepts illustrated in the lessons, through graphic and real modeling techniques. The program in detail: 1st week_Lecture Design and 2D shape, point / line / plane / volume / module 2nd week_Lecture Design and color, optics / perception / project 3 ° week_Design and communication lesson, sign / language / composition 4th and 5th week_Individual exercise, 2D shape and color 6th week_ 3D Design lesson, shape / material / structure 7th week_ Lesson Design and 3D shape, fold / cut 8th, 9th, 10th, Group exercise, Create from 2D support Week 11_ Joint Design Lesson by Shape, 12th, 13th, 14th week_Group exercise, Create in balance HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE PROJECT (3 CFU, 30 hours) The program of the module will take place in parallel and close connection with that of design, providing information and interpretative keys related to the topics addressed starting from the following assumptions: Why the story for basic design: the four-leaf clover theory; The theory of the project. The following issues will be addressed: structure and honesty; artifice and/or nature; project as language: meanings, rhetorical figures, re-reading; the symbol; the color; author or anonymous; volume or plastic; art or project; rational or irrational; mechanization takes command; composition or decomposition; local or global. STATICS FOR THE DESIGN (3 CFU, 30 hours) The module focuses on the study of the structures as constituent parts of the artefacts that supporting the loads and preventing their motion. The general concepts of general physics are recalled (fundamental quantities, units of measurement, dynamics, fundamental forces, Newton's laws) as well as the mathematical tools essential to the treatment of the topic (geometry of plane figures, vector calculus in graphic form). The essential aspects of the discipline are introduced intuitively, the concept of equilibrium and resistance with particular reference to the mechanical behavior of matter in terms of strength and stiffness. The operational treatments and the schematizations of the basic structural types are examined in depth: the rope, the rod, the beam. Calculations are provided for simple systems, while tools are provided for understanding the resistant mechanism of more complex systems. COURSE STRUCTURE The multidisciplinary course is organized in lectures for each discipline and short project exercises aimed at putting into practice the interconnections between the various disciplines Design (40 hours ES), History and theory of the project (10 hours ES), Static for the design (10 hours ES), with the collaboration of external experts in the field. The students, organized in groups of 4, respond to project’s brief that is launched as a synthesis of the principles illustrated in the lectures, with a proposal of composition in which emphasis is given to the principle, through graphic techniques and real modeling. The exercises will aim to put into practice the interconnections between the disciplines, with particular attention to the study on the form / color (Design), to the genealogies (History and theory of the project) and to the structural functioning (Statics for design).

The multidisciplinary course is organized in lectures for each discipline and short project exercises aimed at putting into practice the interconnections between the various disciplines Design (40 hours ES), History and theory of the project (10 hours ES), Static for the design (10 hours ES), with the collaboration of external experts in the field. The students, organized in groups of 4, respond to project’s brief that is launched as a synthesis of the principles illustrated in the lectures, with a proposal of composition in which emphasis is given to the principle, through graphic techniques and real modeling. The exercises will aim to put into practice the interconnections between the disciplines, with particular attention to the study on the form / color (Design), to the genealogies (History and theory of the project) and to the structural functioning (Statics for design).

DESIGN (6 CFU, 60 ore) D.BRAMSTON, Il linguaggio dei prodotti, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2011 A.MECACCI, Estetica e Design, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2012 B.MUNARI, Arte come mestiere, Laterza, Bari, 1966 B.MUNARI, Design e comunicazione visiva, Bari 1968 B.MUNARI, Da cosa nasce cosa, Laterza, Bari, 1981 D.SUDJIC, Il linguaggio delle cose, Laterza, Bari, 2015 R Recommended texts: D.BARONI, La forma del design. Rappresentazione della forma nel linguaggio del Basic Design, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2012 R.FALCINELLI, Cromorama. Come il colore ha cambiato il nostro sguardo, Einaudi Stile Libero Extra, Torino, 2017 W.LIDWELL, K.HOLDEN, J.BUTLER, Universal Principles of Design, Rockport Publishers, Beverly Massachussets, 2010 R STORIA E TEORIA DEL PROGETTO (3 CFU, 30 ore) A. BASSI, Il Design. Progettare gli oggetti quotidiani, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013 E. DELLAPIANA, G. MONTANARI, Una storia dell’architettura contemporanea, UTET, Torino, Università, 2015 R. DE FUSCO, Storia del Design, Laterza, Roma-Bari, (tutte le edizioni) D. BARONI, M. VITTA, Storia del Design Grafico, Longanesi, Milano, 2010 R. A. RAWSTHORN, Design as an Attitude, JRP, Zurigo, 2019 F. BULEGATO, E. DELLAPIANA, Il design degli architetti in Italia. 1920-2000, Electa, Milano, 2014 G. DORFLES, Introduzione al disegno industriale, Einaudi, Torino, 2001 (o altre edizioni) Recommended texts: G. KUBLER, La forma del tempo, Einaudi, Torino, 1976 (tutte le edizioni) V. FLUSSER, Filosofia del design, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003 PRINCIPI DI STATICA PER IL DESIGN (3 CFU, 30 ore) Dispense fornite dal docente sul Portale della Didattica E. GUAGENTI, F. BUCCINO, E. GARAVAGLIA, G. NOVATI, Statica: fondamenti di meccanica strutturale, metodi di analisi di strutture reali, McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2009 B. DEL CURTO, C. MARANO, M.P. PEDEFERRI, Materiali per il Design, seconda ed., CEA, Milano, 2015

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group graphic design project; Computer-based written test using the PoliTo platform;

The Laboratory requires assiduous attendance also in consideration of the final judgment which will be expressed with a single exam mark between the 3 disciplines. The exam includes an individual test in which the knowledge of each module is assessed and an oral test, present the teachers of the 3 disciplines, in which the third group exercise is discussed. INVIDUAL TEST It consists of 3 distinct tests, the evaluation of which will be out of thirty:  Design, closed and open-ended questions;  History and theory for the project, closed and open-ended questions;  Principles of Statics for Design: exercises. The student can decide not to deliver one or more tests, thus receiving an evaluation for the parts carried out only. In the event of a negative outcome, in one or more disciplines, the student will be able to repeat the test (s) in subsequent appeals, until the autumn session, the last to pass the barrier exam. Even in the case of improvement, it is possible to take the test (s) again in subsequent appeals. But, in taking the new test, the student automatically cancels the previously acquired assessment. DISCUSSION 3rd EXERCISE The discussion involves the participation of the whole group and the evaluation will be identical for each member. The test is independent of having passed the individual tests. FINAL VOTE The student who has passed the 3 individual tests and supported the discussion on the 3rd exercise will access the final grade. Each discipline makes a mark that is average between individual test and exercises. The 3 votes obtained in this way give rise to the "final vote", which is a weighted average calculated in following way: FINAL VOTE = 0.5 x Design vote + 0.25 x History vote + 0.25 x Static vote ". In the final evaluation phase, the teaching staff may make changes in addition to the averages thus obtained.

Exam: Written test; Compulsory oral exam; Group graphic design project; Computer-based written test using the PoliTo platform;

The Laboratory requires assiduous attendance also in consideration of the final judgment which will be expressed with a single exam mark between the 3 disciplines. The exam includes an individual test in which the knowledge of each module is assessed and an oral test, present the teachers of the 3 disciplines, in which the third group exercise is discussed. INVIDUAL TEST It consists of 3 distinct tests, the evaluation of which will be out of thirty:  Design, closed and open-ended questions;  History and theory for the project, closed and open-ended questions;  Principles of Statics for Design: exercises. The student can decide not to deliver one or more tests, thus receiving an evaluation for the parts carried out only. In the event of a negative outcome, in one or more disciplines, the student will be able to repeat the test (s) in subsequent appeals, until the autumn session, the last to pass the barrier exam. Even in the case of improvement, it is possible to take the test (s) again in subsequent appeals. But, in taking the new test, the student automatically cancels the previously acquired assessment. DISCUSSION 3rd EXERCISE The discussion involves the participation of the whole group and the evaluation will be identical for each member. The test is independent of having passed the individual tests. FINAL VOTE The student who has passed the 3 individual tests and supported the discussion on the 3rd exercise will access the final grade. Each discipline makes a mark that is average between individual test and exercises. The 3 votes obtained in this way give rise to the "final vote", which is a weighted average calculated in following way: FINAL VOTE = 0.5 x Design vote + 0.25 x History vote + 0.25 x Static vote ". In the final evaluation phase, the teaching staff may make changes in addition to the averages thus obtained.