Unit UNIVERSAL DESIGN
- Course
- Design
- Study-unit Code
- A002531
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Raffaele Federici
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
PRINCIPLES OF ACCESSIBILITY
| Code | A002533 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 3 |
| Teacher | Marina Dobosz |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | MED/43 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course starts from the general concept of disability and architectural barriers related to the terms of accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility, at the base of the problems encountered by people with disabilities, not just motor skills.The normative principles on architectural barriers relating to public and private property will be analyzed and how health protection is expressed towards individuals with disabilities of various kinds, in order to guarantee them the right of access to the life of the society, relative to Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design. |
| Reference texts | 1. M. Dobosz, Principi di accessibilità, Gambini ed., 2021 2. G.i Del Zanna, Progettare l'accessibilita', Grafill 2005 3. L. Prestinenza Puglisi, Le barriere architettoniche, DEI 2005 |
| Educational objectives | The objectives in reference to the areas of Interior Design, Exhibit Design and Retail Design are the following: 1. Starting from the concept of disability framed from a legal and social point of view, and moving on to the concept of accessibility in its various forms (visitation, adaptability, conditional accessibility) in order to reach the wider usability, including through the use of alternative and compensatory solutions and pathways of involvement and participation of the persons concerned and their associations. 2. To reduce the marginalisation surrounding the issue of accessibility, to overcome the vision of disability as a key identifier of individual problems and dedicated solutions; to improve well-being, comfort and quality of use. 3. to bring the current design practice back into the Universal Design principles, as required by the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with disabilities (Italian law n. 18/2009); 4. to enable students to carry out a final project: an idea, a solution, a prototype on an identified theme. |
| Prerequisites | The modul Universal Design A or the Sociology exam must have been passed. |
| Teaching methods | Lezioni frontali unite a seminari con esperti del settore. |
| Other information | The student can chose the exam as a part of the modul Universal design B or as a choise exam if the modul is UD A. |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam or specific procedures in the case of students with special problems (DSA or other). The aestimated time is at least 20'. For information on support services for students with disabilities visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa Evaluation of a final project (idea, solution, prototype). |
| Extended program | 1. The concept of disability - Legal and social framework (The right to health, the right to access to the life of society) - The National Observatory on the Status of Persons with Disabilities - The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the Italian Law 03/03/09, n. 182. 2. Architectural barriers: general concepts - Accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility - Legal aspects _ Ergonomics and design 3. Overcoming the vision of disability as an individual problem - Accessibility and holidays: the "culturally skillful" project - Cohousing as a resource for disabled people - Cohousing: general principles - "Mongolfiera" and "Oasis" projects 4. Creation of a final product (an idea, a solution, a prototype) on a topic indicated by the professor |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | 3, 10, 11 |
SOCIOLOGY OF DESIGN
| Code | A002532 |
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| CFU | 5 |
| Teacher | Raffaele Federici |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Scienze economiche e sociali |
| Academic discipline | SPS/08 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian/English |
| Contents | The purpose of this course is to shed light on the nature of design by positioning it as a major sociocultural phenomenon. The goals are to produce an understanding of design that is general enough to apply to most kinds of design endeavors; to highlight its essence and nature; and to provide a foundation for discussing the issue of boundaries between design and other sociocultural phenomena that are often related to it. A major objective is to conceptualize design at a very high level of abstraction that can inform general design studies |
| Reference texts | R. Federici, Vivere d'arte. Sotto un cielo di stelle, prefazione di T. K. Kirova, Morlacchi University Press, Perugia, 2024 (nuova edizione ampliata) V. Flusser, Filosofia del Design, B. Mondadori, Milano, 2003. Letture consigliate: Gillo Dorfles, Artificio e Natura, Skira, Ginevra-Milano, 2003 |
| Educational objectives | At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze complex communication problems in order to identify, among the different design solutions, the most suitable and effective one. They will also know correctly interpret the indications contained in the communication brief by communicating with the figures professionals involved in the creative process in a socially responsible vision. |
| Prerequisites | no |
| Teaching methods | Lectures Seminars |
| Other information | no |
| Learning verification modality | coursework |
| Extended program | This course will introduce students to design practices that self-consciously stand outside the mainstream of designing commodities for mass production and consumption. Through a series of themed lectures students will be expected to develop an understanding of a range of social, cultural and environmental issues and explore the ways in which designers have responded to these challenges, and the strategies they have adopted. The course will support students to think about design and visual culture in a critically engaged way and where relevant to encourage students to approach their own design practices in a reflexive manner. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | social responsability fight against inequalities |