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History of Design II explores more studies on design for today: Precepts of Modern Design, Research and Development, Industrial Design, Design and Technology. General survey of West African Design. The growth of Nigerian contemporary design, proponents, techniques, and styles as well as their social and political significance. The role of art and design in technology and in nation building. The history of design in Nigeria will be studied, with examples cited from the different specialisations of Industrial Design; such as surface and structured decorations in Nigerian design history with references to ceramics, textiles, graphics, fashion design, glass, metal work, and Jewellery IDD205: Introduction to Graphics and Communication Design (2Units C: PH 90) Learning Outcomes: 1. explore the interaction of text, sound, still pictures, motion pictures, and animated pictures; 2. demonstrate current trends about animation; 3. organise verbal and non-verbal elements of design; 4. apply theoretical principle of design in their design assignments; 5. explore the characteristics and features of multimedia system; 6. discuss the challenges of multimedia system; and 7. present the applications of multimedia system. Course Contents Practical exploration of language and grammar of design at both two- and three-dimensional levels; Basic topography, layout rendering, the organization of verbal and non-verbal elements of design, theoretical design principle. Introduction to the theories of computer-controlled integration of graphics, drawings, still and moving images, animation, audio and other media. Learning about animation with exposure to current trends. Introduction to multimedia system with emphasis on the characteristics, challenges, features, components and applications.

Figure drawing (human or animal) with special focus on anatomical rendition which will be in relation to objects or the environment: in addition, drapery and physical expressions, fore- shortening and perspective studies from human or animal poses will be studied keenly. Drawing from human figure the students will be able to visually observe, analyse and appreciate anatomical details, proportions, shape, forms and character of the human figure both in the nude, semi-nude, and clothed posture. Medium of expression at this level will usually be permanent or non-erasable medium.

The course helps students have theoretical and practical exposition into the design and formulation of glaze and applications, identifying different materials that can be used for the formulation of ceramic glazes and their chemical properties. Basic historical trend of glaze development. Different types of glazes and their peculiar characteristics. Opaque, raku, salt, and ash glazes. Theory of glaze formulation. Introduction of limit and unity formula; RO group, R2O3 group and RO2 group. Oxides and their functions in glazes. Glaze/glass colour study. Glaze application through dipping, spraying using trailing. Gloss firing procedure, glaze effects, marbling, pattern transfer, under glaze, in-glaze and on-glaze. Glaze properties and quality evaluation.

This course is expected to meet the students' need to produce ceramic prototypes with jiggering, jollying, and slip casting – use of Plaster of Paris mould for mass production of ceramic products that have uniformity in shapes, light in weight and easily reproduced without stress. Raw materials (plastic and non-plastic) will be identified and processed using different types of machinery in body preparation. For slip casting, students will be exposed to knowledge about slip property control (viscosity and thixotropic) and weight control by litre weight with the aid of appropriate equipment. In practice, students will learn to develop right quality control procedure using appropriate laboratory equipment such as ball mill, bungers, kilns, torsion viscometer, hydrometer, plastic meter, MOR machine, abrasive machine and dryer. Firing of produced wares in different types of kilns under different firing atmosphere will be practised.

Flat glass manufacturing process; sheet glass Foucault method, Pittsburgh processes, lof-colbum method. Plate glass. Bithorax semi-continuous casting, PPG ring roll Process continuous horizontal rolling and polishing operations. Patterned glass manufacturing processes. Float glass. Hand production processes where applicable.

This course is a foundational course in ceramics and glass. It exposes the students to the fundamentals of ceramics and cognate subjects. The students will learn about general concepts of materials science, definition and scope of ceramics and ceramic materials, classification of ceramic materials – conventional and advanced, areas of applications. The design and making of innovative high-quality artefacts using ceramics.

General introduction to metals and the technology of fine metal works.

Basic understanding of fibre, yarn and fabric manufacture. Study of the nature of materials. Structure and properties of fibre forming polymers. Textile processing, bleaching and mercerisation. Chemical methods of identification of fibres, analysis of blends, estimation of damage to fibre materials, determination of amount of size and filing material in fabrics. Understanding of colour fastness: fastness to washing, light, perspiration, crocking, gas fading and other parameters of assessing dye quality. Introduction to textile testing. Moisture relations in textiles, fibre testing (length, fineness, maturity), yarn testing, strength of textile materials. Fabric testing. Standards and specifications. Fibre and fabric failures and detection. Physical property tests: strength, abrasion resistance, crease recovery, stiffness, drapability, static charge, thermal conductivity, air permeability, water repellence, thickness, shrink resistance, pilling resistance. Methods of determining the physical properties and interpretation of test results.

Introduction to the tools and materials of textile manufacture and textile design; Equipment of textile manufacture; textile designs, repeating and non-repeating designs colour; line theory, form plane. History, development and marketing of textiles, use of textiles; Relationship between textiles and fashions; fashion vocabulary (style, mode, vogue, culture, fad); Classifications and properties of fibres. Introduction to the different methods of fabric construction – weaving, knitting, felting, non-woven, lace, knotting and braiding. Classification of fabrics and use, material, weaves construction, thickness, surface characteristics among others.

Workshop function. Use of tools. Basic forming techniques. Handling of precious metals. Introduction to jewellery processes, sawing, filling and sanding, etching, polishing, engraving among others. chains, tubing and hinges, Metal inlay. Students shall be exposed to metals working techniques such as casting, forging, annealing, normalizing, carburizing, reviewing, stamping and so on.