Toy Product Design

Lecture 1: Toy Product Design
Includes: What is a Toy?, Basics of Product Design, Course Logistics
Title Song: I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon to Your Star by The Boy Least Likely To

Lecture 2: Understanding Play
Includes: What is a Play, Play Classification, Play Affordances, Ages, Successful Toys
Title Song: The Alphabet Lost and Found by They Might Be Giants

Lecture 3: Brainstorming and Innovation
Includes: Innovation, Association Mapping, Crossing Products, Brainstorming Basics
Title Song: One Little Spark by The Sherman Brothers for Walt Disney

Lecture 4: Theme Exploration
Includes: Classification, Pugh Charts, State of the Art, Theme Introduction
Title Song: Playdough by The Aquabats

Lecture 5: Industrial Design Drawing
Includes: Perspective, Drawing Cubes, Drawing Cylinders, Shading, Shadows
Title Song: Passi Messa by Fay Lovsky

Lecture 6: Graphic Design
Includes: Semantics, Syntax, Usability, Fonts, Gestalt Laws, Form Language
Title Song: Appellation Controlee by Fay Lovsky

Lecture 7: The Idea Presentation
Includes: Presentation Guidelines, Playful Form Results
Title Song: Start Wearing Purple by Gogol Bordello

Lecture 8: Sketch Modeling with Beth Sullivan
Includes: Idea Presentation Results, Working with Foam and Foam Core
Title Song: Technologic by Daft Punk

Lecture 9: Basics of Engineering Design
Includes: Energy, Power, Batteries, Electricity, Motors, Estimation
Title Song: Where Do They Make Balloons by They Might Be Giants

Lecture 10: Design Aesthetic
Includes: Estimation Results, Design Feedback, Aesthetics, Color, Sensory Design
Title Song: Happy Worker by Tori Amos

Lecture 12: Plastic
Includes: Plastic Manufacturing Processes, Thermoplastic Identification
Title Song: Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead

Lecture 13: Designing Presentations
Includes: Basics of Slide Design, Packaging Design, Product Coherence
Title Song: World of Entertainment by Jurassic 5