Unit 1 Introduction

8 lecture hours

• An approach to industrial design -elements of design structure for industrial design in engineering application in modern manufacturing systems
• general approach to the man-machine relationship- workstation design-working position

Unit 2 Control and Displays

9 lecture hours

• Shapes and sizes of various controls and displays-multiple
• displays and control situations - design of major controls in automobiles
• machine tools etc

Unit 3 Ergonomics and Production

6 lecture hours

• ergonomics and product design -ergonomics in automated systems- expert systems for ergonomic design
• Anthropometric data and its applications in ergonomic
• design- limitations of anthropometric data
• use of computerized database

Unit 4 Visual Effects of Line and Form

6 lecture hours

• The mechanics of seeing- psychology of seeing general influences of line and form
• Colour and light -colour and objects- colour and the eye -colour consistency- colour terms- reactions to colour and colour continuation -colour on engineering equipments

Unit 5 Aesthetic Concepts

7 lecture hours

• Concept of unity- concept of order with variety -concept of purpose style and environment
• Aesthetic expressions
• components of style - house style
• observation style in capital goods
• case study

Unit 6 Industrial Design in Practice

• General design -specifying design equipments - rating the importance of industrial design - industrial design in the design process. 06 Subject Code: 3172015 w.e.f