Design basics – form and signs
- Faculty
 Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
 Version 1 of 02.07.2025.
- Module identifier
 11B1315
- Module level
 Bachelor
- Language of instruction
 German
- ECTS credit points and grading
 5.0
- Module frequency
 only winter term
- Duration
 1 semester
- Overall workload
 The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
 Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Seminar - 30 Laboratory activity - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 20 Reception of other media or sources - 40 Creation of examinations - 
- Graded examination
 - Project Report, medial
 
- Ungraded exam
 - Field work / Experimental work
 
- Literature
 - Anderson Feisner, Edith & Reed, Ron (2013): Color Studies (3rd Ed.), Fairchild Books
 - Bense, Max (1971): Zeichen und Design – Semiotische ?sthetik, Agis
 - Blackwell, Lewis (1995): David Carson – The end of print, Bangert
 - Frutiger, Adrian (1998): Signs and Symbols – Their Design and Meaning, Watson-Guptill
 - Gros, Jochen (1983): Grundlagen einer Theorie der Produktsprache, Heft 1 (Einführung), 凤凰体育 für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
 - Gros, Jochen (1987), Grundlagen einer Theorie der Produktsprache, Heft 4 (Symbolfunktionen), 凤凰体育 für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
 - Kapitzki, Herbert W. (1980): Programmiertes Gestalten – Grundlagen für das Visualisieren mit Zeichen, Dieter Gitzel
 - Lowgren, Jonas & Stolterman, Erik (2007): Thoughtful Interaction Design, MIT Press
 - Lupton, Ellen & Cole Phillips, Jennifer (2015): Graphic Design – The New Basics (2nd Ed.), Princeton Architectural Press
 - Mon?, Rune (1997): Design for Product Understanding – The Aesthetics of Design from a Semiotic Approach, Liber AB
 - Norman, Donald (2004): Emotional Design – Why we love (or hate) everyday things, Basic Books
 - Vihma, Susann (1995): Products As Representations – A Semiotic and Aesthetic Study of Design Products, University of Art and Design Helsinki
 - Wertheimer, Max (1923): Untersuchungen zur Lehre von der Gestalt. II., Psychologische Forschung, Vierter Band, Springer
 
- Applicability in study programs
 - Media & Interaction Design
 - Media & Interaction Design B.A. (01.09.2024)
 
- Person responsible for the module
 - Arndt, Henrik
 
- Teachers
 - Arndt, Henrik
 - Nehls, Johannes