Content determination of the design brief and its importance in industrial design education: Case of Turkey

The subject of this thesis is the content of the design briefs, which are used to inform students about the context of the design problem in industrial design education during the studio classes. Firstly, the significance of the design brief in the new product development and the design process is emphasized and the relevant literature on proposals for the design brief is compiled and interpreted. Afterwards, a questionnaire is implemented to design educators in the universities having given industrial design education for ten years in Turkey. The aim the questionnaire is to learn about the educator?s ideas on studio classes and usage of design brief during the classes. They are also asked to choose the content subjects in design briefs, which are found on the literature. Afterwards the design briefs, which are applied in these universities during the industrial design studio classes, are collected, and their content is analyzed. All the data obtained through the research is compared. Finally, determinations and suggestions on the content of the design brief, which uses at product design studio classes, are presented