By the end of this course, students are expected to

1. become knowledgeable about the historical course of events regarding production, design and industrial design, which covers specifically the period from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century,

2. identify and analyze the context and the productional and stylistic qualities of historical examples of products, thus, to be able to compare and contrast different historical examples,

3. to be able to read critically, discuss the given questions orally and write clear and short essays about them, thus, to develop critical evaluation skills related to the conceptual framework of the historical transformation of production, design and industrial design.