The rise of man as a living and rational being is marked by a continuous conquest of the materials he uses in his daily work.
Materials constitute and form part of our living environment, we create them, we shape them, we use them. What are your properties? What is the process that leads us from matter to material?
We live in a historical period in which the new properties of materials and new materials open up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities in the design and development of a project or product, which will make it differentiable and of high added value in the market.
But not only the functionality and effectiveness of a product or project will determine its "success", it will have to take into account its intangible side, its emotional properties, based on the technical and sensory properties, since materials today can generate interactions with the user, be autonomous or even grow and die. The designer's task should not simply try to find other uses for every new material that is developed, he should be able to create new materials for the new requirements that occur in the world of design.
Formative Objectives:
Study the development and innovation of materials, from traditional to ultramaterial material. Understanding materials innovation as a tool that can change the world through design.
Know the specific norms related to the mechanical, chemical or thermal properties of each material.
Learn the physical, chemical principles that govern these norms and how they apply to natural, plant or animal structures. In this way, innovation in the field of materials will be facilitated and will also offer the possibility of reinventing with existing materials. Experiment with the material as the main and first tool of the design process. To provide the student with the ability to understand materials not as a final consequence of the project procedure but as an instrument to be able to incorporate into the first stage of the process, either as a method of exploring ideas or as a premise of the project.