Designing Distributed Design Studio

This paper outlines the process of designing a globally distributed design studio, which aims to provide future Industrial Design graduates with experience in using skills that will enable them to work successfully with various members in the distributed product development process. The course was jointly developed by academics from two universities and combines face-to-face interaction with web-based teaching and assessment. This paper aims to provide insight into the technical and organisational challenges and issues that had to be resolved to establish such a course.