Indicative contents

• Interior styling (10%)
  Design concept, sketching and modelling of interiors, fit and finish of interiors, quality of interiors, blending of colours for different interior components, roof lining, positioning of various lamping devices, door pad design, gear knob design for better feel, carpet design.
• Ergonomics and Packaging (15%)
  Importance of ergonomics in vehicle interior design, interior ergonomics of a car, trends in aesthetics and ergonomics, positioning of different components and their interface, ergonomics methods and tools to promote occupant accommodation, case studies, future trends, strategies for improving occupant accommodation and comfort, accommodation for airbags, steering column developments.
• Seating (20%)
  Different types of seats, structural and dimensional factors in seating, measuring seat comfort, configurable armrests, child seat, fabrics for seats and its significance for thermal comfort, whiplash innovations, new interior trends, tomorrow's interiors. dummy leg pad.
• Entertainment and multimedia systems (5%)
  Importance of personal entertainment systems and positioning of output devices.
• Driver Assist (10%)
  Night vision, head-up displays, implication of controls, touch pads for drivers, voice recognition, Console developments and innovations, modular cockpits, dashboard instruments, advances in electronic displays.
• Materials (15%)
  Environmental friendly plastics and other materials for interior design, use of recycling materials for interior design.
• Occupant comfort (10%)
  The quest for clean air, air conditioning developments, climate control, air quality, filter rate, re-circulated conditioned air inside cabin.
• Acoustics (15%)
  Acoustics inside the vehicle, noise reduction techniques, simulations, case studies.
  
  

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. Automotive Interiors Handbook, IMS Automotive, 2006.
  2. Peter Vink, Comfort and Design, CRC, 2004, ISBN-10: 0849328306 ISBN-13: 978-0849328305.
  3. Jonathan Bell, Concept Car Design: Driving the Dream (Interior and Industrial Design), RotoVision, 2003, ISBN-10: 2880465648, ISBN-13: 978-2880465643.
  4. John Fenton, Hand book of automotive body and systems design, Professional Engineering Publishing.
  5. Julian Happian-Smith, An introduction to modern vehicle design.
  6. Don Taylor, Custom Auto Interiors, Publisher: California Bill'S Automotive Handbooks; 2nd Rev edition, 2003, ISBN-10: 1931128189, ISBN-13: 978-1931128186.
  7. Don Taylor, Automotive Upholstery Handbook, Publisher: California Bill's Automotive Handbooks, 2001, ISBN: 1931128006
  8. Kim Henson, Car Interior Restoration Manual, Publisher: Haynes Publishing, 1995 ISBN-10: 185010932X, ISBN-13: 978-1850109327
      
• Laboratory
  • Hardware: Personal Computers, Design Studio Tools, Colouring tools, Digitising Tablets and accessories,
  • Software: LMS Virtual.Lab