This studio course serves as an introduction to the fundamental principles of design with a focus on vector-based illustration, typography, print design, and 3D design. Through hands-on experience using Adobe Illustrator and other applications on Mac computers, students will learn to visually communicate ideas through design projects that involve research and concept development, problem solving, and design thinking. The course will explore design’s potential as a tool for communication, collaboration, and social change.
Activities
Tutorials, demos, and technical exercises will introduce students to technical methods and design elements before moving on to more complex individual and collaborative projects. Short reading assignments and PowerPoint presentations will help contextualize current issues and design practices. Main projects will include both raster- and vector-based posters, a book project (catalog of works, group collaboration), a 3D design project (basic CAD drawing and 3D printing in with Josh Moon from the Center for New Media Design), and an open project to finish things off. In addition to class time, expect to spend at least six hours per week at the FABLAB working on these assignments and projects.
Activities
Tutorials, demos, and technical exercises will introduce students to technical methods and design elements before moving on to more complex individual and collaborative projects. Short reading assignments and PowerPoint presentations will help contextualize current issues and design practices. Main projects will include both raster- and vector-based posters, a book project (catalog of works, group collaboration), a 3D design project (basic CAD drawing and 3D printing in with Josh Moon from the Center for New Media Design), and an open project to finish things off. In addition to class time, expect to spend at least six hours per week at the FABLAB working on these assignments and projects.
- Teacher: Richard Koenig
- Teacher: Sarah Lindley
The objective of this studio art course is to provide the student working knowledge of, and experience with, the fundamental creative tools used in fine art photographic practice using traditional (analog/chemical) processing and printing techniques.
In addition to producing silver-based photographs, participants learn to analyze and discuss their work. When regarding the images produced in this course, discussion will be centered on technical, formal, and conceptual characteristics. We will also discuss subject matter and content—and the difference between the two. In this critical reading of images, like that of a text, we will explore the basics of visual literacy.
To inspire and contextualize, we will view historical examples from the Daguerreotype to contemporary practice with an emphasis on analog practitioners. Through this study, as well as the production of a small body of work, each student should complete the course with a solid understanding of traditional (analog) photographic practice.
In addition to producing silver-based photographs, participants learn to analyze and discuss their work. When regarding the images produced in this course, discussion will be centered on technical, formal, and conceptual characteristics. We will also discuss subject matter and content—and the difference between the two. In this critical reading of images, like that of a text, we will explore the basics of visual literacy.
To inspire and contextualize, we will view historical examples from the Daguerreotype to contemporary practice with an emphasis on analog practitioners. Through this study, as well as the production of a small body of work, each student should complete the course with a solid understanding of traditional (analog) photographic practice.
- Teacher: Richard Koenig
- Teacher: Sarah Lindley
