In this course students learn analytical, and modeling techniques for representing abstract concepts, physical space and objects. The focus of this course is on the use of representation within design practice as a form of problem solving. Students work individually in workshop environments on projects to develop strength in modeling in a variety of media…….Continue Reading 3D Modeling Techniques
The course begins with an introduction to and discussion of some of the earliest known moving image experiments (broadly defined) and through individual and collaborative assignments, students will explore the continued impact that these early tests continue to have on contemporary video and film-based experimental practices…….Continue Reading Celluloid Experiments
This course is an introduction to creative coding and the use of tools like p5.js and the program Processing to generate interactive objects and experiences. Projects and sketches will explore the use of code to generate and manipulate image, sound and light and will provide an introduction to the open-source prototyping platform Arduino that can be used to create interactive electronic objects……Continue Reading Code Craft
This course is a total immersion in the understanding and usage of color. Students analyze the cultural, social, and psychological implications of color in everyday life. How do the current fashion and design fields incorporate and envision color trends over time in urban culture? How do harmonic complementary and discordant uses of color apply to nature? ……Continue Reading Color Across the Spectrum
In this course we will consider how comics work and how can we make them work in new ways. Mixing seminar-style reading and study with studio work, students will examine the elements of comics, learn how they work, learn their history, and read examples of groundbreaking comics by diverse artists. Students will also put theory into practice, creating a group of short comics……Continue Reading Comics: Theory & Practice
In this critical studio course, we will investigate the significance of everyday objects through reading, writing and making visual works. In this way, we will examine the multiple and sometimes conflicting meanings hidden in objects and how the ways we collect, select, and curate our “stuff” is a reflection of selves, cultures, and the times we live in……Continue Reading Critical Studio: Everyday Objects
This course will introduce students to digital fabrication techniques as part of a thoughtful and iterative fabrication process. Students are encouraged to creatively explore theoretical frameworks and speculate wildly to develop project concepts centered around lines of critical inquiry and iterate prototypes using laser cutters, 3D printers, as well as introductory circuits and analogue and digital sensors……Continue Reading Digital Fabrication
This course explores the possibilities of using digital prototyping techniques such as laser cutting, 3D modeling and 3D printing to investigate and augment the human form. Body coverings, adornments, and extensions will be created using a diverse range of materials. The history and social context of wearables help to inform student projects….Continue Reading Digital Fabrication: Body
In this course, drawing is the root of all making. Students will expand their use of traditional imaging materials and methods by utilizing the hands-on and digital technology within the Making Center. This broadening of two-dimensional creation will come from the use of etching and mono printing presses, reliefs in clay, laser cutting, and graphic plotting….Continue Reading Drawing through the Making Center
In this course students will learn how to use the basic elements of design – line, shape, value and color on a variety of surfaces as communication tools to explain complex systems. The design activities will explore how to focus the contents of the message on an audience through a variety of forms. This would include service images, icons, mind maps, mood boards……Continue Reading Dynamic Drawing
Typography is an essential part of our everyday lives: in print, on screen, and in the built environment. This class explores the function and meaning of typography through an introduction to its history, theory, and practice in art and design contexts, including but not limited to graphic design, product design, illustration, architecture, and fine arts. Through short, conceptual exercises in collection, interpretation, type making……Continue Reading Explorations in Typography
PUFY 1235An integrated studio exploring contemporary couture, designer fashion, and the influences they draw from. The cultural backdrop related to fashion history will be explored, placing the changes of styles within the social, political, and economic context. Studio work will involve creative interpretations of lectures to strengthen understanding of concepts and/or synthesize them with the…Continue Reading Fashion and Culture
While graduation may seem far away, it is never too early to begin developing your professional goals, skills, and materials. This course will prepare you to do so while demystifying the process of applying to internships, job positions, and award opportunities. You will simulate the search and application process by identifying a real-life opportunity as a model……Continue Reading Goal Setting and Professional Skills
In this course students are introduced to the variety of building and manufacturing industries in and around the city through behind-the-scene tours. Students are exposed to a range of volumes of production including one-off, custom, artisanal craft, batch, and mass production. The physical scale of production is explored as well, from small parts up to the creation of architecture and urban infrastructure…….Continue Reading Make it in NYC
In this three dimensional project based studio, students will explore the relationships between materials, techniques and form to design and build meaningful objects, installations and systems. How can a material be shaped to represent ideas through form? Using an array of methods and materials students explore the logic, history and production of the handmade object…….Continue Reading Making Meaningful Things
In this course students learn the professional roles and design methodology for the development of packaging design and its role as both a product in and of itself, and as a communication vehicle for goods and services. Students work individually and in teams on projects to develop strength in a variety of media……Continue Reading Product, Promotion & Packaging
“Utopia is a world I made up by combining utopia and dystopia – the imagined perfect society and its opposite – because, in my view, each contains a latent version of the other.”-Margaret Atwood. In this class, we will interrogate the implications of design and technology on society through the reading and watching of science fiction. As we dabble in these emblematic science fiction universes……Continue Reading Science Fiction, Utopia & Speculative Design
For generations, communities of color have used art and design as tools to create unfathomable futures in the face of systemic oppression. Artists and designers of color have made huge societal contributions by insisting on defining their creative practice on their own terms, despite statistics that demonstrate creatives of color are largely misrepresented, underrecognized and undercompensated……Continue Reading Unfathomable Futures