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 class students learn analytical, and drawing techniques for representing abstract concepts, physical space and objects. The focus of this course is on the use of representation within design practice. Students work individually on projects to develop strength in a variety of media that will be applicable to their core studio work in the first year and within their discipline…….Continue Reading Drawing: Design Drawing
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
This course explores the role of the artist and making photographs in the face of the global climate crisis. Through the study of photography, art, activism, and writing students will explore the relationship between artmaking and the Anthropocene–our current geologic age in which human activity has resulted in extreme climate change…….Continue Reading Photo and Climate Activism
This course takes a deep look at the way that sound behaves in space and provides an introduction to immersive sonic experiences. The class begins by creating sound for headphones, the media listening environment that we are most familiar with, and culminates in a spatial project that surrounds a listener in a real space using multiple speakers……Continue Reading Sound and Space