GSML 531: Design Studio I: Transdisciplinary Immersion

SubjectGSML
Course No531
Academic LevelGR
Credits3.00
DescriptionThe design process continues to be somewhat intuitive as well as iterative, demanding multiple explorations of a single concept. In addition, the realization of a design often requires multiple collaborations with participants. Engaging sketching and documenting methods as well as low fidelity prototyping in the early stages of the design process allows us to make relationships between ideas and data, and the formal elements that make a product, service, message, system, or environment accessible to a public. The primary intention of this studio is to enable students to develop and evaluate their ideations and prototyping techniques in the early stages of the design process. Students will also investigate the strengths and weaknesses of various design processes as social interventions and evaluate the presentation and distribution channels in order to leverage positioning of a transformation design project. Assignments employ active learning as students propose multiple solutions, using diverse media and materials, to a number of design challenges.