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Selected syllabi
Digital Media + Interaction Design
An introduction to the principles of interactivity, typography and design for a range of digital media,
including concepts of interface design, information design, play and an understanding of the relationships between image, typography and sound.
Three Dimensional Design
An introduction to the fundamentals of three-dimensional concepts, form and structure, including materials,
methods and production techniques. Specifically geared to providing digital arts students with hands-on building and design experience with physical rather than virtual materials.
Web Design I
Course covers basic web design, sitebuilding and information design topics. Students learn to hand-code, analyze existing sites and understand the web development process.
Web Design II
Building on Web Design I, students gain building skills while learning about interactive and web design principles.
Examples of proposed courses
Experimental Drawing: Diagrams, debris, maps amd marks
This workshop is designed to introduce students to a process-based
experimental drawing practice, combining studio work with short lectures and research
of both art and non-art subjects related to mark-marking, problem solving, invention
and vsual representation.
Information Architecture for Web Designers
Designed to provide intermediate level design students
with a solid background in information architecture, as well as further their understanding
of professional web development practice and starndards. It is intended for students
already familiar with basic concepts of screen design and interactive functionality.
Words and Pictures: Images and Text in Visual Art
Working with concepts of words as image, words with images and words
about images, this interdisciplinary class combines studio practice and art historical
references. Sources range from Surrealist games and the chnace experiments of William Burroughs
and John Cage to Cy Twombly's calligraphic line and Jasper Johns' integration of text elements and painting.
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