Course Description-
Set up as a collaborative studio course, students learn to identify problems in the cultural and urban environment and design solutions that address those problems. Through discovery and research students will learn how design can be a catalyst for change.
Prereq: Digital Design majors: F A 3428, 3434, 3444, 3454, can be taken concurrently with 4480, portfolio review or permission of instructor.
Course Goals and Objectives
The goal for this class will be to learn how to research a design project in depth, considering design as a medium for the communication of ideas. You will learn how design shapes and influences society through it’s use of visual rhetoric, consider the role of the designer and the role of the audience. The course will encourage and require collaboration and group discussions in a process for creating a design that will make a social impact through a thoughtfully conceived visual argument. A successful student will emerge with an understanding of the design process required for advanced design work.
Michelle Carpenter, Assistant Professor
michelle.carpenter@ucdenver.edu
Office Hours- Tuesday & Thursday 11:30-2:00 and by appointment Office Phone-303-556-6781 Cell- 303-818-0520 Office- CU Building 8th Floor, 800 P
Knowledge
- Examine the role of artists and designers in visual culture – Define roles in a group dynamic – Identify socially dynamic topics where design and art can be a catalyst for change – Examine the history of the designer in visual culture – Recognize the semiotic relationship of the message and the receiver – Identify artists and designers whose work impacts society – Identify movements in design and art that influence the development of visual culture
Skills
- Research and identify design problems – Conceptualize and implement design solutions – Employ a process-oriented approach to problem-solving – Develop professional practices involving collaboration to solve a common goal – Conceptualize complex visual solutions to problems in preparation for BFA thesis projects
Dispositions
- Research a topic in-depth and identify the potential for design to solve the problem – Collaborate in a group setting – Research a problem and develop a comprehensive solution – Communicate verbally and through written proposals
Project Examples
Non-Profit Identity
Sheridan Clinic
http://www.sheridanhealthservices.com
Serving the health care needs of the Sheridan community.
High Plains Research Network
http://hprn.net/
The High Plains Research Network (HPRN) is a practice based research network that consists of rural primary care practices, hospitals, other health care facilities, and communities located in eastern rural Colorado. HPRN is committed to providing excellent rural health care by translating the best scientific evidence into everyday clinical practice.
Music Videos
MTHDS – “Positive Movement” CAM Records/UCD
Music video directed by Ryan Gaddis, Tyler Kellogg and Laura Hemler
“Ain’t it Something” – The Hollyfelds
Music video directed by Matthew Girard, Tyler Singson and Jennifer Constantine
Fools Go Fallin’ by The Heyday
Music video directed by Elliot Johnson, Mackensie Boris, and Jeremy Pape
