This course consists of a series of three workshops, which explore contemporary positions in Communication Design, taught by specialists / working professionals from industry. Each workshop is 5 weeks long and examines a specific topic in detail. Topics include (but are not limited to) type in space; digital typography and prototyping; and design systems. Further details of the individual workshops will be posted soon. Students are expected to engage in all three workshops and must be present for the duration of the semester..

This course explores how motion graphics can be a potent tool to engage audiences on critical issues, using strategies of design as a form of activism. This course will break down the genres of the medium, how and why they are effective, and how students can communicate and persuade through design, putting a spotlight on the issues they care about. Students will expand upon their motion design skills through projects focused on a variety of content styles and subjects, highlighting both hyperlocal and global issues. Students will also go beyond the design to implementing and testing how their campaigns can effect change in the real world. At the end of the course, students will have an expanded portfolio of motion graphics work they care deeply about, and a better understanding of their power to participate in and influence the world around them in positive ways.

This course consists of a series of three workshops, which explore contemporary positions in Communication Design, taught by specialists / working professionals from industry. Each workshop is 5 weeks long and examines a specific topic in detail. Topics include (but are not limited to) type in space; digital typography and prototyping; and design systems. Further details of the individual workshops will be posted soon. Students are expected to engage in all three workshops and must be present for the duration of the semester.

This course aims to teach visualization of ideas through 3D modeling, computer animation, and digital sound production by using the digital realm as an autonomous tool while exploring digital aesthetics. As a medium, the computer has not gotten the respect that it deserves. In most cases, anything computer generated is still considered inferior to anything human-made or even machine-made. This concept can be compared to how photography was once an inferior art form to oil on canvas. As a result, the computer is frequently used to mimic analog tools, and a lot of effort is put into hiding the fact that a computer was used at all. Although these applications are valid and important to teach, this course intends to emphasize the importance of developing a distinct aesthetic within the computer medium. This in combination with craftsmanship, which is just as relevant to digital media as it is to traditional art forms. The course explores viewport aesthetics, hyper-unrealism, deliberate aliasing, 8-bit and pixel art, data-moshing, glitch art, the uncanny valley, vaporwave, algorithmic architecture, machinima and more. Students will create compelling digital time-based art within the boundaries of the digital realm and personal knowledge by exploring the unique qualities of the medium and emphasize them. They will also become familiar with various digital aesthetics by studying, discussing, and applying them to their assignments. The emphasis of the course will concentrate on Cinema 4D, After Effects and Reason, but will also explore, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Resolume, and Processing.