Design is the practice of translating ideas into action. In this course, we will focus on the action part. Starting with critical perspectives to explore asymmetrical and contested contexts of design, we will then use simple and primitive making methods to ideate and prototype tools to intervene in these contexts. We will study activist methods ranging from civil disobedience and hacktivism to lockpicking and direct action and translate these into a series of simple but practical design projects. Utilizing the making center, we will use simple hand tools to build models, scale up to full size, and test and evaluate our interventions with our peers. You will leave the course having built a range of practical projects and honed in on several critical design capabilities with which to intervene and alter our immediate world. No hands-on skills are needed to start with, but you will have built a lot when we are done.