How are messages embedded in visual culture? How, in turn, are photographs, videos, illustrations, performances, graphic novels, sculptures, technological innovations - and more - used to communicate an idea or position? And what might it mean to make something that doesn't fit into any one category as we know it? Students will explore interdisciplinarity, collaborative making, the productivity of creative failures, and more. How many ways are there to explore an idea? In Language Supported Integrative Studio 2, we will research individually and in groups to investigate and document a topic. How many ways are there to explore an idea? Fact-finding often requires investigation through multiple means including fieldwork, experimentation, failure, and creative problem solving. Over fifteen weeks, we will engage with a wide variety of studio-based research methods, both digital and analog. You will pursue one overarching self-generated research question in parallel to the seminar-based research methods you will be learning in Integrative Seminar 2. At various times in the semester, the two classes share concepts and assignments, bringing together reading, writing, and making in a manner that is essential to the creative research of professional artists and designers. Research methodologies will reflect the different schools at Parsons. This Language Supported (LS) course is specially designed for students for whom English is a second language. LS courses have the same content as non-LS courses as well as extra attention to vocabulary, cultural references, and support for reading and writing. Students will engage with the materials in a supportive and dynamic learning environment as they become acclimated to American educational context, culture, and expectations. Parsons LS faculty possess training specific to both the content area and language support focus.