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DESGN-6080-1: Design in Context: Contemporary Design

Fall 2025

Subject: Graduate Design
Type: Seminar
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Graduate

Course Dates: September 02, 2025 — December 15, 2025
Meetings: Wed 9:00-11:50AM, Main Bldg - E2
Instructor: Randy Nakamura

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 10/15

Description:

Context topics courses examine the application of design through multiple critical and cultural lenses. Topics for the course, chosen at the discretion of the instructor, could include media, the body, ecology, economics, politics, technology, history and other areas that may be addressed through multiple distinct discursive approaches. In each case, the topic in question is examined as a field of actual or potential design practice rather than as a static horizon for objective research. Requirements include writing among outcomes.

Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:

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