DESGN-6690-3: DC: Context: Screen/Space
Fall 2020
- Subject: Graduate Design
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: Online
- Level: Graduate
- Course Dates: September 02, 2020 — December 15, 2020
- Meetings: Fri 8:00-11:00AM
- Instructor: Randy Nakamura
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 16/17 Closed
Description:
Media Machines and Design Environments. Recent trends
in design have taken a “spatial-turn” towards space both physical and virtual. Whether it be the pop-up and exhibition as a site for design practice or emerging technologies such as VR, AR, and projection mapping, understanding space as a medium and context for design has taken on
an increased importance. This research and writing-based course DC: Screen/Space examines contemporary design and its intersection with media theory and architecture. Readings will be from range of disciplines including design, critical theory, media studies and architecture. Students will be asked to focus on a case study from recent history and use it as a platform in a projective/speculative manner to understand contemporary design that engages media and space in both the virtual and built environment. 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.
in design have taken a “spatial-turn” towards space both physical and virtual. Whether it be the pop-up and exhibition as a site for design practice or emerging technologies such as VR, AR, and projection mapping, understanding space as a medium and context for design has taken on
an increased importance. This research and writing-based course DC: Screen/Space examines contemporary design and its intersection with media theory and architecture. Readings will be from range of disciplines including design, critical theory, media studies and architecture. Students will be asked to focus on a case study from recent history and use it as a platform in a projective/speculative manner to understand contemporary design that engages media and space in both the virtual and built environment. 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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