Advanced Design Studios support the complex and expanding role of today's Graphic Designer. These studios provide deep exploration within a specific arena to help students further define their own methodologies. Courses are proposed by faculty and cover 2D, 3D, and 4D categories. Studio options may vary from semester to semester.This studio course concerns itself with putting numbers around major environmental challenges. The class will draw on open source data and explore institutions and companies that are developing solutions for a more circular and sustainable future. Students will bring the facts, findings, and insights to life using data analysis, interpretation, and visualization.

Students will gain insights into data-driven investigation, increase their data literacy, and learn to use data to contribute to the reduction and mitigation of environmental damages through design. They will investigate the following topics: water usage; carbon emissions caused by production and shipment of goods; the production, consumption, and recycling of plastics.

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