Description
Interdisciplinary Studios extend a student's cross-school experience from Core Studio up into his or her upper division years. 3 units of Interdisciplinary Studio are required of all majors and must be completed in the junior or senior year. This advanced level studio is thematic in nature. Technical demonstrations are paired with thoughtful readings, seminar discussions and ambitious projects. Collaboration, experimentation and presentation skills are developed in concert with critical thinking.

Section Description
In this course you will use living organisms to create innovative art and design. CCA student teams will be paired with bioscience graduate students at Stanford University. Through these teams, students will develop an understanding of the processes at work in bio-patterning, and learn how designers and artists can interact with the fascinating discoveries occurring in one of the world’s leading research institutions. We will explore some of the deeper patterning-schema that make the biological world so beautiful in a series of short studio projects. Several of these projects will involve growing microbes, e.g. using multi-colored bacteria to paint with. Students will also form Network Teams with some of the innovators at Autodesk. These innovators are creative artists and designers who will introduce students to new possibilities in bio-design and bio-art. The course will culminate with a studio piece created with living organisms.

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