Art Studio

Through multimedia and practical classes, this course guides students to travel across the history of fashion editorials through the lenses of photography and film, learning to create in any media format, from print to digital. Students are encouraged to express their creativity in any desired industry, whether it is connected to fashion, food, art or any other idea brought by experiencing Paris. Special visits and exhibitions throughout the city provide an inspiring backdrop for students to produce artful projects. By the end of the course students have a deep knowledge of the main image creators, as well as the ability to develop their first still and moving images with accessible everyday tools. From designing a mood board to producing digital content, students accurately achieve innovative storytelling. This course requires no prior experience in media, fashion, or branding—just an interest in media and the creative world of editorials.
 

This introductory photography course explores the technical principles of creating photographic images and how to handle a camera and equipment. It also discusses the procedures of photochemical laboratories and digital imaging. Topics include: the conceptual and material nature of photography; analog and digital photographic instruments and materials; development and control of materials; lighting; functions of the photographic image. 

This course explores the various techniques and concepts of ceramics, with an emphasis on basic skills and crafts of clay. The course includes introductory information and experiments in clay free-hand technique related to ceramics arts, starting from making building techniques, glazing techniques, and kiln firing operations. The course introduces ceramic art history and its long-term cultural traditions, as well as contemporary ceramics concepts and ceramics installation arts. It has a minimum of two filed trips to Fustat, an ancient ceramics area in old Cairo, to explore the historical and local craft of ceramic art and Egypt's social history in relation to the field.

This course uses sketching and oil painting as the basic teaching methods in order to understand the depth of form and the style of color.

This course develops students skills and knowledge in 'expanded' sculptural practice through a focus on the iterative and process-based potentials of the medium. Through studio-based learning, students will develop skills in mold making and casting. Key themes and processes such as material transformation, translation, mirroring, inversion, and mimicry will be investigated in relation to broader strategies of installation art and considerations of embodied experience. 

This introductory graphic design course provides students with a foundational understanding of key principles and essential tools in visual design. Combining practical exercises with some theoretical insights, students explore the basics of composition, typography, color theory, and design principles while gaining an understanding of graphic design's role in contemporary communication. Set in Paris, one of the world’s design and cultural capitals, this course offers an immersive experience in the city’s rich visual history and vibrant contemporary design scene. Paris itself serves as a dynamic classroom, with inspiration drawn from its iconic architecture, art, fashion, museums, and daily life. Students have the unique opportunity to engage with the city's visual environment and incorporate it into their creative projects. The course introduces industry-standard software, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with a focus on applying these tools to personal creative work. Beyond technical skills, students are encouraged to think conceptually about their designs, fostering critical and creative approaches to their projects.

This course discusses the concepts, technology and aesthetics of digital interactive devices, focusing on sound and image interaction as the theme, teaching the production of real-time sound images and digital interactive content and various tools, including MaxMSP, surround photography, animation, motion capture and sensory detector, etc. 

The course outline is as follows: 

1.Introduction to Digital Art 
2. Basic elements of digital art 
3. Self-made and created digital art 
4. Basic tools and functions for creation 
5. Interaction between music and digital art 
6.Interaction between images and digital art 
7. Sensors interact with digital art 
8. Digital art display and space design 
9. Discussion on production and finishing of works 
10. Work presentation and discussion 

This course will introduce the basic theory of exhibition form design; help students to understand the development process, focus and elements of exhibition; think about the principles and development concepts of exhibition design. Students will learn to use drawing software and get familiar with the methods and skills of exhibition form design.

Drawing is the most important part of the design process. The purpose of drawing is threefold:  

1. The process of drawing itself establishes the creative process of the design. The thoughts are constantly transformed along with the drawing and thinking. 
2. After the drawing is completed, it becomes a tool for communication with other people. Through the explanation of pictures, people can better understand one’s design concept. 
3. The goal of drawing is nothing more than to get all the details of the design that the designer wants. The drawing communicates to engineers how to perform production work. 

This course aims to let the students be able to draw everyday, train the students' observation and appreciation to arts and their expression and creativity, thus they would be able to understand arts and create arts. 

This course starts from sketch to charcoal drawing, using pencil, charcoal pencil, pen, gel pen.