Art Studio

This studio course examines issues and design considerations particular to managing complex information. It covers techniques, skills and processes in communicating through text, symbol, color and form.

The course combines dynamic graphic design practice with a focus on animation art through digital technology. It also examines the concept of modern digital animation communication design. Topics include aesthetics, image expression, digital animation, design, and production of dynamic graphics.

This studio course focuses on issues and design considerations particular to printmaking. Students acquire specific printmaking techniques, skills and processes to gain competence in this hands-on medium. Students who successfully complete this paper should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the use of form, texture, balance, weight, hierarchy and visual coding in art and design; Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and experimentation within the practice of printmaking; Apply exploratory thinking to generate ideas and creative works in response to project challenges; Competently utilize iterative printmaking processes to transform ideas into technically resolved outcomes; Source and utilise information in a variety of forms and contexts to support their process.

This is a graduate level course in Fashion Design that is part of the Biennio program (equivalent to the Laurea Magistrale program). The course is intended for advanced level students only. Enrollment is by consent of the instructor. The course is a year-long course that runs over the entire year. Part A, during the fall semester, is worth 6 quarter units and Part B, during the spring semester, is worth 6 quarter units. Special permission to take only part A is required. The course focuses on fashion and communication, and considers the relationship between art and fashion. Students analyze visual phenomena of behaviors present in society and research instruments available for recognizing new trends, such as cool hunting and trend setting. The course includes site specific projects – research projects in the area of space selection and installation projects for fashion events involving project design, photography, video, and applicable software. The course further discusses cross overs between art, literature, cinema, music, and fashion. Emphasis is placed on the role played by media in creating and promoting fashion trends beyond the clothing sphere through modes of communication, types of body language, and social behaviors and sensibilities. The course includes workshops and site visits to exhibitions, seminars, studios, laboratories, and fashion houses. Assessment is based on the completion, presentation, and installation of three personal works. Students also present a binder documenting the various phases of the work, both in digital form and paper based. Students are required to present a short research paper on a theoretical aspect connected to their work that is tied to the required readings.

This course introduces the basic elements and concepts of the creation of advertising works, design basis (basic composition), design expression skills (graphics, colors, fonts), design styles, and work group proposals. Students master the basic creative divergent thinking methods, as well as the implementation of creative ideas and final production through graphic design methods, and finally use a variety of methods to complete advertising design works .