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DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Wednesdays, 9:00-11:40am Room 408 This course introduces the essential tools, skills and techniques for best practices utilizing digital technology to solve problems creatively and effectively in communications design.

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DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Wednesdays, 9:00-11:40am Room 408

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This course introduces the essential tools, skills and techniques for best practices utilizing digital technology to solve problems creatively and effectively in communications design. Students will analyze and explore current and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on effective research,visualization, and production techniques.

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Lecture ↔ Studio Theory ↔ Practice Experiment ↔ Refmect

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What is the relationship between technology and graphic design?

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THESIS:

the history of design is a history of technological innovation.

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Style/Aesthetics Processes/Tools Publishing/Distribution

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STYLE AND TOOLS

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Design history is a pendulum.

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FORMAT AND DISTRIBUTION

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What is a book? What is a publication? What is a poster? What is an interface?

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The edges are blurring.

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“The content or message of any given medium has as much importance as the stenciling

  • n the side of an atomic bomb.

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“Never before in history have the decisions of a handful of designers (mostly men, white, living in SF, aged 25–35) working at 3 companies had so much impact

  • n how millions of people around

the world spend their attention.” —Tristan Harris

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“The entire globe has been encrusted with a geological layer

  • f design.

” —Mark Wigley and Beatriz Columina

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DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY = CULTURE

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Technology criticism Distribution/Information Publics/public sphere Social networks sustainiblity

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Automation/AI/Bots neutrality/ethics

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How does the medium change the message? How does technology change the design?

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Leth must remake the fjlm in Cuba, with no set, and with no shot lasting longer than twelve frames, and he must answer the questions posed in the original fjlm.

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Leth must remake the fjlm in the worst place in the world but not show that place onscreen; additionally, Leth must himself play the role

  • f “the man.” The meal must be included, but

the woman is not to be included.

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Leth must remake the fjlm as a cartoon.

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In this class, we will participate in our own Five Obstructions — remaking the same project fjve times over the course of the semester with different technological, aesthetic, and formal

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FIRST OBSTRUCTION:

Design three posters without using any Adobe products.

Format: it can be any size and any shape. Tools: How can you use a word processor, handmade, HTML/ CSS, iMovie, online tools, etc? Distribution: consider print vs. digital, screen-based vs. projection, etc.