Class Info

To-Do Before Class

Bring to class one sentence that answers this question.

  • What is something you would like to change, make better, and /or fix in our society, NY, or the world?

Topic

  • Orientation and course description.
    • Objectives, Requirements
    • Recommended texts
    • Reading/homework expectations
    • Grading
  • What is social impact design?
  • How does this course prepare you for the Senior Project course?

Objectives

  • Understand the role of the designer/creative as a concept generator.
  • Understand design research and build your design research capabilities.
  • Explore ways to include more of yourself and your community in your creative work.
  • Build better design techniques and practices.
  • Explore tools/ways to exercise your creativity.

Activities

Students will be tasked with searching for a topic to spark their own research and uncover issues and problems within their local communities.

  • What is Civic and Community Engagement?
    • Create a community definition/topic that interests us.
  • Design Sprints
    • Topic Generation
    • Defining a problem
    • 5 Whys
    • Root causes
    • Share and Compare

Lecture

To-Do After Class / Homework

READING QUIZ

Project 01: Your Own Topic Research

Project 01: Based on in-class exercises and your own answer to the topic question, what is something you would like to change, make better, and /or fix in our society, NY, or the world? Begin to research a topic you would like to take on this semester; it is okay to take inspiration from ideas from class.

  • Things to do:
    • Explore at least three topic(s)
    • Create your own 5 WHYS for each topic to get the root cause of why your topic is happening and the main reason for it. 
    • Brainstorm and use a mind map to explore your topic.

Create a 1-min Video that is a response to:

  • A class lecture, 
  • Your topic or A current event.
  • Must Include imagery, typography, and a voice-over or talking head
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