GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR ACCESSIBILITY

ART 575

A project-based introduction to the examination of user experience, and is oriented toward practical methods for approaching a design problem. The focus of the course is to develop conceptual design based on the needs of users. Students will receive grounding in user research methods, design sketching, and design validation.

ART 467

Examines the design of posters as a mode of communication. Students will learn to create effective combinations of words and images that mobilize principles of composition, perception, and rhetoric. Projects will encourage students to further explore graphic design as a means of communication, artistic expression, and information organization.

ART 558

Focuses on developing an understanding of design processes through the utilization of specific fabrication materials and methods. Experience is gained in giving form to objects and products. Prototyping techniques and digital design tools will be explored. In addition, investigates the movements in the history of product design and the development of materials, production, technologies, consumption and other social and cultural concerns that impact the field. A special focus on the identification and use of sustainable materials and processes.

ART 356

Explore the aesthetic of computational graphic design and typography with physical interaction, sound, data, and digital fabrication.

ART 443

Provides an introduction to exhibition design from spatial typography, posters, banners, and wayfinding to online exhibition design, including virtual reality for the Web.