Critical Conversations

In this combined seminar/studio course we will
examine urgent critical issues that inform the
field of design today, and engage those
conversations through visual work. Through weekly
readings and discussions, we'll examine the ways
in which politics, social movements, radicality,
and structures of power shape and determine
contemporary design discourse, and explore the
ways that makers interrogate these ideas.
Occasional guests will provide alternate
perspectives, enriching the discourse. A few
self-directed studio projects that interpret,
question, and extend ideas from the readings will
demonstrate an ability to engage with avant guard
creative praxis.