In this course, learners apply design, artistry, and research skills to a variety of assignments, both outside of class, and for in class deadline client-focused work. There is a heavy emphasis on teamwork, design expression, design critique, and design problem solving skills. Heavy use of design software integration skills is used to rapidly and expertly craft designated design deliverables.
- Teacher: Monica Fernandez
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course expands learners� knowledge of digital design�tools and techniques.�Through projects, learners create a variety of commercial packaging, campaigns, or promotions. Learners will demonstrate effective project workflow and best practices when completing their projects.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course provides learners with an introduction to layout concepts for mobile applications to be used on phones and tablets. Through a series of hands-on exercises both individually and with fellow designers, learners design mobile application layouts from mock-up to high fidelity prototyped wireframes using contemporary and industry specific software.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
In this course, learners will build on their learning from previous courses and use cutting edge client-side tools and techniques to plan and create engaging online experiences. Learners will also learn techniques to build experiences for a broad selection of browsers and sizes of interfaces using web-based platforms.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course introduces learners to the process of branding development and execution. The course emphasis is on brand ideals, elements, dynamics, as well as development and management of a brand identity. Learners will apply of the principles of storytelling to evolve a brand throughout a campaign.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
- Teacher: Poonam Yadav
Skill Level: Beginner
Learners apply the art and science of communicating in both online and offline environments as part of a marketing strategy. Learners will design creative, targeted materials using a variety of digital tools. In this course, learners demonstrate persuasive writing skills in relation to design projects. Through hands on practice, learners write for various media, platforms and audience types.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course introduces the principles of broad user experience design and hands-on creation of digital interfaces. Design principles, processes, skills and best practice approaches are applied in the construction of solutions to hypothetical design & industry relevant scenarios. Learners will start with learning concepts & examples, followed by taking a multi-disciplinary approach to integrating those concepts with their skills based on performance criteria. Learners will do this within production teams in a standard design sprint model. The course covers persona development and interface design.
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
Digital Design is a fast-moving, creative, and client-focused profession. These dynamics will be explored in the context of a project team. This course will provide opportunities to learn about working in a design firm, as well as working as a freelancer. Topics like agency reporting structure, client presentations, ethics, and legal issues facing designers will be explored. Learners will integrate software skills learned to create client focused projects.
- Teacher: Sahijdeep Singh Aujla
- Teacher: Stephanie Husby
- Teacher: Kevin Laxamana
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course introduces learners to the craft of typography through the study of professional typographic terms, definitions, and texts. Learners examine the history, classification, and interpretation of type to effectively select typefaces for a variety of contexts. In addition, learners will evaluate the fundamentals of typesetting (selection, size, spacing, and hierarchy) and the relationship between typeface and intended
contextual meaning.
contextual meaning.
- Teacher: Sahijdeep Singh Aujla
- Teacher: Stephanie Husby
- Teacher: Kevin Laxamana
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
This course introduces the principles of design through exercises, projects, rapid ideation and presentations. Learners will explore the principles of design, with a focus on process and composition across a variety of media and design software.
- Teacher: Sahijdeep Singh Aujla
- Teacher: Stephanie Husby
- Teacher: Kevin Laxamana
- Teacher: Michel Michon
Skill Level: Beginner
