Design Inquiry II: Methods and Processes

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As an important extension of the first semester, Design Inquiry II asks students to engage in the critical evaluation of the making process and how design and the artifacts that we create contribute to material culture. Lecture topics are both historical and contemporary and include: design in the age of reason, the age of composition, and the age of experience; consumption and material culture; designing the obsolete; human-centered design, and universal design. Student in Design must receive a C- to pass the course.