Advanced Design Systems

Catalog description

This advanced, studio-based course offers an exploration of systems thinking in the development of interactive design solutions for digital products. Emphasizing contemporary and industry best practices, students conceptualize, structure, and refine cohesive design systems by creating standardized components along with self-authored guidelines to ensure visual and functional consistency. Core concepts—including organization, language, information architecture, and aesthetics—are applied to build flexible, scalable systems that address user needs, contextual constraints, and temporal considerations. Through lectures, collaborative projects, and iterative prototyping, students learn to design for evolving technologies and diverse media, resulting in professional-grade digital experiences that exemplify both technical proficiency and conceptual depth.