DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION
Designers as part of a
team, and artists in front of a viewer or media, must be good at communicating
their ideas convincingly. Verbal communication skills are of limited use minus
thoughtful organization of ideas. Writing helps clarify and effectively edit
raw ideas to fit common modes of communication/conversation. This course is
aimed at teaching design students these skills. The teaching strategy consists
of parallel use of two different tools
1. Learning to
write about other’s work
Students will be asked to write about works of different designers,
artists, objects and ideas to custom-fit different requirements, like writing
introduction, design brief, press release,
DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION
Designers as part of a
team, and artists in front of a viewer or media, must be good at communicating
their ideas convincingly. Verbal communication skills are of limited use minus
thoughtful organization of ideas. Writing helps clarify and effectively edit
raw ideas to fit common modes of communication/conversation. This course is
aimed at teaching design students these skills. The teaching strategy consists
of parallel use of two different tools
1. Learning to
write about other’s work
Students will be asked to write about works of different designers,
artists, objects and ideas to custom-fit different requirements, like writing
introduction, design brief, press release,
DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION
Designers as part of a
team, and artists in front of a viewer or media, must be good at communicating
their ideas convincingly. Verbal communication skills are of limited use minus
thoughtful organization of ideas. Writing helps clarify and effectively edit
raw ideas to fit common modes of communication/conversation. This course is
aimed at teaching design students these skills. The teaching strategy consists
of parallel use of two different tools
1. Learning to
write about other’s work
Students will be asked to write about works of different designers,
artists, objects and ideas to custom-fit different requirements, like writing
introduction, design brief, press release,
