Design: Digital Design

In this camp, students explore the fundamental principles of design working with both analog and digital media to reflect contemporary design hybrid practices. Projects focus on layout, typography, package and product design, and printing technologies, using sketches and paper mock-ups for idea development. SAIC's advanced technology resources, such as laser cutters, are used as tools to realize student designs. This course also serves as an introduction to Adobe Creative Suite software such as Illustrator and Photoshop, used in conjunction with traditional hand drawn sketches. Students learn firsthand from contemporary design while visiting collections in the Art Institute of Chicago and observing examples of design in the urban environment of downtown Chicago.