Design

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The Design department is the home of the degree paths of Design, Illustration, and Interaction Design. The department also offers a minor in Experience Design and Game Art.

The first two years of these degree paths are a directed model, integrating studio work, critical/historical studies, and humanities/sciences. Courses help students develop form-giving skills, technological proficiency, and explore the potential of design and visual communication for social, economic, and ecological challenges. The second two years present students with opportunities to craft a personal approach to their professional practice, through self-directed studios and projects that encourage research and experimentation, collaboration and interdisciplinarity. Students graduate with a capstone project as well as a portfolio, as part of a strategy for the development and fulfillment of their projected professional life.

Students’ placement in the program is dependent on portfolio review and transfer credits. 

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of their degree, the students of Design, Illustration, and Interaction Design will be able to:

• Demonstrate conceptual, contextual, and historical understanding in their work.

• Provide evidence of exploration and experimentation and choosing form and content relationships consciously.

• Display continuously improving digital craft, hands-on skills and workflows, consistent with current industry standards.

• Include Design and Academic research methods in their practice.

• Employ racial, gender equity, and accessibility best practices.

• Create and maintain a digital portfolio and self-marketing materials centered on self-determined goals and objectives.

• Communicate clearly and effectively in person, in writing, and in presentation.

   

FACULTY & STAFF

Jake Fleisher Associate Professor, Department Chair
MDes Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
BA Vasser

Gala Bent  Associate Professor, Program Director (Illustration)
MFA University at Buffalo, SUNY
BFA Ball State University

Lorena Howard-Sheridan  Associate Professor, Program Director (Graphic Design)
MFA Höhere Schule für Gestaltung, Basel, Switzerland
BFA Universidad, Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Julie Myers  Professor & Program Director (Interior Architecture)
ASID, IIDA, IDEC, NBAA
MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Susan Boye  Instructor
MFA Washington State University
BA Washington State University

Jeff Brice  Instructor
MA New York Institute of Technology
BFA Carnegie Mellon University 

Ed Fotheringham  Instructor
BFA University of Washington School of Art

Javier Gómez Instructor
Professional Degree of Architecture Universidad Anahuac
MS Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Natalia Ilyin  Professor
MFA Rhode Island School of Design
BA Dominican University

David Lasky  Instructor
BFA College of William & Mary

Ozge Sade Mete   Instructor
Ph.D. University of Washington
MS Istanbul Technical University
BS Istanbul Technical University

Emily Nina Instructor
BFA Cornish College of the Arts 

Jesús Salinas Instructor
BFA Otis College of Art and Design
AA Chaffey College

Dan Shafer Instructor
MFA California College of the Arts
BA Western Washington University

Seattle Sims Instructor
BFA Cornish College of the Arts

Programs

• Design, BFA
• Illustration, BFA
• Interaction Design, BFA

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