2021
Enrollment: 18

This course is an introduction to the nature of design research, where students gain practical experience in the various research and design methodologies. Students work in teams to apply the different techniques, through a series of mini-projects and applications, conducting research outside the classroom and engaging users and experts to share their perspectives on research and design. Students also learn how to map out their research findings and to envision and articulate design driven interventions.

2021
Enrollment: 20

This course studies the values, theories, and challenges of working in groups while emphasizing the importance of the individual as an independent thinker. Students learn about the roles and responsibilities that are intrinsically part of any collaborative group or organization. Tools and strategies, such as critique, team-building, self-management, are applied in the context of different organizational settings, Students also explore methods of ideation and

2018 - 2020
Developed Course
Enrollment: 90

This course is an introduction to the business of design. It explores the link between design and the managing of design business activities. It outlines the function of the design manager as the orchestrator of other professionals including designers, technologists, administrators, and marketers.

Topics include an overview of design fields; multidisciplinary alliances; client relationships; client/contractor contracts; the studio environment; corporate culture and organizational frameworks.

2017 - 2021
Co-Developed Course (Team Taught)
Enrollment: 20

This course provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon the accumulated experience from previous years, synthesize skills and seek relevant knowledge in the context of an in-depth program of their own design. Students choose a topic to investigate through academic and creative research that is guided with exploratory projects, discussions, critiques, and formal presentations. The intended result is a focused body of work and a support paper that places their overall investigation within a theoretical context.

2018 - 2021
Co-Developed Course (Team Taught)
Enrollment: 35

The image of the solitary artist toiling away in romantic isolation has given way to the contemporary reality of creative production in many fields that builds upon multidisciplinary expertise on the part of a diverse team to achieve an end product arising from consensus-building and collaboration at many steps in the process. Applying theories of organizational behaviour, this course uses case studies and role-playing techniques to examine and familiarize students with best practices in collaborative creative work.

2017 - 2021
Developed Course
Enrollment: 60

The Live Event Supercourse I introduces students to Experience Design and Event Design through the development and production of a large-scale, multi-stakeholder fashion and cultural event, Mass Exodus. Students explore various roles in event production and management, including service design, space design, content creation, technical direction and budgeting. Emphasis is placed on the development of hard and soft skills to facilitate successful event production in a variety of creative fields that reflect and influence stakeholder needs.

2020
Developed Course
Enrollment: 20

This course seeks to deepen our responses to design problems and opportunities by having students conceive of theoreticallysound and process-informed design solutions. By introducing a range of approaches to design research and methods, students will adapt or utilize these approaches to a unique design context that will be informed by their own lived experiences and the experiences of communities in which they operate. As a result of this practice-building experience, students will be well-equipped to critically tackle future design problems and opportunities through their own uniquely-informed lens.

2016 - 2019
Enrollment: 30

This course focuses on the background of trade in textiles and the complexities of international marketing in the fashion and apparel sector. Economic, political, historical, cultural and business trends will be explored to determine the issues facing a fashion marketer in today’s global business environment. A framework for analysis of identification of opportunities will be the focus of this course with the development of an appropriate export business plan.