The Graduate Project is then tested in a real world setting, evaluated, and further refined. While putting some important aspect of the design at risk in the real world and finding the appropriate setting for testing these ideas, the student actively reflects upon the success of the implementation. Synthesis is the opportunity for the student to cohesively reflect upon the totality of the student s degree program, identify emergent qualities, and communicate learnings and overall experience. The student s final documentation includes a professional action plan for taking the new learning into the world. Group Design Lab sessions for each stage of the degree process will meet periodically throughout the quarter with a faculty member.
Attendance is highly recommended.
Dates and times to be announced. Immersion into Whole Systems Design Design requires thinking and reflecting in action. Students will be encouraged to apply their whole systems design understanding and skills to a specific design project and engage with a real client. Students will also be coached through progressive structuring of assignments and exercises on the basis of ascending complexity. Learning experiences will be orchestrated and composed of contrasting design episodes and events to achieve design competencies.