Visual Design of the Self
BA Major Design
BA Visual Communication Project
Summer semester
The course focuses on the visual representation of the Self offering ways of understanding and rethinking the online contents we are used to create and consume. In the age of Social Media, we are asked to design our own identity through the creation of narratives that present ourselves in the way we want to be seen.
The lab explores this topic through the field of visual communication with upfront lessons – analyzing language, techniques and tools of different artifacts – practical exercises (done individually or in teams), open discussions, and assignments on specific case studies. Students can acquire a clear awareness of the basic elements, qualities, meanings and fields of application of a visual vocabulary.
Observing the fast pace affirmation of design as a discourse that offers ways of understanding and rethinking our living contexts, the class pursues contact and interactions with other disciplines that widen its boundaries.
