2023
PROJECT BRIEF: Selected Designers and Photographers were chosen to participate in a sponsored project for the Detroit Historical Society to research and document the Native Americans that reside in the midwest region, the Anishinaabe people SKILLS LEARNED: exhibition design, prototyping, UX design, building, teamwork FAVORITE PART: working and learning with the Anishinaabe people who collaborated with our class.
PROJECT BRIEF: Students were tasked with a speculative design project that targets environmental agricultural production issues within Wayne County, Michigan. The team of four designers on this project looked specifically at the issue with agricultural production in relation to food security specifically in the city of Detroit. SKILLS LEARNED: specutyping, building prototypes, teamwork FAVORITE PART: building different weird prototypes to solve a real problem
PROJECT BRIEF: Students were tasked to create a brand identity for a fictitious 826 store inspired by a U.S. city. In this case, Baltimore, MD. Students learn how to create a brand system, brand logo, and brand assets based on the culture of a randomly selected U.S. city. SKILLS LEARNED: branding, system making, fast iterations FAVORITE PART: Making merchandise, logo making
PROJECT BRIEF: Students were given the opportunity to create a Typeface derived from found type at the Henry Ford Archives. SKILLS LEARNED: typographical design, archival research FAVORITE PART: Experimenting with type structures
