figma – IDM Classes

DM-GY 9103 Hybrid Designs

This advanced, project-based experimental design studio explores the creation and application of contemporary visual identities through critical theoretical frameworks and hands-on practice. Students will conceptualize, design, and execute a comprehensive visual identity system for an imagined persona, collective, or organization, culminating in a collaborative digital application that synthesizes multiple media formats and creative disciplines. The… Read more DM-GY 9103 Hybrid Designs

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-UY 4193 Hybrid Visual Identity: Design and Application

This course is an advanced, project-based experimental design studio with parallel discussions of readings and critical theories in contemporary visual culture and visual identity creation. Students will devise and construct a visual identity (brand) for an imagined persona, collective or organization, then (as a class, communally, collaboratively) design an application of their brand in the… Read more DM-UY 4193 Hybrid Visual Identity: Design and Application

Posted on October 17, 2024October 14, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-UY 4193 Dark Patterns

“Dark patterns,” malicious uses of good design practices, manipulate and trick users into following UX flows to increase spending and reduce data privacy. Students will identify the design practices at play in dark patterns, design their own manipulative interfaces, and implicate the ethics of UX design practices in a corporatized digital landscape. This course will… Read more DM-UY 4193 Dark Patterns

Posted on October 17, 2024March 20, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-UY 2213 User Experience Design (UX)

From interacting with the latest device to cogently communicating complex data, user experience design (UX) is a discipline given increased prominence by the inescapable human relationship with technology. We will cover the UX design process as it relates to interactive interfaces found in websites, mobile apps, hardware, and events. Sample Syllabi

Posted on April 17, 2024October 14, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-UY 1123 Visual Foundation Studio

This course allows students to harness the power of visual language in order to convey messages and meaning. The elements of visual foundation that will be covered include components (color, texture, image and typography), composition, and concept. Although non-digital mediums will be addressed, the understanding and use of industry-standard software is also a primary goal.

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-GY 9103 Visual Design Studio

This course allows students to harness the power of visual language in order to convey messages and meaning. The elements of visual foundation that will be covered include components (color, texture, image and typography), composition, and concept. Although non- digital mediums will be addressed, the understanding and use of industry-standard software is also a primary… Read more DM-GY 9103 Visual Design Studio

Posted on March 25, 2024April 17, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald

DM-GY 9103 Speculative Networks

In the course, we will explore the following questions: • How do social media and digital platforms shape our social world? • How can we apply digital design methods to reimagine social media and digital platforms? Speculative Networks is a concept-driven, project-based course that explores theories of digital communication through the creation of projects that… Read more DM-GY 9103 Speculative Networks

Posted on March 25, 2024August 27, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald