Fundamental to practice in the creative art and design disciplines is the ability to see phenomenon in thenreal world differently, to be able to use observation as the basis for imagination and creative insight, and tonmaterialize both observed and imaginary phenomenon into basic material and visual artifacts, ornprototypes. This studio course aims to give incoming freshmen students the foundational skills, tools, andntechniques in creative observation, ideation, and prototyping that they will build on in subsequentnsemesters in more advanced courses.nStudents will be introduced to a range of drawing and prototyping techniques through a range of mediums.nThe course will start from basic 2D drawing and will transition after mid-semester towards technicalndrawing and crafting 3D models from various materials. Students will also cover foundational conceptsnand frameworks in working with gestalt relations, perspective, light, texture, color, framing etc., and engagenwith readings and important critical texts that introduce them to discourses in design around thesenconcepts.
