Simultaneously build your skills in Adobe software (illustrator, photoshop, InDesign, and Lightroom) while focusing on building your capabilities as both a speculative designer and experiential designer. Students will learn about the ways in which artists and designers have investigated the way that food relates to design thinking, equity, pageantry, community, and culture. 

Subjects of focus will include elaborate conceptual dinner parties, speculative food designers, provocative performance pieces, food styling and photography, and equity-based food practices. Students will be encouraged to think broadly about how design can shape and support food related projects and will be introduced to a wide range of design styles. Through visiting class speakers, conversation, and critique, students will be encouraged to think about the ways stylistic processes tell a greater story related to food subject matter. We'll explore print material like magazines and menus as well as sculptures, architectural interventions, and experiences like parades and agricultural festivals. 

Guest lecturers from various industries will present on how their practice has been informed by food research and applied to various aspects of the food space. Over the course of the class, we'll consider what types of approaches are most influential and appropriate for a student's own personal practices and design goals. In addition to producing a final, portfolio-worthy piece, the class will collectively put together an edible publication exploring the subject of "just food systems."