Design for the Greater Good

Design for the Greater Good is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Donna Cohn and Colin Twitchell.

Announcements and Important Links
We will be reading two books in this course. Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek is no longer in print, so we have a pdf available on CD that students may borrow and copy, as well as a couple of copies of the book you may sign out and borrow. The second book is Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough &amp; Michael Braungart - this will be available in the HampStore

You may also borrow these books from friends, find them in a library or buy them used if you prefer.

Course Description
Students in this class will work collaboratively on community oriented design projects with established local groups. We will consider how designed objects or environments can encourage positive human interactions, energy and resource conservation, and physical well-being. This is a practical, hands-on design class in which we will learn how to research community needs, problem solve, and work with the realities of limited resources. There is a $60 lab fee.

Links: http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/10/12/shawn-frayne-windbelt/