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HSAP-815A: Konstfack H&S 1

Credits 3
Konstfack, or University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, is the largest art and design school in Sweden. Every year, over 900 students are enrolled in Bachelor's and Master's programs, Teacher Education classes and Professional courses. Konstfack is located in Stockholm, the largest city and capital of Sweden. Classes are held in the school's main building, an old telephone factory transformed by architect Gert Wingardh into a modernist structure. Konstfack boasts some of the best facilities available at an art and design school. The school is equipped with computer labs, woodwork and metalwork shops, screen-printing and textile printing facilities, weaving room, color workshop, graphics workshop, photo and TV studios, glassworks, ceramics workshop, and studios for sculpture and painting. Konstfack is a school with international character. It has exchange agreements with some 60 universities and colleges. Exchange students have the opportunity to interact and work with students from Sweden and 25 other countries.

HSAP-829A: London Ancient and Modern

Credits 3
This project comprises a spring term class immediately followed by 10 days in London. Students follow a given brief in the class, which focuses on the development and production of a California-centric project which focuses on the culture. Students work alone on their projects resulting in 12 individualized researched approaches. Students then showcase their projects to leading designers in London and host an exhibition of their work there. Students are graded at the end of the trip for their project work and class participation during term at ArtCenter and their participation and engagement overseas.

HSAP-860A: TAMA: H&S Research

Credits 3
Real-life design challenge in an international university setting on the topic of Ceramic Futures: Designing Digital & Sustainable Ceramics. Tama and ArtCenter students will engage in intensive research to drive opportunities for innovation in digital ceramics design & fabrication and sustainable ceramics materials & processes. Students will engage with knowledge partners who are pioneers in the ceramics industry in Japan, as well as living treasures in traditional ceramics craft & culture. Students will collaborate on international, cross-disciplinary teams & will gain realworld experience to tackle current design challenges in an international cosmopolitan setting with networking opportunities for internships and future employment.

HSAP-860B: TAMA: H&S Cultural Immersion

Credits 3
A series of lectures, hands-on workshops & field trips for students to expose students to a range of perspectives on Japanese cultural heritage, aesthetics, craftsmanship & design history. Lead by ArtCenter Faculty with curated guest lectures, workshops and demonstrations by professors from Tama Art University faculty & industry professionals from the design and ceramics industry.

HSCI-801A: TestLab Berlin: HSCI Elective

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

HSCI-802A: Pacific Rim (TAMA): HSCI Elec

Credits 3
Extending the Pacific Rim collaboration, established in 2005 between ArtCenter and Tama Art University Tokyo, to create social impact with artisans in Northern Thailand. Over the last ten years we have explored a wide range of projects in the Pacific Rim project from: Aging population to Sustainable Illumination. Each project has an extensive two-week research trip, which exposes our students to both the historical and the contemporary forces, which drive Art & Design. The full semester experience is game changing for our students. When they return, they bring the richness of this experience back to Art Center and the Art Center community. Learning Outcome: CONTEMPORARY DESIGN INSPIRED BY THAI CRAFT: Eco-Fiber Innovation in Home Products, Lighting, Soft Goods -To preserve rich Northern Thai "Lanna" craft traditions and extend these traditions to new markets & global lifestyles. -To explore how agricultural by products can drive materials innovation and the evolution of eco-fiber. -Students will design contemporary home goods-small-scale furnishings, lighting, table-top products & soft goods-driven by innovative applications of eco-fiber & inspired by traditions & techniques of Lanna craft.

HSCI-802B: Pacific Rim (TAMA):HSCI Elec2

Credits 3
Extending the Pacific Rim collaboration, established in 2005 between ArtCenter and Tama Art University Tokyo, to create social impact with artisans in Northern Thailand. Over the last ten years we have explored a wide range of projects in the Pacific Rim project from: Aging population to Sustainable Illumination. Each project has an extensive two-week research trip, which exposes our students to both the historical and the contemporary forces, which drive Art & Design. The full semester experience is game changing for our students. When they return, they bring the richness of this experience back to Art Center and the Art Center community. Learning Outcome: CONTEMPORARY DESIGN INSPIRED BY THAI CRAFT: Eco-Fiber Innovation in Home Products, Lighting, Soft Goods -To preserve rich Northern Thai "Lanna" craft traditions and extend these traditions to new markets & global lifestyles. -To explore how agricultural by products can drive materials innovation and the evolution of eco-fiber. -Students will design contemporary home goods-small-scale furnishings, lighting, table-top products & soft goods-driven by innovative applications of eco-fiber & inspired by traditions & techniques of Lanna craft.

HSOC-801A: TestLab Berlin:Cultrl Immrsn

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

HSOC-801B: TestLab Berlin:HSOC Elective

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

HSOC-801B: TestLab Berlin:HSOC Elective

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

ILL-396: Just Vibin: Des for Atmosphere

Credits 3
In this class students will design a wallcovering, a textile, and two related items for a hospitality environment, with an eye toward creating an immersive mood. Students will work with a selection of themes and create an identity which is harmonious and uplifting for digital events or socially-distanced gatherings. Our template will be Brooklyn's Ethel's Club, Proper Hotel, and The Jungalow. Guest artists from these projects will participate. Inspiration starts with Justina Blakeney, Nathalie Lété, and Sheila Bridges. "We believe that good design increases quality of life. We believe that creativity, not wealth, is the key." - Justina Blakeney

IXD-802A: TestLab Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. Projects utilize the city as a direct source for research, inspiration, and experimentation. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application, preferrably with Mediatecture experience. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art and design production, which will be informed by responses from a European and American audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through traditional and social media and through in-person and secondary interaction with the audience. the resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

IXD-802B: Testlab Berlin: Studio 2

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. Projects utilize the city as a direct source for research, inspiration, and experimentation. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application, preferrably with Mediatecture experience. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art and design production, which will be informed by responses from a European and American audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through traditional and social media and through in-person and secondary interaction with the audience. the resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

PRD-802A: TestLab Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. Projects utilize the city as a direct source for research, inspiration, and experimentation. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application, preferrably with Mediatecture experience. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art and design production, which will be informed by responses from a European and American audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through traditional and social media and through in-person and secondary interaction with the audience. the resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

PRD-802B: Testlab Berlin: Studio 2

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. Projects utilize the city as a direct source for research, inspiration, and experimentation. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application, preferrably with Mediatecture experience. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art and design production, which will be informed by responses from a European and American audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through traditional and social media and through in-person and secondary interaction with the audience. the resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

PRD-804A: Footwear Des Busn S1

Credits 3
"This brand sponsored, footwear industry, study-away intensive has two main components: (1) three successive 2-week footwear design assignments targeting Nike, Adidas and UnderArmour and (2) two 1-week business courses at Portland State University Business School with their students. 1. Each 2-week design project will have recent ACCD alumni from these three footwear brands reviewing the students' work each evening leading to final presentations for each brand. 2. The two business courses at PSU are part of PSU's summer Athletic & Outdoor program that will expose our students to footwear business practices and interaction with footwear business students and guest lecturers from the footwear business outside of design. The courses will cover business competitive dynamics and product briefing. The PSU product briefing course I teach will have the students from both programs cooperate on a footwear product brief and resultant product ideation."

PRD-804B: Footwear Des Busn S2

Credits 3
"This brand sponsored, footwear industry, study-away intensive has two main components: (1) three successive 2-week footwear design assignments targeting Nike, Adidas and UnderArmour and (2) two 1-week business courses at Portland State University Business School with their students. 1. Each 2-week design project will have recent ACCD alumni from these three footwear brands reviewing the students' work each evening leading to final presentations for each brand. 2. The two business courses at PSU are part of PSU's summer Athletic & Outdoor program that will expose our students to footwear business practices and interaction with footwear business students and guest lecturers from the footwear business outside of design. The courses will cover business competitive dynamics and product briefing. The PSU product briefing course I teach will have the students from both programs cooperate on a footwear product brief and resultant product ideation."

PRD-804C: Footwear Des Busn S3

Credits 3
"This brand sponsored, footwear industry, study-away intensive has two main components: (1) three successive 2-week footwear design assignments targeting Nike, Adidas and UnderArmour and (2) two 1-week business courses at Portland State University Business School with their students. 1. Each 2-week design project will have recent ACCD alumni from these three footwear brands reviewing the students' work each evening leading to final presentations for each brand. 2. The two business courses at PSU are part of PSU's summer Athletic & Outdoor program that will expose our students to footwear business practices and interaction with footwear business students and guest lecturers from the footwear business outside of design. The courses will cover business competitive dynamics and product briefing. The PSU product briefing course I teach will have the students from both programs cooperate on a footwear product brief and resultant product ideation."

PRD-812A: INSEAD: Creative Strategies

Credits 3
Focuses on the use of creative strategies to drive business success. Integrates business and design through lectures and team exercises, resulting in a final digital design project done in teams in CT 2. Designers will each work in teams with MBAs and will coach the MBAs in the design process and strategic integration.

PRD-812B: INSEAD: Product Design Studio

Credits 3
IXD fundamentals bootcamp- a two week intensive course that will prepare you for the Digital Project in Creative Strategies Part 2. It will include developing skills in Figma (prototyping SW). the other component of this 3 credit course is a reading and discussion segment focused on the Lean Start-up. Students will read and discuss the text. The course will include a field trip to meet with an Lean Development team.

PRD-812C: INSEAD: Ixd & SDG Bootcamps

Credits 3
Prior to being involved in the two Innovation by Design workshops, you will be in a customized training course to better prepare you for an engagement with Executive MBA participants. Innovation by Design is a three and a half day programme that will help integrate design thinking with business thinking. EMBA participants will be shown how to create and support a culture of design within their organisation and at the same time acquire the knowledge to put creative thinking into action. Students will be the design coaches for 2 EMBA sessions. They will be assigned roles and responsibilities.

PRD-813A: Digital Athletic Sprint 1

Credits 3
PasX will be a two week intensive deep dive into a prescribed athletic brand. Covering research, brand analysis, and future line expansion opportunities. Students will create prototypes and tech packs for their final presentation.

PRD-813B: Digital Athletic Sprint 2

Credits 3
PasX will be a two week intensive deep dive into a prescribed athletic brand. Covering research, brand analysis, and future line expansion opportunities. Students will create prototypes and tech packs for their final presentation.

PRD-813C: Digital Athletic Sprint 3

Credits 3
PasX will be a two week intensive deep dive into a prescribed athletic brand. Covering research, brand analysis, and future line expansion opportunities. Students will create prototypes and tech packs for their final presentation.

SAP-818A: SOUND Space Berlin: Stu 1

Credits 3
SOUND space Berlin "From Digital to Vinyl & Back We can purchase, listen to and enjoy music in many forms, in many places. Berlin popularity as a music destination for both fans and artists alike is indisputable. Berlin addresses a wide range of music options from Indie, Rock, Jazz and Swing. From outdoor concerts to intimate jazz bars, to underground Techno, to a leading global Symphony, Berlin explores music on every level. Berlin is an attractor of global talent from around the world. Undiscovered musicians flock to Berlin for an opportunity to play and be discovered. We also engage and connect to music in many ways. We do it at home, while we're at work, while computing or by going to concerts and clubs or just having fun with friends. We listen live and with our headphones on. We download music on the go and talk to our friends to share and exchange our favorite musicians and bands. What if there was a new kind of place where we could go to listen, watch musicians play and purchase not only music - but everything that goes with it, from cool headphones to the latest speakers, to software and instruments? What if we could exchange playlists there while having a drink or snack? Maybe it's a place that has vintage vinyl that we can check out, too.

SAP-818B: SOUND Space Berlin: Stu 2

Credits 3
SOUND space Berlin "From Digital to Vinyl & Back We can purchase, listen to and enjoy music in many forms, in many places. Berlin popularity as a music destination for both fans and artists alike is indisputable. Berlin addresses a wide range of music options from Indie, Rock, Jazz and Swing. From outdoor concerts to intimate jazz bars, to underground Techno, to a leading global Symphony, Berlin explores music on every level. Berlin is an attractor of global talent from around the world. Undiscovered musicians flock to Berlin for an opportunity to play and be discovered. We also engage and connect to music in many ways. We do it at home, while we're at work, while computing or by going to concerts and clubs or just having fun with friends. We listen live and with our headphones on. We download music on the go and talk to our friends to share and exchange our favorite musicians and bands. What if there was a new kind of place where we could go to listen, watch musicians play and purchase not only music - but everything that goes with it, from cool headphones to the latest speakers, to software and instruments? What if we could exchange playlists there while having a drink or snack? Maybe it's a place that has vintage vinyl that we can check out, too.

SAP-818C: SOUND Space Berlin: Stu 3

Credits 3
SOUND space Berlin "From Digital to Vinyl & Back We can purchase, listen to and enjoy music in many forms, in many places. Berlin popularity as a music destination for both fans and artists alike is indisputable. Berlin addresses a wide range of music options from Indie, Rock, Jazz and Swing. From outdoor concerts to intimate jazz bars, to underground Techno, to a leading global Symphony, Berlin explores music on every level. Berlin is an attractor of global talent from around the world. Undiscovered musicians flock to Berlin for an opportunity to play and be discovered. We also engage and connect to music in many ways. We do it at home, while we're at work, while computing or by going to concerts and clubs or just having fun with friends. We listen live and with our headphones on. We download music on the go and talk to our friends to share and exchange our favorite musicians and bands. What if there was a new kind of place where we could go to listen, watch musicians play and purchase not only music - but everything that goes with it, from cool headphones to the latest speakers, to software and instruments? What if we could exchange playlists there while having a drink or snack? Maybe it's a place that has vintage vinyl that we can check out, too.

SAP-818D: SOUND Space Berlin: Stu 4

Credits 3
SOUND space Berlin "From Digital to Vinyl & Back We can purchase, listen to and enjoy music in many forms, in many places. Berlin popularity as a music destination for both fans and artists alike is indisputable. Berlin addresses a wide range of music options from Indie, Rock, Jazz and Swing. From outdoor concerts to intimate jazz bars, to underground Techno, to a leading global Symphony, Berlin explores music on every level. Berlin is an attractor of global talent from around the world. Undiscovered musicians flock to Berlin for an opportunity to play and be discovered. We also engage and connect to music in many ways. We do it at home, while we're at work, while computing or by going to concerts and clubs or just having fun with friends. We listen live and with our headphones on. We download music on the go and talk to our friends to share and exchange our favorite musicians and bands. What if there was a new kind of place where we could go to listen, watch musicians play and purchase not only music - but everything that goes with it, from cool headphones to the latest speakers, to software and instruments? What if we could exchange playlists there while having a drink or snack? Maybe it's a place that has vintage vinyl that we can check out, too.

SAP-821: Studio 2:

Credits 3
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SAP-822: Studio 3:

Credits 3
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SAP-823: Studio 4:

Credits 3
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SAP-828: testlabBerlin

Credits 3
What is health and wellness for the millennial generation? How does the notion of physicality, beauty and wellbeing evolve in times of deep cultural technological shifts and profoundly changing values? The diverse and futureforward city of Berlin serves as resource and test lab for explorations on the leading edge between culture and commerce. Goal of this studio abroad project is to create fresh thinking that can augment the individual and social perception and experience in the realm of health and wellness. Areas of creative exploration of this transdisciplinary studio sponsored by Johnson & Johnson will include temporary Pop-up retail & wellness spaces and visionary applications for emerging media mobile / wearable / social / participatory / immersive / augmented). The testlabBerlin studio will be situated in one of the most exciting emerging locations, Bikini Berlin. The project will be connected to the international fashion and trend show Bread&Butter, and to the design festival DMY. Mentorship of the Art Center student team will be provided by a group of leading Berlin-based designers and artists. testlabBerlin is a sponsored 14 week studio abroad project in the summer term 2011. Full semester credit: 12 units studio credit / 6 units of HDS credit. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Lead faculty: Rob Ball

SAP-828A: Testlab Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828B: Testlab Berlin: Studio 2

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828C: Testlab Berlin: Studio 3

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828D: Testlab Berlin: PRP

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828E: Testlab Berlin: CUL

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828F: Testlab Berlin: HMN

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828G: Testlab Berlin: Studio 4

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-828H: Testlab Berlin: MAT

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Real-life design challenge in a studio setting. Project is funded by Art Center and supplemented by a consortium of outside partners.

SAP-829A: London Ancient/Modern

Credits 3
London provokes and inspires. This Spring Term you will create a personal project based on a given theme and then in the Spring Break fly to London, where each day you will be immersed in the heady mix of style and culture high and low. Learn to think about these influences the way the British do. Everything is inspiration and you will get the opportunity to present your projects to some of the leading thinkers and tastemakers of this global, inclusive, and ever-changing international city. Come and see what all the fuss is about. Open to all majors with 3.00 GPA and above. Application for this class is by portfolio and interview only. Students will be responsible for related expenses.

SAP-831: The Berlin Collective

Credits 6
The Berlin Collective is a unique six-week experience, giving students the rare opportunity to share a working Studio in a major European city. The project is hosted by the Illustration Department, but will include students from a variety of majors, encouraging a truly transdisciplinary spirit. By Permission Only. 6 Cr

SAP-851: TestLabBerlin-Mobilities 2012

Credits 3
The Art Center Design Team that will be conducting on-site research and creating visionary concepts that focus on how people, goods and information may move and be experienced by Berlins Millennial generation 10 years in the future. Working in a Pop-up studio, interdisciplinary student teams will investigate historical, contemporary and future MOBILITIES to envision and create sustainable mobility scenarios for Berlins young professionals. Students will use the experience of living and working in Berlin as the platform for their investigations into a broad range of urban mobile lifestyles and into social, environmental, economic and political/regulatory practices around this topic. Students will learn how to use lifecycle assessment as part of their investigation. Research findings, field trips, guest lecturers and special guests will inform the creative process. As deliverables, the student teamswill produce content and media-rich future scenarios for urban mobility. To facilitate and enrich the design outcomes, the MOBILITIES 2022 Studio will run concurrently with a 5th term Transportation Design Studio at the Pasadena Campus. This Pasadena Team will partner with the Berlin Team to assist in concept development, prototyping and model making, collaborating to help turn the Berlin Teams proposals into sophisticated design solutions in digital and hard-model form. This and other TestLab sections will combine for 12 units of Studio credit and 6 units of Humanities and Design Sciences. Available to fifth term and above students by application.

SAP-852: TestLabBerlin-Mobilities 2012

Credits 3
The Art Center Design Team that will be conducting on-site research and creating visionary concepts that focus on how people, goods and information may move and be experienced by Berlins Millennial generation 10 years in the future. Working in a Pop-up studio, interdisciplinary student teams will investigate historical, contemporary and future MOBILITIES to envision and create sustainable mobility scenarios for Berlins young professionals. Students will use the experience of living and working in Berlin as the platform for their investigations into a broad range of urban mobile lifestyles and into social, environmental, economic and political/regulatory practices around this topic. Students will learn how to use lifecycle assessment as part of their investigation. Research findings, field trips, guest lecturers and special guests will inform the creative process. As deliverables, the student teamswill produce content and media-rich future scenarios for urban mobility. To facilitate and enrich the design outcomes, the MOBILITIES 2022 Studio will run concurrently with a 5th term Transportation Design Studio at the Pasadena Campus. This Pasadena Team will partner with the Berlin Team to assist in concept development, prototyping and model making, collaborating to help turn the Berlin Teams proposals into sophisticated design solutions in digital and hard-model form. This and other TestLab sections will combine for 12 units of Studio credit and 6 units of Humanities and Design Sciences. Available to fifth term and above students by application.

SAP-853: TestLabBerlin-Mobilities 2012

Credits 3
The Art Center Design Team that will be conducting on-site research and creating visionary concepts that focus on how people, goods and information may move and be experienced by Berlins Millennial generation 10 years in the future. Working in a Pop-up studio, interdisciplinary student teams will investigate historical, contemporary and future MOBILITIES to envision and create sustainable mobility scenarios for Berlins young professionals. Students will use the experience of living and working in Berlin as the platform for their investigations into a broad range of urban mobile lifestyles and into social, environmental, economic and political/regulatory practices around this topic. Students will learn how to use lifecycle assessment as part of their investigation. Research findings, field trips, guest lecturers and special guests will inform the creative process. As deliverables, the student teamswill produce content and media-rich future scenarios for urban mobility. To facilitate and enrich the design outcomes, the MOBILITIES 2022 Studio will run concurrently with a 5th term Transportation Design Studio at the Pasadena Campus. This Pasadena Team will partner with the Berlin Team to assist in concept development, prototyping and model making, collaborating to help turn the Berlin Teams proposals into sophisticated design solutions in digital and hard-model form. This and other TestLab sections will combine for 12 units of Studio credit and 6 units of Humanities and Design Sciences. Available to fifth term and above students by application.

SAP-854: TestLabBerlin-Mobilities 2012

Credits 3
The Art Center Design Team that will be conducting on-site research and creating visionary concepts that focus on how people, goods and information may move and be experienced by Berlins Millennial generation 10 years in the future. Working in a Pop-up studio, interdisciplinary student teams will investigate historical, contemporary and future MOBILITIES to envision and create sustainable mobility scenarios for Berlins young professionals. Students will use the experience of living and working in Berlin as the platform for their investigations into a broad range of urban mobile lifestyles and into social, environmental, economic and political/regulatory practices around this topic. Students will learn how to use lifecycle assessment as part of their investigation. Research findings, field trips, guest lecturers and special guests will inform the creative process. As deliverables, the student teamswill produce content and media-rich future scenarios for urban mobility. To facilitate and enrich the design outcomes, the MOBILITIES 2022 Studio will run concurrently with a 5th term Transportation Design Studio at the Pasadena Campus. This Pasadena Team will partner with the Berlin Team to assist in concept development, prototyping and model making, collaborating to help turn the Berlin Teams proposals into sophisticated design solutions in digital and hard-model form. This and other TestLab sections will combine for 12 units of Studio credit and 6 units of Humanities and Design Sciences. Available to fifth term and above students by application.

SAP-858A: Underground Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858A: Underground Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858B: Underground Berlin: Studio 2

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858C: Underground Berlin: Studio 3

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858D: Underground Berlin: Studio 4

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858E: Underground Berlin: Humanities

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858F: Underground Berlin: Social Sci

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-858G: Underground Berlin: Bus+PRP

Credits 3
Underground: a place to risk, out of the main the new, not part of the ordinary, pioneering. Berlin has a rich history of using UNDERGROUND as a vehicle of change, a laboratory for discovering the outcast, the exception, the accident that defies traditional constructs. How do we use the past to create a new paradigm for art and design in Berlin: To questions without limits? How can we look at our world through the lens of the underground to reinterpret how we live, work, play & communicate: Where is the new edge? 15 students from different art and design disciplines will investigate the multi-dimensions of Berlin's underground zeitgeist as 5 multi-disciplinary teams, devising new opportunities for hospitality + food, entertainment, visual art and trans-media communication. Teams will explore Berlin's creative underground inspired by one of these lenses: - The Underground infrastructure: the 'functional guts' of the metropolis - The sound of Underground: Berlin's extreme music scene - Underground art: Berlin's urban sensibility above and below ground - Hot and cold wars: the Underground archaeology of a formerly divided city - Fashion: Berlin beyond the establishment - The protagonists of Berlin Underground: Demitri Hegemann & Co.

SAP-859A: TestLab Berlin:Cultrl Immrsn

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

SAP-859B: TestLab Berlin:German Lang

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

SAP-859C: TestLab Berlin: H&S Elective

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

SAP-859D: TestLab Berlin: Studio 1

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

SAP-859E: Testlab Berlin: Studio 2

Credits 3
TestlabBerlin is a sponsored studio abroad project. One core faculty member will run the project for the entire semester, additionally there will be guest faculty/lecturers/guest critics in Berlin. Available to fifth term and above students by application. Students will experiment with new creative strategies for art & design production which will be informed by real-time response from a chosen audience. This feedback process will be enabled both through social media (Socialtecture) and through in-person interaction with the audience. The resulting projects are cross-cultural in nature and dramatically broaden the creative horizon of all participants.

SAP-860A: TAMA: Futures Studio 1

Credits 3
DESIGNING DIGITAL + SUSTAINABLE CERAMICS Explore crossing new digital techniques with ancient hand making traditions, learning from the wisdom of craft. In the context of Japan's unique balance of preserving tradition and innovating the future, how might digital design drive a traditional material? How might digitalization impact the future of the design field; and what new possibilities will this digital future afford? Ceramic Innovation Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation range from explorations of new materials & form; to sustainable alternatives that embrace local resources; to digital fabrication processes that embrace the intersection of technology and craft. Pacific Rim 15 Collaboration: Tama X ArtCenter: Students from two partner schools collaborate on international teams. Tama Art University, Tokyo brings craft traditions & cutting edge design. ArtCenter brings industry excellence & So Cal innovation.

SAP-860B: TAMA: Futures Studio 2

Credits 3
DESIGNING DIGITAL + SUSTAINABLE CERAMICS Explore crossing new digital techniques with ancient hand making traditions, learning from the wisdom of craft. In the context of Japan's unique balance of preserving tradition and innovating the future, how might digital design drive a traditional material? How might digitalization impact the future of the design field; and what new possibilities will this digital future afford? Ceramic Innovation Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation range from explorations of new materials & form; to sustainable alternatives that embrace local resources; to digital fabrication processes that embrace the intersection of technology and craft. Pacific Rim 15 Collaboration: Tama X ArtCenter: Students from two partner schools collaborate on international teams. Tama Art University, Tokyo brings craft traditions & cutting edge design. ArtCenter brings industry excellence & So Cal innovation.

SAP-860C: TAMA: Futures Studio 3

Credits 3
DESIGNING DIGITAL + SUSTAINABLE CERAMICS Explore crossing new digital techniques with ancient hand making traditions, learning from the wisdom of craft. In the context of Japan's unique balance of preserving tradition and innovating the future, how might digital design drive a traditional material? How might digitalization impact the future of the design field; and what new possibilities will this digital future afford? Ceramic Innovation Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation range from explorations of new materials & form; to sustainable alternatives that embrace local resources; to digital fabrication processes that embrace the intersection of technology and craft. Pacific Rim 15 Collaboration: Tama X ArtCenter: Students from two partner schools collaborate on international teams. Tama Art University, Tokyo brings craft traditions & cutting edge design. ArtCenter brings industry excellence & So Cal innovation.

SAP-860D: TAMA: Futures Studio 4

Credits 3
DESIGNING DIGITAL + SUSTAINABLE CERAMICS Explore crossing new digital techniques with ancient hand making traditions, learning from the wisdom of craft. In the context of Japan's unique balance of preserving tradition and innovating the future, how might digital design drive a traditional material? How might digitalization impact the future of the design field; and what new possibilities will this digital future afford? Ceramic Innovation Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation range from explorations of new materials & form; to sustainable alternatives that embrace local resources; to digital fabrication processes that embrace the intersection of technology and craft. Pacific Rim 15 Collaboration: Tama X ArtCenter: Students from two partner schools collaborate on international teams. Tama Art University, Tokyo brings craft traditions & cutting edge design. ArtCenter brings industry excellence & So Cal innovation.

SAP-884A: ArtCenter Berlin Studio 1

Credits 3
ArtCenter Berlin Studio is a trans-disciplinary topic-based project that provides ACCD students a unique cultural, political, and historical lens into Europe, Germany, and Berlin, in particular. Context is critical, the zeitgeist of the Berlin location provides important grounding for investigation and exploring new ways of thinking. The project tests ArtCenter student's conceptual abilities in unfamiliar surroundings while applying their technical tool kit to create relevant, real-world solutions.

SAP-884B: ArtCenter Berlin Studio 2

Credits 3
ArtCenter Berlin Studio is a trans-disciplinary topic-based project that provides ACCD students a unique cultural, political, and historical lens into Europe, Germany, and Berlin, in particular. Context is critical, the zeitgeist of the Berlin location provides important grounding for investigation and exploring new ways of thinking. The project tests ArtCenter student's conceptual abilities in unfamiliar surroundings while applying their technical tool kit to create relevant, real-world solutions.

SAP-884C: ArtCenter Berlin Studio 3

Credits 3
ArtCenter Berlin Studio is a trans-disciplinary topic-based project that provides ACCD students a unique cultural, political, and historical lens into Europe, Germany, and Berlin, in particular. Context is critical, the zeitgeist of the Berlin location provides important grounding for investigation and exploring new ways of thinking. The project tests ArtCenter student's conceptual abilities in unfamiliar surroundings while applying their technical tool kit to create relevant, real-world solutions.

SAP-884S: ArtCenter Berlin Special Proj

Credits 3
ArtCenter Berlin Special Project Topic is a trans-disciplinary topic-based project that provides ACCD students a unique cultural, political, and historical lens into Europe, Germany, and Berlin, in particular. Context is critical, the zeitgeist of the Berlin location provides important grounding for investigation and exploring new ways of thinking. The project tests ArtCenter student's conceptual abilities in unfamiliar surroundings while applying their technical tool kit to create relevant, real-world solutions.

SAP-886E: CET Japan H&S 1

Credits 1
CET Japan is an individualized study away program. Department and Study Away Program approval required.

SAP-886F: CET Japan H&S 2

Credits 1
CET Japan is an individualized study away program. Department and Study Away Program approval required.