Design and Visual Communication II expands the design process to focus on the designer as a researcher, strategist and innovator. Emphasis is placed on developing skills and expanding tools designers use to empathize with people’s lives, to understand, conceptualize and communicate the products and/or services of the future.

• Advance design thinking skills;

• Develop visual and verbal communication competencies in storytelling;

• Expand primary and secondary research tools and techniques;

• Integrate rapid-prototyping techniques into the design process;

• Advance project management skills;

• Foster interpersonal communication skills;

• Establish abilities to work effectively in multi-disciplinary, collaborative teams.

• Design Sprint: Reimagine a Childhood Artifact

• Artifact from the Future

• Process Documentation

• Showcase Design