This class is an introduction to the elements of good design. Lectures, museum visits and readings will address relevant questions to the field as well as familiarize students with the artists and writers that help shape our time. Students will learn some of the tools of digital image making and are expected to develop artwork that is aware of its historical and social context, and at the same time, presents a personal artistic voice. The most important objective of this class is to produce artwork that is intellectually complex, artistically instigating, and visually compelling.