Fine Arts Program

The course seeks to introduce to product design students the historical overview of design and its movements, the fundamental principles in designing objects as marketable products, and the basic structure of the design process: empathizing with users, defining design problems, ideating for solutions, prototyping the concept, testing the product and launching to the market. 

Combination and manipulation of various materials (organic, synthetic, metals) design and fabrication of lighting and home accessories as objects in a space

Utilizing technology in translating traditional methods of illustration and painting into a digital medium.

Utilizing technology in translating traditional methods of illustration and painting into a digital medium.

This course is designed to introduce the student to the field of computer animation. Primarily focused around one of the industry standard software for animation and motion graphics.  It covers the core principles of animation and is intended in leaving a solid foundation and  understanding of motion graphics and compositing theories and techniques.

The course seeks to encourage students to explore and experiment on mixed media and other materials other than the traditional store-bought art materials and veer away from wall bound art but rather to create large scale 3-dimensionsional artworks. This course also encourages the students to use indigenous, recycled, upcycled objects and new media, it also challenges them to integrate other elements such as motion, sound, and light. This course also aims to deviate from the limitations of 2- dimensional art pieces by creating installations that the audience can view and experience as well. This course also aims to engage the audience not only as viewers but active participants of the artwork as well thus making them co-creators or part of the artwork itself.

The course seeks to encourage students to explore and experiment on mixed media and other materials other than the traditional store-bought art materials and veer away from wall bound art but rather to create large scale 3-dimensionsional artworks. 

Composition, Perspective, Illusion, and Style

Perspective, Projections

Visual Merchandising, Store Design, and Display

 In this particular course, students will be undergoing through different research design methods to identify significant design problem and opportunities using a user-centered design framework. The research output helps define the specifications and requirements of the project and guide students to ideate a range of solutions and come up with a final set of design plans that adhere to the needs and requirements of the target user.

The course is a studio production course. It is a study and application of insights and competencies gained from visual perception and techniques courses in painting human figures from life. Here, students will gain deeper understanding of visual phenomena (e.g. tonal values, form/structure, lines, edges, etc.) and will apply such understanding in painting the human form using pastels, water-based media, and oil-based media.

Designing systems for communities and businesses, eg. design of a workplace (kitchen, office, etc.), Information within spaces (signages and directionals), modular/collapsible furniture and storage systems, etc.

An introduction to creative production in collaborative environments. It introduces students to recent practices and discourses that are relevant to socially-engaged or community-based art practice. This is in line with the realization that art or creative practice can encourage innovation, nurture a healthy working environment, and foster a socially responsive ethic.

This course seeks to introduce students to various elements of art in relation to visual perception and production and aims to develop the student’s critical analysis of the application of the elements in various compositions governed by the principles of art.