| Type of Program: | Intensive Course Abroad | Click here for a definition of this term Program Advisor: | Lauren Steinberg |
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Contemporary London is a huge metropolis, the largest city in Europe, and is one of the most cosmopolitan and international in the world. It is also an ancient city, dating back to its origins as a Roman settlement. It is a city of neighborhoods, a cluster of boroughs and villages each with distinct character, culture and history. The London metro area is also a major center for design, with numerous cultural institutions centered around design and architecture, a host of annual international design festivals, a major hub for design offices and design education and a city with a rich and vibrant cultural life from its architecture, museums, theater and performance venues to its distinct street culture and contemporary art traditions.
This intensive course will take advantage of the rich offerings in and around London and focus specifically on design and its relationship to its cultural environment. Students will visit major art museums, rare book, manuscript and typography libraries, significant architectural sites, practicing design offices and attend small design workshops, tour neighborhoods and explore street art and hidden typographic treasures.
Students will record and document their experiences daily, discuss their work in process regularly with their colleagues and faculty, and produce material that will result in a post-trip project in the format of a “zine”, a unique format of publication design. Students will attend pre-departure orientations in which content and subject concentrations and design methodologies will be presented. The final project will be completed and submitted in winter term.
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
Credit/Registration
Students will be registered for VSCM T380 for 3 credits as a part of their winter term course load. Students must leave space for these 3 credits in their schedule or will otherwise be billed for exceeding the 20-credit term maximum.
Instructor
This program will be lead by Mark Willie, Associate Program Director and Teaching Professor in Graphic Design
Arrival Date: 12/9/2023
Departure Date: 12/17/2023
*Students may extend their travel independently before or after program dates.
Tentative Itinerary Overview
December 8, 2023 (Friday evening) Departure flight from US
Day 1:
ARRIVAL/ORIENTATION
Check-in with FIE housing
Orientation meeting FIE Classroom
Guided tour Central London
Group dinner
Day 2:
MUSEUMS
Tate Modern
Lunch on own in Borough Market
Tate Britain
Design Museum
Free Evening
Day 3:
DESIGN
V & A Museum
Wolff-Olins Agency
Lunch on own
British Library
Free Evening
Day 4:
BRUTALIST LONDON
Barbican Center Tour
Lunch on own
Goldfinger House (7 Willow Rd) Hampstead
Free Evening
Day 5:
TYPOGRAPHY
St. Brides Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Letterpress Workshop
Lunch on own
Studio Visit: Pentagram
Free Evening
Day 6:
STREET ART/GALLERIES
Shoreditch
Street Art/Hidden Signs Tour
Lunch on own
Gallery Walk
Free Evening
Day 7:
British Museum
Lunch on own
Studio Visit: Johnson Banks
Late Night Museums
Day 8:
Wrap-up meeting FIE Classroom
THE PARKS
Hyde Park/Serpentine Gallery
Chelsea/Brompton Cemetery
Group Dinner
Day 9: Return home
Winter Term Week 2: Zine project submitted for review and presentation
Due 9/30/23 - $500 Advance Payment + $25 application fee
Due 11/1/23 - $2360 Final Payment
*All payments are non-refundable unless declined admission or program cancels for unforeseen reasons.
Included in Program Fee:
Not Included in Program Fee: (NOTE: these are estimates and depend on students' personal spending choices)