The Course ISSUES DESIGN (6CFU - ICAR / 13) is focused to deepen the cultural trends and the approaches of the contemporary Design in order to transfer to the student a critical understanding about to the relationships between morphological language, cultures, transformation processes and social dynamics. The didactic activity will have the of contributions by experts (professionals, critics, theorists) from the Design community invited as lecturers. The student has to develop a critical-analytical capacity to be expressed through critical papers.

Program
The course begins with a historical look at some of the highlights of design in the last century, illustrated starting from the network resources that enable it to be studied (repertories, archives, databases, foundations);

Then, thanks also to the contribution of experts and visits, the aspects of contemporary design connected with data, knowledge, information, visualisation, interaction, gaming and complex systems are addressed.

Lessons are conducted  in presence (ore remotely) with reference to didactic units with an interface that includes the themes, resources, activities that are used to acquire knowledge and skills on the topics; each lesson also presents invitations to cooperative interaction; experts' lectures are planned.

The examination consists of an oral test in which an application work agreed with the lecturer is discussed.