Assignment:
Pick an issue that you personally care about, and create a (typographic) design solution.
Begin the process with extensive research. Read a book, watch documentary, and/or attend a seminar to learn and rediscover the issue. Define (reframe) the issue and the design problem. Then, create a (typographic) design solution.
Through this assignments, student will learn communication design as problem solving tool, and will realize that a designer has power to contribute to the society. Also, they will learn how to use the power responsibly.
References:
Are You Solving the Right Problem?
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Harvard Business Review
Speculate Everything
By Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby
The MIT Press