StudioNext - An exploratory post-disciplinary design studio at The University of the Arts / Philadelphia - Fall 2009 from TomatoMultiMedia Productions2076 on Vimeo.
Studio Next is a laboratory shared by several design disciplines at UArts who have committed to actively explore collaboration over a period of four weeks during the Fall 2009 semester. The Studio is conceived of as a working prototype for new models, initiatives, and pedagogical strategies for design
education at UArts. Important to the success and effectiveness of the project is the building of robust, sustainable partnerships with outside organizations.
The project aims to instill in students a commitment to interacting and engaging with diverse communities in Philadelphia by applying their knowledge to complex challenges and opportunities. StudioNext will prepare you to thrive and create in this collaborative postdisciplinary environment. StudioNext does not aim to provide you with a road map to success that can be rigorously followed time and time again. Any such effort would be doomed from the outset, as no two challenges, projects, or design teams are identical. Instead, what is being offered in this design laboratory is the opportunity to develop a set of collaborative tools that can be drawn upon, altered, re-implemented and expanded over the course of a designer’s entire career to meet ever-changing challenges.