KASK / School of Arts Ghent and Kunstensite vzw offers a course in Open Design for refugees and asylum seekers currently staying in Belgium.
The program focuses on Open Design as a technological and as a cultural, artistic and critical practice. The course method is based on co-creation and peer learning, and puts an emphasis on new media literacy.
This 11 week course is open for refugees, asylum seekers but also “sans papiers” and people who do not have easy access to higher education. The course accepts a maximum of 15 participants. Candidates should apply by sending some background information about themselves (see APPLY).
Our common language is English. There is no tuition fee, participation is free of charge. We can support your travel expenses to the course and also the lunch between morning and afternoon classes is covered by the course. The program of 2022 starts at September 05, 2022 and ends on November 22.
THE OPEN DESIGN COURSE PROGRAM
WEEK 01
We get to know each other, the program, get to know our tools, What Open Design is or could be, and explore design methodologies collectively.
WEEK 02
This week we use the Raspberry Pi as a tool to explore physical computing and what we can do with it. Connect to it, command line, notion and python.
WEEK 03
Pixels and Vectors, we discover tools to vectorise ideas and identities.
WEEK 04
What is 3D? Together with FormLab we examine 3D, How do we scan an object, modify it and bring it back to the physical world.
WEEK 05
The web and beyond, here we explore what lives on the web and quickly dive into the world of coding, this starting with html, css to animation and how to connect with a server.
WEEK 06
The web and beyond, here we explore what lives on the web and quickly dive into the world of coding, this starting with html, css to animation and how to connect with a server.
WEEK 07 & 10
We finalize and go deeper into what you want to explore with a project. It can be Web, 3D, Raspberry Pi, the Scan or a sketch or everything together.
WEEK 11
WE share our work in progress that was developed during the course in an Open Lab.