51-379 & 51-779 Emotion & Reason in Design Emotion plays an important role in all forms of design, yet emotion is difficult to describe and analyze. The goal of this course is to study emotion in a different way. Instead of locating emotion in the responses of an audience, we will try to locate emotion or emotional expression within the design itself. Assignments will involve extensive reading. This course will be conducted as a research seminar, with each student preparing a paper on a subject of personal interest in design.
