Ayako Maruyama teaches Experience of Public Engagement at RISD (her alma mater) and The Role of Architecture in Creating a Sense of Place at Boston University, where she completed Master of City Planning degree. She is currently design principal at the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) based in Roxbury, MA. DS4SI is a space where activists, artists, academics and the larger public come together to imagine new approaches to social change and new angles to address complex social issues. Maruyama’s work, focused on community engagement and social justice, includes leading the production of the Go Boston 2030 Visioning Lab, an unprecedented public space for Boston residents to express their vision for the city’s 15-year transportation plan. As a planner and designer, she works collaboratively and explores the ways in which human-centered design can inform approaches to urban planning and experiencing the built environment.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
ID 20ST-01 - SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
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ID 20ST-01
SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: M | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Ayako MaruyamaLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 501Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Juniors take two 3-credit Special Topic Design Studios in the Fall semester. Juniors choose one 3-credit option from the Content category such as Packaging, Typography, Play, or UI/UX, and the other option from the "Process" category such as Casting, Soft Goods or Prototyping. Students will gain multiple competencies by utilizing techniques and methodologies through practice and process. Each studio meets once per week.
Please contact the department for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
This course introduces the Graduate Thesis project starting with the development of a research question through secondary research reading methods. This question has its assumptions articulated and verified through experimental making and primary research methods that engage specific audiences for qualitative discourse.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Graduate Industrial Design Students.
This course introduces the Graduate Thesis project starting with the development of a research question through secondary research reading methods. This question has its assumptions articulated and verified through experimental making and primary research methods that engage specific audiences for qualitative discourse.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Graduate Industrial Design Students.
The 6-credit Advanced Design studios offer second semester juniors and seniors the opportunity to investigate product, socially responsible, and sustainable design; innovation through science and technology and other topics in contemporary practice. These studios are designed to strengthen the student's ability to conduct research, ideation, material exploration, presentation, and concept validation. Studios meet two days per week. Junior and Senior Industrial Design Students are required to take a total of three (3) advanced studios.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design, MID (2.5yr): Industrial Design
