{"id":2621,"date":"2026-10-09T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2621"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:37:11","slug":"foundation-studies-as-virtual-multiplayer-studio","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/event\/foundation-studies-as-virtual-multiplayer-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Studies as Virtual Multiplayer Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los estudios de fundamentos como taller virtual multijugador<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n<h2>About this session<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it mean to build a studio community when students don\u2019t share a physical space? This session presents a fully asynchronous, remote foundations course that uses Figma as a unique studio environment \u2014 enabling dozens of students to work together in shared files that offer a sense of presence and collective making.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course centers each week on a Case Study: an artist or designer selected by peer faculty and introduced through interviews and conversations that distribute authorship and avoid a single arbiter of taste. Classic 2D design exercises are updated for digital contexts, alongside novel Figma uses like annotated reading discussions, narrative animations, and nonlinear research presentations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course takes a postmodern approach to the canon: deconstructing the hierarchies of craftwork, interrogating cultural appropriation, and foregrounding underrepresented voices across digital art and design history. By emphasizing the subjective nature of taste, students are invited to locate themselves within a diverse and contested field. I&#8217;ll share my experience developing and teaching the course, and offer practical tips for managing shared Figma workspaces at scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa construir una comunidad de taller cuando los estudiantes no comparten un espacio f\u00edsico? Esta sesi\u00f3n presenta un curso de fundamentos completamente as\u00edncrono y remoto que utiliza Figma como un entorno de taller singular, permitiendo que docenas de estudiantes trabajen juntos en archivos compartidos que ofrecen una sensaci\u00f3n de presencia y creaci\u00f3n colectiva. El curso se centra cada semana en un Estudio de Caso: un artista o dise\u00f1ador seleccionado por docentes pares y presentado a trav\u00e9s de entrevistas y conversaciones que distribuyen la autor\u00eda y evitan un \u00fanico \u00e1rbitro del gusto. Los ejercicios cl\u00e1sicos de dise\u00f1o 2D se actualizan para contextos digitales, junto con usos novedosos de Figma como discusiones de lectura anotadas, animaciones narrativas y presentaciones de investigaci\u00f3n no lineales. El curso adopta un enfoque posmoderno hacia el canon: deconstruyendo las jerarqu\u00edas del oficio, cuestionando la apropiaci\u00f3n cultural y poniendo en primer plano voces subrepresentadas a lo largo de la historia del arte y el dise\u00f1o digital. Al enfatizar la naturaleza subjetiva del gusto, se invita a los estudiantes a ubicarse dentro de un campo diverso y disputado. Compartir\u00e9 mi experiencia desarrollando e impartiendo el curso, y ofrecer\u00e9 consejos pr\u00e1cticos para gestionar espacios de trabajo compartidos en Figma a gran escala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session type<\/strong>: Case Study<\/p>\n<h2>Presenters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Andrew, Associate Teaching Professor, Penn State University<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Time listed is Dominican Republic time.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to build a studio community when students don\u2019t share a physical space? 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