| Core 1: Interaction |
| Parsons School of Design |
| Fall 2025 |
| Time: Tuesdays, 4:00 PM ‐ 6:40 PM |
| Location: 66 5th Ave, Room 600F |
| Instructor: Andrés Cuervo |
Core 1: Interaction is designed to introduce students to programming as a creative medium—as a way of making and exploring. The coursework focuses on developing a vocabulary of interaction design principles which can then be applied across a range of platforms. Students are encouraged to experiment with various media, tools, and techniques, ultimately producing a portfolio of interactive and visual projects designed for the screen. An emphasis is placed on typography as it applies to a screen context, research-based problem solving and a learning-through-making approach to technical skill building. Historical and current interaction design precedents will be discussed.
We will be using GitHub to manage our code. Sign up for an account if
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change your username (and add other email addresses) later. We’ll be
using GitHub for our code.
Install this extension for VS Code to make it easier to work with GitHub.
This website is set in IBM Plex Mono and IBM Plex Sans.
This website took heavy inspiration from Nikki Makagiansar's Core 1: Interaction class website and Jackie Liu Core 2: Interaction syllabus.