Summer College Courses

In collaboration with North Carolina State University, the Museum is offering two courses exploring topics in industrial design. Each 5-week summer course will discover the relationship between design and art inspired by concepts in the fall exhibition Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed. Participating students will receive college credit for this unique opportunity.

ID 292 Special Topics in Industrial Design/Cultivating Creativity

NCMA, East Building, Level C, Conference Room
T, W, Th | May 21–June 20, 2013

9 am–noon


Introduction to the basic principles, methods, and vocabulary of design as applied to projects in a museum setting. Created in collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art. Students will have an opportunity to exhibit work from the course in conjunction with the Porsche by Design exhibition at the Museum.

ID 492 Special Topics in Industrial Design/Innovation by Design

NCMA, East Building, Level C, Conference Room
T, W, Th | May 21–June 20, 2013
9 am–noon


Explore concepts of speed, force, and movement through innovative design processes and problem solving in a museum setting. Created in collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art. Students will have an opportunity to exhibit work from the course in conjunction with the Porsche by Design exhibition at the Museum.