Temple Japan Summer in Kyoto
Design and Illustration Workshop in Kyoto
Take your skills to the next level with a design and illustration workshop while learning in - and from - the host city: Kyoto. The workshop is a special program offered in concert with Temple Japan's Kyoto summer session and welcomes graphic designers, illustrators, user experience / user interface designers, as well as students in other fields who are particularly interested in design and illustration.
Design and Illustration Workshop participants will enroll in the following, for a total of 9-10 credits:
- Design and Illustration 3841/5841, a six-credit interdisciplinary summer course, inviting students to explore Kyoto through creativity, curiosity, and cultural discovery. Blending design, illustration, storytelling, and research, the course centers on creating an interactive, scavenger hunt–inspired mobile experience that brings the city to life in imaginative and educational ways.
Kyoto—filled with temples, gardens, street food, and centuries of layered history—becomes both the classroom and the inspiration. Through fieldwork, design exploration, and shared creative problem-solving, students will develop a branded digital experience that helps others engage with the city in a new way—whether through language, cuisine, visual culture, or hidden local stories.
The course is immersive, exploratory, and designed to push students to think about design in the context of place, culture, and experience—offering a rare opportunity to build something thoughtful and inspired in one of the world’s most visually rich cities.
- Another 3 or 4-credit summer course of your choice offered at Temple Japan's Kyoto campus.
