How do films shape the way we see and imagine urban life? On screen, cities do more than set the scene; they actively shape how movement, identity, and power are represented. This seminar will explore how cinema can sharpen our understanding of architecture, infrastructure, and everyday life, and why these insights matter for design. Drawing on themes from critical urbanism and media studies, we will ask: How does visual media influence our perception of urban space? How might design respond to or reframe these cinematic representations? 

Through screenings, discussions, and hands-on experiments, students will translate cinematic analysis into design-based outcomes. Working with selected clips and a feature length film, participants will create short audiovisual pieces alongside handmade visual experiments such as collages or posters. Rather than aiming for polished results, the focus will be on curiosity, play, and experimentation, testing how different ways of seeing and making can expand design practice. The week will conclude in a collective screening and exhibition of works that reimagine how design moves between screen and street.