**Day 1 Hyper:**

For the first day in the hyper formalist group the discussion focused around several recurring aspects including the definition of //Pluralism//, //Automation// and //Visual Rhetoric//. The main discussion also encompassed a debate about the essence of a //Hyper Formalist// and a //Post Formalist// to which most of the group concluded there could be no one answer, no one definition and no one gaze to analyse design education from.

**Pluralism**
Group: 
  - Randy
  - Shannon
  - Rob
  - Joel

Definition: 
A condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist).

Is pluralism this about __//agonism//__? as in conflicting forces? or co-exisiting?
Bubbles of thought could be considered pluralism, but even within pluralism we are engaged in bubble type thought feedback. 
__What is true pluralism?__

**Automation**
Group:
  - Tasheka
  - Anja

//__Automation__// is about teaching students to see technology as a conceptual tool rather than a formal tool.
When are students learning design processes and when are they just engaging as users/consumers?
Automation is creating conditions, creating a framework so is automation an essential part of design?
Does automation **have** to be technology? Isn't all of design automation because it's a series of steps, a system?
//What if you could tell Siri to design a poster or website?//

**Visual Rhetoric**
Group:
  - Tanya
  - Sue
  - Chris
  - Kelly

In a way //__Visual Rhetoric__// is a graphic design basics. 
Visual rhetoric in relation to automation. What are the elements prescribed in the automation process a symbol of?
__Why do we presume that grids are the main organising principal?__
Thinking visually is part of visual rhetoric.
Why are we drawn to certain things?Understanding where our tastes come from.
When you have access to all the visual aesthetics what do you make?