The Bureau of Media, Communication, and Information (Medkominfo) of the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) of Airlangga University (UNAIR) held the 2021 Design Class on August 7, 2021, starting at 8:45 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) via Zoom and broadcast live on the BEM FEB UNAIR YouTube channel. This inaugural program of the Medkominfo Bureau garnered tremendous enthusiasm not only from FEB students but also from the general public. This enthusiasm was evident in the attendance of 524 participants and their active participation in asking questions and participating in presentations and games.

The event was led by Nadia Ainiah and Yanisa Asrika as Master of Ceremony (MC) and opened with remarks from Prof. Dr. Dian Agustia, SE, M.Si., Ak., CMA., CA. as the dean of FEB UNAIR, Thariq Priatmodjo as the president of BEM FEB UNAIR 2021, and Benefita Diva Putra Wibowo as the chief executive of DESIGN CLASS 2021. This event is expected to help participants understand the importance of design skills and provide basic design knowledge as provisions in the world of lectures and work.

The first material, “The Importance of Design in Starting Your Career” was presented by Dr. Tri Siwi Agustina, SE., M.Si. who is a lecturer at FEB UNAIR. The second material, “The Principles of Design” was presented by Farrel Christian Tomo who is a Creative Manager at Cofilm Indonesia as well as a freelance designer. The question and answer session between the participants and the two speakers went smoothly and was very lively, the participants were very enthusiastic to ask questions. After the presentation of the material, a Kahoot game was held containing questions regarding the material that had been presented and the three participants with the highest scores were given special prizes by Kak Farrel as the speaker. The event closed with a group photo session and filling in participant attendance via google form. That's all, see you at the next DESIGN CLASS!