Today in class, we are:
Talking about Process Books
Talking about Extra Credit
Working!
Before Dec. 12:
Finish your Process Book
Upload your Poster PDF
Manifesto: A public declaration of policy and aims.
In 1998, designer Bruce Mau created a manifesto that articulated his values and those of his design studio. That studio design and innovation studio centered on purpose and optimism.
Choose one of the maxims from that manifesto and create a poster using all the text from it.
Today in class, we are:
Looking at your poster series
Prepping for Mid-Year Review
Showing the wire-o binding
Working!
Before Wednesday:
Make sure your Poster series are pinned up
Make sure your Dissect posters are up
Before Thursday:
Make any changes to your posters (if you need any other than what you do for Wednesday)
Be ready to turn in PDF
Today in class, we are:
Choosing one of your two series for your posters
Working on revising one of the series and adding the third individual
For next time:
Bring in a draft for your full series of 3 individuals – NASA mathematicians or Mars rovers – with revisions from our discussions today.
Today in class, we are:
Looking at your final set of studies for the Poster project
Talking about choosing, revising, and expanding those to make a set of 3 posters.
Working on choosing and refining those.
For next time:
Choose two of your posters to refine and expand to a set.
Refine each and create one of the two companion posters for each.
So, bring in two sets of two posters.
The Design Mid-Year Review is both serious and fun. It’s serious in that work needs to be up fully and on time. It’s fun in that you get to show your work off to a larger audience and see the work from other classes.
Download Handout for Mid-Year Review (pg 2 is the Mid-Year Review)
As a finish to this project, we’re going to expand the strongest of your studies into a series of posters, one for each woman (or Mars rover).
In the end, you’ll have a final set of 3 posters that share a visual language and each tell us about a different person (or Mars rover).
Today in class, we are:
Looking at your poster studies
Talking about variable fonts
Talking about more studies
Working!
For next time:
Create two posters for the variable type prompt. And three studies from any combination of the other prompts.
Create another set of studies from these options.
Create two posters for the variable type prompt. And three studies from any combination of the other prompts.
Dimensions are the same as before. Color restrictions are the same as before. The strong suggestion to use a grid is the same as before.