Homework Assignment: Due 2/7
****Sorry for overlooking this class—I left the homework post as private until now. Because of my oversight, I reduced your workload to three sprints. Again, my apologies!**** For your next five three sprints, I’d like for you to focus on a different element in each composition. Many of you spoke of the designer’s lack of small … Read more
Remember—Tonight!
Hey everybody, I wanted to remind you all that a first complete draft of your project is due tonight at the beginning of class. We spoke about this a week ago or so, and I spoke with most of you one on one about it in class Tuesday. For the remainder of you, a reminder. … Read more
CLASS TONIGHT
Hi everyone, I wanted to give you a quick heads up regarding tonight. I am sick, but will be coming in (not contagious). I would like to meet with anyone who needs feedback for sure, but will probably keep class brief. I will make a sign-up sheet for meetings at the beginning of class. If … Read more
DATA MINING PROJECT SHEET
DATA MINING /////////////////////////////// TRANSFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS OBJECTIVE The purpose of this project is to collect information from the communities around you, be they actual or digital. Like the scientific process, though we may be able to guess some of the outcomes, we won’t know what our body of information, or data, holds until we have it all to … Read more
Visual Thesaurus
Here is the INDISPENSABLE tool I told you all about last night. Use it. Love it. It’s great to use when you are looking for that perfect word, or when you are just stuck. It’s a mind map structure, which feels very intuitive. Visual Thesaurus
How Creativity Works: Process
How Creativity Works Please give this NPR story a quick listen. It’s relevant to your design process project.
CLASS 3/6
Hi everyone, We will meet at David Wolfe’s studio to complete our letterpress projects on Tuesday evening. Please be on time (read: arrive a few minutes early and be ready to work no later than 6pm) and be ready to print. We have only three hours to complete these projects. If anyone has ideas for … Read more
NEW PROJECT: Homework Due 3/8
The Design Process: Information Design OBJECTIVE The purpose of this project is to help you begin to determine what your design process looks like. There are many versions of the design process out there that you may be able to follow, but what are the important steps that you go through? DESCRIPTION Once you flush … Read more
NO CLASS
Hey everyone, Apologies for the late announcement. There is no class tonight, as I think you all imagined. We will meet up at David’s again on Tuesday to finish printing then. I will be in touch tonight regarding homework for you all. I hope you’ve enjoyed the snow day! Beth
Scheduling Update
I have confirmed with David Wolfe that we will be visiting his shop for a workshop on February 28th and March 1st. I hope you are all really excited for this—it’s such an incredible opportunity. We will discuss the project we will work on more in the coming classes.
Homework Assignment: DUE 2/9
This is a late post, but just here for your future reference since we discussed homework in class. Here it was. Use one color on each layout. You may use a different color for each one, or the same for all six. Make three new compositions, adding a single color to your b + w. … Read more
