Class Info

  • Date: Week 09
  • Meeting Info: Login into ZOOM for Weekly LIVE class sessions.

To-Do Before Class

  • Continuing refining your summary presentation particularly after receiving my feedback.

Continue building your process books—remember, include your research, your thoughts around what you want to do, any creative sparks that cross your mind. Remember to show how you are using the breakouts to further define your topic.

Topic

  • Exercise on Critiquing Design (Constructively)
  • The Conceptual Plan
  • Visiting The Color Psychologist
  • Writing Tips

Objectives

  • Build and expand your design research capabilities.
  • Explore ways to include more or yourself and community into your creative work.
  • Understanding the role of design research.
  • Build better design techniques and practices.
  • Explore tools/ways to exercise your creativity.

Lecture

Activities

Class exercises:

  • Exercise: Review of Critique Examples—Slappy The Clown and Star Trek: Purgatory
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To-Do After Class

  • Read pgs. 7 – 8, 31- 45 in Writing & Research for Graphic Designers. VERY IMPORTANT!
  • Finalize the name of your project if you haven’t already.
  • Continuing refining your summary presentation utilizing the tips discussed in class and in the above reading.
  • Begin defining your visual direction built from the foundation of your summary.
    • your message
    • design elements
    • use of media channels
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