Week by Week
This schedule is subject to revisions to adjust to pace. Please always pay attention in class for date changes.
Schedule
Week 1
1/15 – Syllabus review and discuss assignment #1, mock critique.
Assignment: Bring in an object for mock critique. Read pgs 22-23 in Design Basics, "Constructive Criticism".
1/17 –
In class critique of objects + Discussion of Reading. Lecture: What is Design? access pdf
Vocabulary review
Assignment: Read Chapter 2 on Unity. access pdf
Artists to look at: Andy Goldsworthy; Felice Frankel; Dale Chihuly; Frank Ghery - Then What?; Christo and Jean Claude
Week 2
1/22 – Mounting Demo - cutting and preparing foam core. See doc on foam core mounting requirements.
+ Lecture on Unity
Assignment: Project 1 Unity
1/24 – Class time for Project 1
Week 3
1/29 – Critique Day, Project #1 Due
Assignment: Read Chapter 5 Balance
1/31 – Vocabulary quiz 1, Lecture on Balance
Assignment: Project 2 Balance
Week 4
2/5 - class time for project 2
2/7 - Critique Day, Project #2 Due
Assignment: Read Chapter 3 Emphasis and Focal Point
Week 5
2/12 – Lecture on Emphasis and Focal Point [lecture pdf]
Assignment: Project 3 Juxtaposition, Emphasis and Focal Point
2/14 - class time for project 3 -- Photoshop demo
Week 6
2/19 - Project 3 due critique day
Assignment: Read Chapter 6 Rhythm and Repetition
2/21 - Lecture on Rhythm and Repetition [lecture pdf]
Introduce midterm assignment; examples of artist statements
HANG artists' statements (HANG is a gallery of emerging local artists in San Francisco. Yours truly worked there about 14 years ago, and part of my job was writing all the artist statements for the artists!)
Week 7
2/26 – Proposal Draft 1 due
Class time for review of proposal
2/28 – Class time for midterm. Bring materials to class
Week 8
3/5 – Project critique or class time for mid term (--depending on your proposals--will we have to hike near or far to your 3D projects?)
3/7 – MID TERM Critique
Assignment: Read Chapter 4 Scale and Proportion
Week 9
3/12 – Spring Break – Be Safe!
3/14 – Spring Break – Be Safe!
Week 10
3/19 – Lecture on Scale & Proportion [lecture pdf]
Introduce Project 4 -- Scale and Proportion. Software demo: How to search for images, sizing, saving work as jpegs, creating a work in Photoshop for projection.
3/21 – Class time for project 4
Week 11
3/26 – Project 4 Due-- Critique Day!
Assignment read chapter 10 Illusion of Space
3/28– Lecture Ilusion of Space. [lecture pdf]
Introduce Project 5--Perspective
Week 12
4/2 – Class time for project 5
4/4 – Project 5 Due --Critique Day!
Assignment read chapter 12 and 13 Value and color
Week 13
4/9 – Lecture on Value and Color Lecture pdf
Introduce project 6 -- Propaganda Poster Project . See also: Propaganda terms.
4/11 - Class time for project 6, Propaganda Poster
See recent North Korea propagando video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143856n
Week 14
4/16 –Printing Procedures -- Meet with Eli
4/18 – Project 6 Due, Mounted on Foam Core ----Critique Day!
Week 15
4/23 - Lecture on Mapping. Lecture PDF
Introduce Final Project- Mapping Self
Assignment: Bring in 3 examples of your mapping project (ideas, sketches, mock ups)
EXAMPLES: Noriko Ambe; 9/11 map; memory landscape drawings; Mapping; Theban Mapping Project
MORE EXAMPLES: NPR Story; Twitter Wheel; Making a map; Relationship Maps; Mindmap; Aesthetic Map
4/25 - Class time for final projects
Week 16
4/30 - Mid-Point Critique: bring in piece to get feedback in order to implement change.
5/2 Work Day -- get feedback to implement change.
Week 17
FINALS WEEK – Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 am - 10:30 am. (We can vote: start at 7:30 or start later and have shorter critique?)