Final Project

Re-Designing Your Visual Surroundings

Consider the formal concepts we have gone over during this term...

Investigate your surroundings with a critical eye and find examples of poor design or design which you feel you could improve. This could be: a book or movie cover, cd sleeve, concert poster, food cart sign, billboard, cereal box, etc. etc.

Bring 3 examples to class on Tuesday, March 1^st (picture or actual object)

Project Time-line

March 1st: Bring 3 examples of poor design to share, select one to rework.

Lecture on design, movements and text

- Follow steps 1-3 of design process: identify audience, brainstorm, & ideate- create at least 10 thumbnails sketches

March 3^rd: Continue ideation- select strongest 4 designs to enlarge, meet in small groups to get feedback, HW: Select final design to enlarge to appropriate size for final project.

March 8^th: Turn in Sketchbooks for grade

- Workday for Final Project; finish final project and all re-worked projects.

March 10th: Final Project is due for critique at beginning of class

Also: Turn in final portfolio of all projects through out the term.

(Projects will be ready for pick up Monday, March 14^th at 10 AM)