To start off the second semester, the freshman class built wearable plastic animals. For the first part of the project, we chose animals whose qualities represented ours, and constructed its form through containers of different shapes. The next step: designing a poster consisting of type and pictures of ourselves wearing the animals.
The first-years are now working on a map project, where each person has to create a 12” by 12” map of an assigned square area near campus. Today there was a heated discussion on preserving the individual characteristics of each square while creating a cohesive map as a whole. This is our first collaborative project!
Pictured are students pinning up their map iterations.
The first-year designers are now working on their second design project of the year: building grocery carriers to prevent vulnerable foods from damage during transportation. The carriers have to be built entirely of cardboard, without tape or glue or any other materials for attachment. We are all busy sketching and testing prototypes as well as learning to use cardboard and various types of knives.
Pictured are several first-years working on this project.
Saturated
The sophomore CDs have their color and typography posters up in their studio, check them out while they are still up! Refreshing to see when the weather is still gray.
A Pinch and a Dash
The freshmen had a mid-project critique on their salt & pepper shakers this morning. The project focuses on the form of the objects, interaction and level of complexity between the two shapes, and hierarchy between the dominant and sub-dominant shapes.
Some shots from the critique led by Kristin and Wayne.
