Monthly Archives: February 2021
04-0 Gestalt Principles
Dear Students, For class 9, we will be discussing Gestalt Principles. Check out the optical illusions in the lecture below, and read the paper by Solso. Apply these principles in your luggage tag blogWork. Our class participation for Monday is … Continue reading
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BLOG: Thumbnail Sketches for Luggage Tags
This week’s homework explores our ability to visualize solutions to a problem. Often there is not just one design solution, but many. This exercise is designed to help us practice generating many solutions quickly and explore Gestalt principles at the same … Continue reading
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Unit 4: Patterns and Gestalt Principles
Explore… Read… Due… Watch the Gestalt video below Gestalt Principles by – Robert Solso BLOG: Thumbnail Sketches due Thursday 11:59pm QUIZ #4 on Bridges due Sunday 11:55pm
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03-1 Shapes and Patterns
For Thursday, I’d like to continue making lines and dots into shapes. I’d like for every student to experiment with different line qualities and then create a unique creature. Come up with a clever name for it because of its … Continue reading
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03-0 Shapes and Patterns
Dear students, Hope you’re enjoying the snowy weekend! Look outside and identify the snow-covered shapes around you. Below is the presentation covering the readings on lines and shapes. Please submit your sketch participation (2 types of sketches) below: Section 01 … Continue reading
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TOKEN: Your visual communication life
Are you a visual communicator outside of class? Share with us your portfolio or visual work! Give a 5-10 minute screen-share lecture on your visual portfolio in class. Create a presentation and share with us your artists journey describing: Where … Continue reading
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TOKEN: Taking it to Eleven
When your final visuals truly look professional, going beyond the minimum specifications, I call that “Going to 11!” — à la Spinal Tap. Work that meets that standard gets a token. The specification for earning this token is that someone … Continue reading
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BLOG: 5 Photos Exploring Sensory Features
Look around a novel environment and seek examples of pre-attentive features of color, shape, line, relative size and the division of space (structure). You are encouraged to go somewhere unfamiliar (off-campus, outdoors, not your dorm room or apartment!!!) to more … Continue reading
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Unit 3: Shapes – Why Maps Work
Explore… Read… Due… How Maps Work (lots here!) Short videos below:Boston uses the new world map now. What is your reaction? Interview with Paul Rand (More on Paul Rand) McCloud: Ch. 4 – 5 Ware: Ch. 8 BLOG: 5 Photos QUIZ #3 Check … Continue reading
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PostEm Grade Summaries are on Bridges
Q. What’s my grade? Or “How do you know how you’re doing in the class?” PostEms let you know where my grades for you stand. To access them, go to the Bridges class website for COMM 165 and then select … Continue reading
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