Sunday, December 9, 2007

Poetry and Type






I asked the students to recontruct a poem. The purpose was to make the layout visually reflect the content.

Masking without Photoshop








We don't have access to computer labs in Design 1. The students can still create the same effects. In this assignment a simple silohette was placed on different backgrounds.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Design is Funny Part 2





Design 1 students remixing photos

Collecting and Sorting




Tables designed by the Digital Media students.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Color








The assignment was to create a simple design with food coloring.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Design is a Collaboration



The Design 1 students have been using surrealist techniques to create their work. The Exquisite Corpse is created by folding the paper three times. Each artist draws a different section of the body.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Design is Serious





This week in class the students redesigned the icons for our class attendance sheet. In Design 1 we take time seriously.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Design is Funny










Last week for homework I xeroxed various sized cartoon eyes for my students. I asked them to place the eyes on found objects and photograph the results.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Type Cubes II





Types Cubes designed in Digital Media. Using fonts and Adobe Illustrator.

Type Cubes





A Design 1 assignment. Hand drawn type on a cubes.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Things To Do




My Digital Media students created these To Do Lists using InDesign.