If you are currently enrolled in Design this is where you will find details on class assignments. Remember that assignment deadlines are always posted to the Google Calendar Tab.
Assignments Sheets are posted here along with the description for each unit.
Assignments Sheets are posted here along with the description for each unit.
Week of January 18 - 22Learning Target: Create an original book cover design that illustrates your knowledge of page layout, typography and photography. Utilize your own original photography in the design of the cover. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Tuesday: Last in class day to complete Book Cover design. Must be printed and presented in critique covering the actual book with flaps and all. For EXAM day have the following completed.
Monday-Wednesday 2:45 - 4:30 Wednesday: EXAMS B1- 7:50- 9:40 B2- 9:55 - 11:45 B3- 12:55 - 2:45 Thursday: EXAMS A1- 7:50- 9:40 A2- 9:55 - 11:45 A3- 12:55 - 2:45 Friday: EXAMS A4- 7:50- 9:40 B4- 9:55 - 11:45 Week of January 11 - 15Learning Target: Create an original book cover design that illustrates your knowledge of page layout, typography and photography. Utilize your own original photography in the design of the cover.
Monday:Meet with me to discuss your plan for the book cover design project. The following should be completed and prepared for this meeting.
Wednesday-Friday: Finalize your book cover designs. Make sure that the cover fits the actual book. Due Exam day along with artist statement. Book cover will be presented on your actual book. Week of January 4 - 8Learning Target: Create an original book cover design that illustrates your knowledge of page layout, typography and photography. Utilize your own original photography in the design of the cover.
Tuesday: Continue working on research using wiki and visual journals to plan book cover design. Thursday: Meet with me to discuss your plan for the book cover design project. The following should be completed and prepared for this meeting.
Weeks of December 14 - 23Learning Targets: Create an infographic for a real client. Connect to societal and historical contest of infographics, learning about their place in design.
Tuesday 12/15: Work time to complete Infographics due next class. Make sure you have everything done for critique. Learning Targets: Present and Respond to final artwork through written and verbal critique process. Thursday 12/17: Critique of Infographics
Monday 12/21: Introduction to New Project Book Design Begin wiki research and choose a book to design a cover for and plan photograph(s) that will be included in design. Develop thumbnails and other visual journal research to plan your designs. Thumbnails should show images and layout designs you are considering including the front, back cover, spine and flaps of the cover. See image below. Wednesday 12/23: Continue working on research using wiki and visual journals to plan book cover design. Week of December 7 - 11Learning Targets: Create an infographic for a real client. Connect to societal and historical contest of infographics, learning about their place in design.
Monday- Friday: Work days to complete your Infographic.
Week of November 30 - December 4Learning Targets: Research and develop a plan for Inforgraphics unit for a real client. Connect to societal and historical context of infographics, learning about their place in design.
Monday: Finalize Wiki research and develop Visual Journal pages with thumbnails and other required elements planning for Infographic project. Fill out the Wiki/Sketchbook Rubric and start conferencing with me to discuss your plans for project. Continue editing and working on designs. Wednesday: Work day to create Infographics designs Infographic Critique will be Tuesday December 15th Friday: No classes End of Term Teacher Work Day Week of November 16 - 23Learning Targets: Present and Respond to final artwork through written and verbal critique process.
Tuesday: Critique of Found Typography Inspired Project.
Thursday: Presentation of New Unit: Infographics- What are they and how do we use them?
Week of November 9 - 13Learning Targets: Create a real world application of your found typography inspired design using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Monday-Friday: Work days to complete your real world designs for presentation for critique on Friday. Make sure you've finished off your work for presentation. Mat it or build it or do what you must do to make it a realistic presentation of your product, service or object. Tuesday 11/17: Critique of Found Typography Inspired Real World projects. Make sure your written artist statement is complete and turned into the Google Folder for our class. Week of November 2 - 6Learning Targets: Create a real world application of your found typography inspired design using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Tuesday: Sketchbooks and Research on Real Life application of Found Typography due with rubric. Conference with me to discuss your ideas, thumbnails etc. Get started in Illustrator and Photoshop designing the actual product, service, logo or other idea. Thursday: Continue working on Macs to create your design. Critique Friday November 13th Week of October 26 - 30Learning Targets:
Present 3 small collages that utilize found typography for critique process. Analyze collages through verbal and written critique process. Create a proposal and visual journal pages developing a real world application of Found Typography ideas. Monday: Critique of 3 collages on Found Typography-Make sure you have a written artist statement in the Google Folder, art rubric and artist statement rubric completed for critique. Send home the parent critique communication email. If we finish critique early continue with part 3 of this project. Scan collages and post in SHARE drive folder in Mac Lab. Make sure to name them your name-collage 1.jpg, your name-collage2.jpg and your name-collage3.jpg. Critique Pair/Share: Look at the person's work in the Share Folder and critique it on Today's Meet link. You will be limited to 140 characters per comment. Join the discussion by entering your first name initial (no space) So I'd be JeanneB. Start comment with name of person you're discussing: for example: Post 1: Susan has great composition in collage # 1 that uses the word Believe. She used rule of thirds and has a lot of items touching the sides. Post 2: Susan could improve her use of Found Type in collage # 3. It seems like there isn't enough typography and too, much photography in this piece although the composition is cool. Post as many times as it takes you to say all of the items you need to say:
Wednesday: Move on to part 3 of the unit:
Friday: Mac Lab work time to develop your proposed concept to bring this idea to life. Demonstration of Illustrator for typography. Sketchbook/Visual Journal pages due on all parts of this project thus far. Fill out a Sketchbook Rubric for Part 3 research. Also make sure the wiki rubric for Found Type Research and Collage Research are turned in. Week of October 19 - 23Learning Targets:
Research collage as an art form and connect to art historical artists who used collage. Create 3 small collages that utilize found typography. Tuesday & Thursday: Studio Work days to complete collages and visual journal research on collage artists and techniques. Critique of 3 collages next week Monday 10/26. Complete artist statement about collages, artist statement rubric and art project rubric. If you have finished your collage and Visual Journal research on collage, typography etc. Move on to part 3 of the unit:
Sketchbooks will be checked week of October 26th for these thumbnails and Visual Journal research on collage artists and your Typography ideas for Part 3 of project. Weeks of October 5 - 16Learning Targets:
Research the history of typography using the wiki resources to guide research. Research collage as an art form and connect to art historical artists who used collage. Create 3 small collages that utilize found typography. Monday 10/5: Continue researching new unit on Typography using wiki. There are 3 parts to the new unit. See the details in the assignment description here. Wiki research should be completed by the end of this class. Fill out the wiki rubric and hand in. Part 1 wiki research.
Wednesday 10/7: Collage How To: Today we will learn some collage techniques. Your goal will be to do part 2 of this assignment, which is to create 3 small collages in your sketchbook. See the assignment sheet for details. You will also do a bit of research so you know how to do collage: Look at artists who use collage as part of their way of making art. Click this wiki link for collage info Choose 3 artists from the list I've provided. In your sketchbook list each of the 3 artists and design a visual journal page about them. Explaining the following:
Check out my pinboard on Visual Journals if you're not sure what I mean by this term. Monday 10/12: Studio work time to develop 3-5 pages in your Visual Journal/Sketchbook with Collage artist research and Found Typography collages. Remember 1 of the 3 collages must be digitally created. Wednesday 10/14: No Classes College and Career Readiness Day. See Counselor Emails for details. Friday 10/16: Final day to work on your sketchbook collages. You should be starting to design and create the digital collage using Adobe Photoshop and found digital typography. Week of September 28 - October 2Learning Targets: Present and Respond to student art designs via the written and verbal critique process. Research and Plan ideas for typography assignment using wiki and sketchbook to develop ideas.
Tuesday: Critique of Shape Project. Make sure all of the following items are completed:
Part 1 will begin today with wiki research.
Week of September 21 - 25Learning Targets:
Create a unique abstract design using 1 shape and 3 colors to illustrate one of the three types of balance. Create a digital version of the design concept using images to create the shapes. Present and Respond to student art designs via the written and verbal critique process. Monday & Wednesday: Work to finish Shape Designs. Must be matted and printed for critique on Friday. Friday: Critique of Shape Project on Tuesday. Artist Statement, Art Rubric and Artist Statement Rubric all due. Week of September 14 - 18Learning Targets:
Create a unique abstract design using 1 shape and 3 colors to illustrate one of the three types of balance. Create a digital version of the design concept using images to create the shapes. Tuesday: Work in Art Studio 114: Complete cut paper designs (should be finished by end of today's class). Sketchbook thumbnails were due last week. If you missed this deadline see Mrs. Bjork regarding Parent Communication Forms. Thursday: Instruction in Mac Lab- How to create a digital version of your design. Will learn about photography in design and also how to use basic photoshop selection tools, layers and Hue/Saturation. Critique of Shape next week Friday September 25th Week of September 8-11Learning Targets:
Create a unique abstract design using 1 shape and 3 colors to illustrate one of the three types of balance. Create a digital version of the design concept using images to create the shapes. Wednesday: Wiki research should be complete for the Shape Design Unit
Finish up the paper version of your design and begin creating digital versions in Photoshop. Directions on how to get started in Adobe Photoshop. How to shrink your design proportionately. Critique Monday September 21st on Shape project Week of September 1 - 4
First Day of Class
Today we'll be getting to know the mac computer and setting up the various digital accounts we'll be using in the class. Your goal is to set up the digital environment so you can be organized and easily find what is needed for the class. You need to be sure you have saved your passwords in a safe place that you can access during class.
The mac log in is username: last name 4 first name 3 grad year password: your six digit student id Choose which browser you prefer to use, Safari or Firefox or Chrome. You will need to bookmark the following websites for use during class. 1. Class Wiki 2. PHS Design Assignment Page (that's this one!) 3. Diigo 4. Flickr After you've clicked the above links and bookmarked all, come back to the Class Wiki. You will be logging in using the following join code. https://wikispaces.com/join/MQ9NKHF
Unit 1 Abstract Shape Project
Day 1
Research Abstract shape designs via the class WIKI Find images on the Internet that use only shape and color as the elements of the design. Look for one example of asymmetrical, symmetrical, and radial, three total examples and post them to the WIKI. Then explain what you liked about the image you found and how it illustrates each type of balance. Develop thumbnails for the Shape Assignment. Divide 2 pages into six 2” x 3” boxes. (Twelve boxes total) Be neat and organized with the division of your page. (You could create the boxes on the computer, print out and then draw on them.) Develop 12 full color thumbnails for your design idea playing around with color schemes and designs as you work. Be sure to try all of the balance types (2- 3 of each type at least) Wiki research due by the end of class. Thumbnails in full color due at end of next class. See assignment sheet below for details. Day 2 Full color thumbnails are due at the end of class. Meet with me to share your designs. Get started on paper version of your design. Digitally start looking for images you want to use that are the colors you need. Doesn't matter what's in the image. Save these into a folder called Shape on your directory. |
Printing in the Mac LabClick the button here to help with how to print in the Mac Lab. If you need additional help see your teacher.
Supplies Needed for Daily Class
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Assessment in This ClassAs always the artwork you create and the way you present it will influence the grades you receive in this class. This year the district is moving towards Standards Based Grading. With each unit you will see a highly detailed form that describes the assignment and shows what Reportable Standards and Priority Standards are being covered in the unit. As we've done in the past you will participate in the critique process, which involves presenting your finished artwork and evaluating it in verbal and written form. You will use the following two rubrics to self assess your work. Each is standards based and will be used to determine your grade in this class. This year we will also be individually grading your artist statements with a separate rubric. Both rubrics are posted here. In some classes you will complete these digitally, while in others you will fill out a paper copy. Each class will digitally turn in their artist statements to the Google folder for the class.
InspirationWhat is Graphic Design?
Graphic Design Career Guide AIGA Getting Started In Graphic Design Communication Arts Magazine HOW Design Designer Daily Good Logo I.D. Magazine EYE International Design Review History of Graphic Design Elements of Design Principles of Design Principles of Design Emigre Font and Design Site Baseline Typography Font Feed:Typography Design Council UK Pinboards on Design Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Design & Illustration Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Typography Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on The History of Graphic Design Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Proportion Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Graphic Resumes Mrs. Bjork's Pinboard on Color Designs The Elements and Principles of Design in Graphic Design |