Studio Outline

Design Process

Activities

 Learning Objectives

Studio Intro

• Team & Coach Introduction 

• Studio Overview 

• Develop a design vocabulary

• Understand design concepts introduced in the Studio

Intro Activities

• Compositions & movement

• Graffiti Alley Stencils

• Abstraction

• Creative Perspective: develop new modes of thought 

• Rapid Prototyping

• Collaboration

Research & Contextualize

• Precedent Analysis

• Current Landscapes

• Conceptual Framing

• Sites for Intervention

• Analyzing information through form

• Making accurate inferences of unstated values and beliefs

• Connecting current events to artistic opportunities

Brainstorming

• Independent/Collective Brainstorming

• Communicate ideas effectively through application of concepts 

• Collaboration and Teamwork: Active listening, deliberation, negotiation, consensus building, and productive use of conflict

Project Proposal

• Collecting references & sources

• Sketches/Collages/Renders

• Intention statement, precedents, and relevant quotations

• Develop a discernment for conceptual v. technical goals of the project

• Connect research in topic to research in form

Midpoint Presentations

• Presentation Prep

• Critique and Feedback

• Develop a rigorous and consistent documentation of work to increase self-awareness regarding design process

• Effectively communicate process and products to collaborators, coaches and public viewers

Iterative Design

• Incorporating feedback to your design

• Storyboarding

• Scales of Impact

• Desk Critiques

• Synthesize feedback

• Keep an open mind, be receptive to peer feedback and constructive critique

• Ability to reassess conceptual intention based on evidence uncovered in the iterative process.

• Continue to refine ideas generated earlier by understanding user, context, and scale

Advanced Prototyping

• Digital Fabrication Techniques

• Applying concepts & demonstrating acquired skills, with emphasis on tools and methodology

Diagramming

• Technical Rendering

• Software (Rhino/Illustrator) 

• Practice technical literacy, establish comfort with using new tools and technology 

Final Presentation

• Final Documentation

• Presentation Prep

• Reflection and communication

• Effective communication of ideas and designs through oration, diagramming, and organizational presentation