ART211 Design II

Design Brief: Project #5

Personal Transformation

Purpose
Make a 3D piece of art that is wearable. The designers must be able to wear the piece themselves, during the period of critique.  The wearable must transform the person from a body, into something else.  The wearable must be based off of research of other wearable types of things. 

A4 Paper Sculptures

Hello Everyone,

One of classmates (Lisa, thank you) reminded me of the artist Peter Callesen who takes A4 sheets of paper (US equivelant 8.5 x 11) and transforms that sheet of paper into something new. If you would like to see more of his work go to his web site http://www.petercallesen.com/. The following is an excerpt from his bio.

The paper cut sculptures explore the probable and magical transformation of the flat sheet of paper into figures that expand into the space surrounding them. The negative and absent 2 dimensional space left by the cut, points out the contrast to the 3 dimensional reality it creates, even though the figures still stick to their origin without the possibility of escaping. In that sense there is also an aspect of something tragic in many of the cuts.

Design Brief: Project #4

Building Community

Purpose
To create an individual structure through an architectural form that achieves a communal environment by connecting to others.

Objectives
To research architectural space in terms of form, function and fantasy.
To develop concepts through drawings which are about internal space, external form, and about location.
To produce a model using technical processes and formal concepts learned in the previous projects.

The Cheese Monkeys

Hello Class,

It's time to start reading The Cheese Monkeys. You will need to write a page, double spaced, for both semesters in the book that lets me know you read the book. It can be a summary or you can comment on very specific parts of the book. I'm looking to see that you actually read the book.

The one page, double spaced review of semester one is due Thursday April 9th. The one page, double spaced review of semester two is due Monday May 4th.

You can turn in the reviews early if you finish reading sooner than the actual due dates.

Design Brief: Project #3

 A Cubic Foot of Space

Purpose
You will create a 12"x12"x12" cube and design the interior to be visually interesting.  Address every area of the space.  In 2D design we designed the picture plane, filling in the space, using Gestalt principles to create illusions within a square. For this assignment you need to design the 3D space, using the elements from a common board game. What will the shapes do in the space?  Transform, overlap, melt, tear, what is gravity’s effect, is there movement, what direction is the shape going?  Using the principle of grouping, closure and proximity, each tiny point will be placed intentionally to create these larger shapes/volumes.

Design Brief: Project #2

Project #2:  Eggs in Space

Purpose
Develop and make a 3D design that possesses aerodynamic form and design elements that enable it to carry an egg safely to the ground from the third floor level of the music building and it must include impact engineering.  The egg must not break. The form must be original in concept.

Reminder: Project #1

Hello Class,

This is just a reminder that your first projects are due next Tuesday at the start of class at 10:30am.

Design Brief: Project #1

Project #1:  Line and Space

Purpose
To create 2 designs based on a shoe that you are wearing. The first will be created through contour drawing; the second will be created physically, using wire to construct a three-dimensional line based form.


Objectives
• To heighten visual and spatial awareness
• To compare, contrast, and connect linear notation in two and three dimensions
• To explore the transformation of an everyday object into a piece of art
• To learn basic construction skills.

Syllabus: Spring 2009

Art 210 - 3 credit hours
Tuesday + Thursday 10:30am–1:20pm

Course Description
This course covers the fundamentals of three-dimensional (spacial) composition. Exercises move from the study of elementary forms to more complex configurations and conceptual problem solving using various mediums.

Objectives
1.)  to explore composition and color using the design principles
3.)  to develop sensitivities to 3-D spatial relationships
4.)  to refine students visual + verbal vocabulary
5.)  to acquire the ability to create dynamic 3-D compositions

Topics
Ways of approaching the 3-D structure
Principles of Organization
Visual Elements
Object Relationships
Aspects of Gestalt