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2018 TIL@FXC Lessons

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Week 2

Design History: THE STENCIL
Classwork: Banksy Response Questions

Lessons learned from Banksy:
"You shouldn’t panic if things do not work out the first time, you should just keep trying."
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Trust has almost completely disappeared."

"Social media has taken over society’s life."
"People do not cherish time we spend they spend together."
Social Problems - Mindmesiter
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Social Issues - Mindmodo

Week 3

Classwork: Design Log
Upload Image of Mindmap and describe Function and Form (see below).

Before you share, write two direct and concise sentences to explain the function of your project....
  • What purpose do you want this to serve? 
  • What message do you want to convey?
Now write about what form your project will take...
  • What symbols will you use and what do they represent?
  • In what ways will you combine them to convey your message?
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Source: Posterized Monotone Portrait
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Week 4-6

Create Design

Week 7-8

Print, Cut Stencil, Spray Paint

Week 9

Project: Visualizing Text and Advocating Art!
Create a design that combines visual elements and text elements in Illustrator to both inform and persuade your viewer to advocate for the arts.  The design can utilize imagery imported from a digital camera or even a scan.  It does not have to be directly built in illustrator, but it can be.  
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Sir Ken Robinson on the Arts as Universal Language

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE from Lily Sarah Grace Fund on Vimeo.

DESIGN HISTORY - Activism and the Art of Advocacy: Guerilla Girls
The Beauty of Data Visualization - David McCandless explains how infographics work.
​"Let the data set change your mind set."
INFORRAPHIC RESOURCES:
  • Examples from Parkland University
  • Information is Beautiful
  • Data Visualization
  • Flowing Data
  • Excel Charts Blog – Data Visualization
  • GOOD Infographics
  • Daily Infographic
  • Infographic-a-day
  • Illustrated Type (Examples)
  • Infographics (Examples)
  • L10 Tips for Designing Infographics
  • Themes for a good infographics
  • Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
  • EDWARD R. TUFTE; Campaigning For the Charts That Teach
  • ChartChooser
  • How to Create an Effective Infographic
Classwork: Artist Statement
Open your design and save it as a JPEG file for your website.  Take a picture of your graffiti stencil and place both of these images on your portfolio page.  Include the following label beneath your finished work.  Copy and paste this from the google document you already completed.
Artist Name
Tile, Year Completed
Media​
Artist Statement


Week 10

Classwork: Artist Research
Select an artist whose work you can explore in depth to gain some context of what they make, how they make it and why. 

​Include one image on your Design log and explore it in great detail using the guiding questions below. 
Explore some of the infographics above or some of the artists using words and letterforms in 
DESIGN HISTORY
  • Discover what kind of materials were used to make the art.  How do these play a role in delivering the message?
  • Is this work permanent, temporary, ephemeral? Does time play a role?  Explain.
  • Determine where the work is displayed.  What is the relationship of the work to the space it is shown in?
  • How does the viewer interact with the work in general? Does it require audience participation?
  • What do you think is the artist’s intention in making this work?
  • How do you relate to this work? What appeals to you about it or not?
  • How does the text very intentionally work with the visuals?

Week 11-14

Continue progress on Visualizing Text project - Be prepared to print by the end of Week 14

Week 15

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Classwork: Careers Reserach
Create a new page on your website titled, "Reserach."
Add a text box with "Digital Design and Fabrication Careers" at the top of the page and start a list of possible career paths within these fields.  Start broad and then narrow your search within a particular field.

Select a Career to align with your final project.
Begin researching the many different aspects of this career.  
Outline the information below and include a list of links at the bottom of your page to document your sources.


Career Description: Include general information about this particular career track.
Professional Examples:  Add 10 or more examples of professional work within this field with labels that state the designer, company, materials or software used, and date created. 

 Job Profile: Find REAL jobs that are within our area and/or other areas in which you would like to live in the future (they do not have to be hiring at the moment).  Include entry level positions as well as jobs available to experts.  Seek the following information for each job: Title, Company & Location, Responsibilities, Knowledge & Skills, Years Experience, Degree Requirements, Salary Range.   ​

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  • Home
  • Photography
    • TOPICS in Photography >
      • Exposure >
        • Depth of Field
      • Composition
      • Genres >
        • Abstract
        • Environmental
        • Motion
        • Nature & Landscape
        • Photojournalism
        • Portraits
        • Still Life
      • Photoshop >
        • Masking
        • Blending Images and Text
        • Photomontage
        • Duotone
        • Symmetrical Designs
      • Research Topics >
        • Early Photographic Inventions
        • Cameraless Photography
        • Modernism
        • Cross-Cultural Explorations
        • Women of Vision
        • Photographer Quotes
        • Careers
  • Photojournalism
  • Yearbook
    • Yearbook Topics
    • Yearbook Vocabulary
    • Yearbook Staff Positions
    • Senior Pages
    • Online Ad Creation
  • STEAM
    • TOPICS in Design >
      • Elements and Principles
      • Gestalt
      • Visual Hierarchy
      • Functions in Art & Design
      • Illustrator
      • Design History >
        • Monument Design
    • TOPICS in STEAM >
      • STEAM Research
      • STEAM Challenges
    • TIL@FXC
  • Engineering
    • TOPICS in Engineering >
      • Engineering Olympics
      • Engineering Vocabulary
      • Project Partners
      • STEM@FXC
    • EPICS@FXC
  • Get Inspired
    • Research Links >
      • Art Criticism
      • Themes & Artists
      • History of Visual Arts
    • Mind Mapping
    • Artist Statements
  • Get Involved