Introduction to design and the scales of design.
Overview of how past and future technologies impact spatial practices (broadly)
and the built environment (specifically). How do we communicate opinions
and share ideas through graphic design and web design?
Design Focus: Graphic Design
Concept Focus: Scales of Design
Week 1
Sept 9th
Lecture:
Workshop:
Introductions; Syllabus Presentation
A very consolidated history of Graphic Design and the role of “text & image”;
Basics of InDesign & Photoshop, Basics of collage
Readings/Media:
Watch Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of 10. https://youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
Read Gyorgy Kepes, “Visual Representation” look at images, read p.66-72/p.102-104
Read Emmet Byrne, Radiant Discord: Lance Wyman on the ’68 Olympic Design and the Tlatelolco Massacre https://walkerart.org/magazine/lance-wyman-mexico-68-olym pics-tlatelolco-massacre
Project:
Introduce and assign Digital Archive