Week 2 — Assignment “Interrogate an Object”
Project 1 (1A)
Discuss + Studio due Sunday. Comments on other people’s posts due Tuesday.
–> explore the People’s Graphic Design Archive.
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Discuss:
Do the studio assignment first and then — write a comment below (minimum 200 words) reflecting on your project and on the research activity of browsing the PGArchive. Post a link to your presentation in progress — uploaded to our class folder on onedrive. Posts will be made visible on Monday morning. Reply to at least two other people’s posts by Tuesday.
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Studio:
This is a two-week research and design project.
This week, choose an object in the People’s Graphic Design Archive that is of interest to you and research it further. Share your research with others by designing a presentation. The first part of the presentation will have two parts: “interrogation” and “layout design.”
(Next week, you will design a timeline to add to your revised presentation.)
- Interrogate the object from the People’s GD Archive.* Ask the following questions (below) of it. Collect supporting documentation for your answers.
Questions:
Who made it?
How was it made?
How was it used?
Who was it for? (who did it exclude?)
When was it made, and what events relate?
What does it look like?
What is an interesting object(s) for comparison?
What are other things this designer or manufacturer made?
What technology is related to it?
Why is it valuable? - Design a visual presentation. Use powerpoint or Indesign. DO NOT use a template—make your own layout.
Write in your own words—no copying and pasting from Wikipedia.
Write at least two sentences for each question.
Use as many images/slides as you wish, no limit.
Use at least one image per slide—using the images that you found that relate to the question you are answering.
If you are not able to answer the question, please explain why you cannot find the information or why it is not relevant.
Keep track of all the research links/references and include them as a bibliography slide at the end. - Upload the presentation (in progress draft, we will continue next week, as well as add a timeline design) in your individual folder in our class folder on onedrive. If you are designing in in Indesign, package the folder and make a PDF.
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Tools:
Teach Archives
Word Counter Tool
* prompt credit: Brockett Horne, MICA and Matthew Bird, RISD