The DESIGN NOTEBOOK PROJECT:
Designers
will be given a blank notebook at the beginning of the semester to use
throughout
the semester to complete with any “outside” design interest in art, design, photography, mixed media, poetry, illustrations, etc.
The design notebook should indicate your outside
influences on your own design by creating visual stories based on experiences,
themes or randomness. This notebook contains paper that various multimedia can
be used.
*Inspired
by https://www.sketchbookproject.com/
http://instagram.com/thesketchbookproject
The
SPECS:
Each
designer is receiving a 24-page black 11x17 (Tabloid) paperback sketchbook.
1. Design Notebooks
should probably have a Theme or Topic…a jumping off place for you to connect
to. You should indicate the theme somehow inside the book and possibly on the
cover(s).
2.
The name of designer (you) and the Theme/Topic should be listed on the last
page of the sketchbook (not the inside back cover but the last page someplace.)
3.
Each Designer should “sign and date” the design notebook on the last page near their
name.
This
will be your final project for the semester and you will present it on the last
class day this semester. You've got all semester to do something creative.
Warning: Please don't wait until the last day to complete it.
These
designbooks will be seen by everyone in class. You should have more than enough
time to fill the entire book but I advise that you do a page or two each week
just so you have a thoughtful book at the end.
You
can us the pages as single pages or double page spreads. It could even be one
continuous design throughout the entire 24 pages…or 12 full spreads
(gates.) Maybe the design is like an accordion fold when opened. You
can cut the pages in half or fold them according to your theme/concept. Look at the designbook in it’s original
form/shape and think what you can do with this book.
Any
media is acceptable.
You
can take the book apart and run it through the printer or use collage materials
or you can stamp it, perforate it, cut it, fold it, or allow it to be half
pages/full pages. It could contain “pop up” images, silkscreened images, gate
folds, die cuts, or more conventional image making like pen, pencil, &
watercolor. The sky is the limit. Creativity is the goal.
It’s
your chance to just show off on this last piece for the semester. Concept
is the ultimate goal as well as the storytelling that takes place as it’s
“theme.”
The
book MUST be returned back to me in its original shape and size. No larger and
no smaller and no heavier. You cannot add or delete pages to it. If you glue,
staple, collage materials to the pages then it should still retain its 2D flat
shape with possible width and weight.
Again,
the size and shape must be the same when you return it.
Every
page must be acknowledged which means no blank pages unless you are seeking
spatial or compositional qualities that one side of the page can lend to
another side. For drama or focus. In the end, the book must fit back into
its cover. YOU can even change the cover into something more compelling.
Change the weight of the paper or the color or the texture. You can change all
the cover paper stock if you wish. Maybe it’s cover is made of wood or cloth or
plexiglass, mylar wood or any other substrate that will join your thematic
approach.
It’s
Art serving Art with the intent/purpose you give it.
I
would encourage you to even put these pages up on your blogs for posterity.
Possible
Ideas for your Designbook:
Photography,
illustrations, typography, posters, doodles, collage, mixed media, painted
images, die cuts, pop ups, stamps, embossed images, printed images,
printmaking, etc.
Possible
Themes:
Youth, Voting, Loyalty, Courage, Truth, Friends, Aging, Death, Acceptance, Safe
spaces, War and Peace, Work, Academics, Playing, Relationships, GSU, Families,
Paths, Injustice, Sex, Tolerance, Safety, Spirituality, Fashion, Travels,
Adventures, Death, Political, Cooking, Explore, Seashore, Foreplay, Language,
Chemistry, Hunting, Touch, Secrets, DYIs, Hashtags, Beauty, Sexuality,
Experience, Kiss, Plunder, Nomad, Unity, Survival, Openness, Memories, Senses,
Dilemmas, Passions, Nakedness, Compass for Life, Beaches, Mountains, Music,
Poetry, Catastrophic, Painful Breakups, Loneliness, Flirting, Theatre, All Creatures
great and small, Pets, Car Trips, Recipes, Past Relationships, Discoveries
about yourself, Lifestyles, Films/Movies, Buried Treasures, Fetishes, etc.
It'll be fun so just relax and experiment and have fun doing something so
creative. That’s it. No get to work and have fun.
Possible
20pts total
