Materials Needed: 8.5x11 paper, compass, pencils, markers
Masterworks: Kandinsky, Lewitt, Klee, examples from Visual Design
Math/Art Concepts:
Math: circles and arcs, circle radius/circumference/diameter and relations among, square as 4 sides, all equal, parallel and perpendicular, line as limit of curved sections (or vice versa), line as limit of curve with infinite radius/radius of curvature, definition of arc, by circle, by three points, curvature and straightness
Design: simplest shape, simplicity (how little do you need to recognize)/removing detail, sharpening (making differences more clear), marks and shapes (picture elements v perceptual elements), underlying structure (orientation, direction), levels of design: marks, shape, structure (structure later/another day)
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity: compass to make circle/arc, try to draw square, transition to GSP: arc and circle tools, other general info about program (saving, printing),saving work
Discussion/Obs Points: circle and radius, circle v arc, defn of arc, key elements of square
Masterworks-1st Tier
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--on gsp, draw square with circles, arcs
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
Discussion points: simplest shape, other mathematical issues, tricks, observations, etc
Masterworks: 2nd Tier-simplicity, sharpening, marks and shapes
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials: draw square (or other figure) with simplest shape
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review
Discussion/Obs Points: underlying structure, curvature
Masterworks--3rd Tier--underlying structures
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 8, 1997
Masterworks: Vasarely, Mondrian, examples from Visual Design, Escher
Materials Needed: 8.5x11 paper, straight edge, pencils, markers
Math/Art Concepts: Lines, Meaning, (basic understanding of dynamics; associations we infer from shapes and lines)
9:00-9:15 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20--10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--lines on page (segment, line, ray), try to draw a curve
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--draw a ball using lines
Observation Points--simplest shape? line info?
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup, Discussion points, Masterworks
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--continue working on ball, clarify....
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30- 1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 9, 1997
9:00-9:40 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:40-12:40PM: MEDIA LAB Overview, News in the Future, Interactive Cinema, Epistemology and Learning, Holography
12:40-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 10, 1997
Masterworks: Lewitt, Mondrian, Klee
Materials Needed: 90 degree angle, straight edge, pencils, 8.5 X 11 paper, markers
Math/Art Concepts: Parellel/Perpendicular, Number of points to define, Process (see how work develops through stages, discuss bounding exploration, and insight cycle; implications of construction v. drawing), Shape and Meaning (synthesis)
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--Media Lab wall with right angle
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials-make a progressive design-- a series of embedded drawings, abstract, focus on shape and form independent of representation
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
Discussion points-design process
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--refine morning drawings
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 11, 1997
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:50 AM: Charette
Activity/Tools/Materials--refine project from the week, incorporating other issues
Observation Points
10:50-12:40 PM: Break, set up for Pin-up
12:40-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 14, 1997
Materials Needed: acetate, scissors, markers (for acetate)
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Translation, Space (negative)
Other Prep: xerox grid onto acetate
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--acetate squares, in virtual grid, same motif
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--move motif by only 2 arbitrary vectors
10:40-12:00PM: Break and Regroup, Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--move motif by only 2 arbitrary vectors, make a motif that makes negative space
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 15, 1997
Materials Needed: mirrors, 8.5x11 paper, pencils, markers, straight edge, compass, scissors
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Mirror Symmetry, Color
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--make a motif that looks the same in a mirror
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--Use more than 1 mirror with a motif
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--look at coloration as way to show underlying structure, etc.
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 16, 1997
9:00-9:40 AM: Check-in, Tone, Logistics
9:40-12:20 PM: Museum Galleries in Building 7 and N-51
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 17, 1997
Materials Needed: acetate, markers (for acetate), scissors
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Rotational Symmetry, Angles, Movement/Tension -relationships between shapes and understanding of a drawing's context, how design components interact towards the whole, how the motif relates to pattern (design and mathematical issues)
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--4 rotation from acetate (start with 2)
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--design with rotation at other angles (n-fold rotocenter)--move to multiple rotocenters
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
Discussion points--angles that work evenly--issues of negative space, overlap
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--mult rotocenters, focus on composition thru dialogue between motif and overall form
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 18, 1997
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Congruence, Synthesis of weeks design concept
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:40 AM: Charette
Activity/Tools/Materials--take idea activity already done and incorporate other pieces
10:40-11:20 AM: Pin-up, Discussion Points, goal is partly to get them to commit to idea for later refining
11:20-12:40 PM: Charette
Activity/Tools/Materials--take idea activity already done and incorporate other pieces--refine morning idea with presentation in mind
12:40-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 21, 1997
Materials Needed: Labels, pushpins,
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-9:40 AM: Set-up, Material Needed, Brief Critics
9:40-12:30 PM: Guest Crits. Students split into 2 groups, switch at midpoint
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 22, 1997
Other Prep: video monitor, VCR, cassette
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-9:50 AM: Discussion of Crit
9:50-11:20 AM: Film: Phantom Tollbooth
11:20-11:50 AM: Discussion, Film, final project
11:50-12:30 PM: Planning Time
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 23, 1997
Materials Needed: construction paper, scissors, straight edge, compass, pencils, markers
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Dynamic Symmetry, Balance
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--dynamic grid squares, draw and arrange
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--scale at other dimensions
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
Discussion points--movement
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--create static image--bounded, balanced composition out of current work
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 24, 1997
Materials Needed: construction paper, straight edge, pencils, markers, scissors, compass
Masterworks: Escher
Math/Art Concepts: Proportion, Composition of functions, Form
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-10:00 AM: Warm-up and Discussion
Activity/Tools/Materials--cut out shape--make same shape smaller size
10:00-10:40 AM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--make similar shape(s) combined with other transformation
10:40-11:10 AM: Break and Regroup
11:15-12:00 PM: Project Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--develop relationship between parts (Balance) of design in pt 1
12:00-12:30 PM: Pin-Up, Peer Review, Discussion/Obs Points, Learning Summary
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 25, 1997
9:00-9:20 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:20-9:40 AM: Discussion of final project
9:40-10:20 AM: Individual Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--collecting thoughts, work, potential directions
10:20-11:30 AM: Break and Pin Up, State of project idea, to get feedback
11:30-12:30 PM: Individual Work
Activity/Tools/Materials--refining project idea, incorporating feedback
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics
July 28, 1997
9:00-9:30 AM: Check-in, Tone, logistics
9:30-10:30 AM: Plan Gallery Space With Don
10:30-11:00 AM: Break and Regroup, Discussion points
11:00-12:30 PM: Prep Space
12:30-1:00 PM: Closing, Learning Summary, Tone, Logistics