day 4, sep. 21 📦

agenda 📜

1
🏃 cross-section walkabout
2
👋 hello + check-in!
3
🔄 about iteration
4
👀 small-group reviews
5
📐 working period
6
✍️ due next class

cross-section walkabout 🏃

we’re going to take a peek across sections to see what other people are up to!

in preparing this room... 📌

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pin up your draft posters.
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also, pin up your sketch for your “making it public” concept (or whatever material(s) you have for that).
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pin a piece of paper next to your posters.
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  on this paper, ask a question to people looking at your poster.
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  below your question, write “please answer below!”

as you’re walking... 📓

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bring a notebook/pen with you.
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draw a quick sketch of three things you find inspiring. some ideas of what you can draw:
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  a sketch of the poster’s composition;
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  a typeface or type pairing;
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  a photo or illustration;
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  some combination of photo and type.

hello + check-in! 👋

hi! we’re nearly in the third week of the semester, how are things going so far?

photo from this weekend 📷

cat tax 🐱

questions i’ve got for y’all ❓

1
what’s going on in providence? any events or things people should know about? (anyone check out pvdfest?)
2
what’s been the most helpful class or exercise so far?
3
what about least helpful?
4
is any technical support needed?

about iteration 🔄

in this project, you’re being asked to continuously revise a poster. what can that process look like?

let’s look at a project livia worked on to see what it means to iterate on a single project!

after that, let’s look at a logo project i worked on.

methods of organization 📦

let’s take a look at a couple of examples of how to organize a collection of information!

organizing via diagram

(source↗)

what are the benefits of either design?

organizing using typography

(source↗)

who is this poster for? how can we tell?

(source↗)

who’s this poster for? how do we read this poster?

organizing using image

(source↗)

who’s it for? what makes it “good” (or “helpful”) for them?

how do these image treatments change the meaning behind the imges?

small-group reviews 👀

this week, we’re going to split the class in half! one half will be in reviews, and the other will be working.

what are we reviewing? 💭

first: what question did you ask during the walkabout?

then, let’s talk through the following questions:

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analyze (posters)
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  how are your posters being read?
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  what impact does the order, number of images, annotations, and overall design have on the narrative?
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  is the curatorial voice understandable and clear?
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  how do your chosen techniques and other factors impact the read?
2
analyze (public proposal)
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  how do your proposed location and form engage your audience(s)?
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  how will they interact with your posters?
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  what would you like them to think, feel, and do?
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adjust
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  do your collection(s) and/or curatorial voice need to be reorganized?
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  are there new developments, adjustments, refinements?

group 1 ~ 👀 reviews first	group 2 ~ 📐 works first
stephie	amber
anushka	simone
vivian	abby
jennie	nicte
alex	angel
karis	yuchen
lauren	dominic

working period 📐

while you’re not in reviews, you’ll continue to work on your posters.

iteration + documentation exercise 🔄

take your current poster design and create the following variations of both of your posters:

typographic variations 🔤

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the same exact posters, but with new fonts.
2
the same exact posters, but without any text.
3
the same exact posters, but only the text.
4
the same exact posters, but redesign or rearrange the text (resize, rotate, reformat as needed).

compositional variations 🏗️

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the same exact posters, but using new colors.
6
the same exact posters, but inverted. don’t literally invert the photos ~ if the poster uses a dark palette, make it light. if it uses a light palette, make it dark.
7
the same exact elements, but placed differently (no redesigning, resizing, or rotating elements). you’re allowed to move the text, too.
8
half of the elements removed from each poster.

document your work! 💾

whenever you finish a poster (or create something interesting), add it to the project’s figjam board↗.

due next class ✍️

here’s what to know for next week.

homework 📝

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add all of your documentation (from today’s exercise and whatever else you want to add) to the figjam board↗.
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  you should all have permanent editing access now ~ let me know if you don’t!
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continue to refine and finalize your posters based on today’s feedback.
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make a higher fidelity rendering of your “making it public” proposal (drawn or designed).
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print your posters in color, tiled to 24" x 36".
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bring in your original curatorial statement (and keywords) that you wrote last week. no need to edit it yet!

agenda for wednesday ✅

we’ll continue to refine and finalize your posters and public proposal.

we’ll look at your iterations and your progress since the start of the week.

we’ll revisit and revise your curatorial statements through a writing exercise.

the final project will be due a week from today: MONDAY, SEP. 28