day 6, sep. 28 📦
agenda 📜
- 1📌 pin and walkabout
- 2🏆 final review for unit 9!
- 3✍️ due next class
pin and walkabout 📌
pin up your work, and then we’ll do a walkabout to see work from across all sections!
things you should have printed 📃
- 1your two posters, printed in color at 24"x36" and trimmed
- 2your artist statement, printed at 8.5"x11"
- 3your public proposal rendering, printed in color at 8.5"x11"
final review for unit 9! 🏆
today, we finish unit 9! we’ll spend today critiquing your two posters.
before we begin, why are we doing this? ❓
let’s have a discussion!
- 1what’s the point of critique?
- 2what kinds of things can (or should) we critique?
- 3what guidelines (or rules) can we set for each other?
be objective 👀
describe form ⭕️
- →typography
- →color
- →composition (arrangement, scale)
- →rhythm (energy)
- →density (positive and negative space)
- →image treatments (filters, framing, orientation)
- →texture
- →dimensionality (depth)
- →ratio of type vs. image
- →legibility
describe content 🔤
- →subject matter
- →tone
- →images
- →writing style
- →annotation style
- →reading experience and flow
- →depth (of information)
- →audience
be subjective 🎨
analyze something 🧪
- →what’s the first thing you think of when you see each poster?
- →what do the posters mean?
- →who are the posters speaking to?
- →what’s the most important part of each poster?
- →what emotions do you feel when you look at each poster?
give your opinion 💬
- →which poster do you like better?
- →how long would you want to spend looking at each poster?
- →what’s your favorite part of each poster?
- →which part do you find least interesting?
- →is the poster achieving what the artist statement says?
suggest possibilities 🔮
- →what could you add or remove?
- →where else could you display this poster?
- →what could you change about each poster’s design?
- →what could a third poster be?
let’s determine crit order! 🏁
you will be democratically deciding the order you’ll critique in.
line yourselves up in the order you want to present.
why should you go earlier? 🐇
- →you want a fresh read on your work, without too much comparison to other student projects.
- →you’re anxious about crit and want to get it over with.
- →you’re feeling high energy and ready to go.
- →you think your work could raise the energy of the room.
why should you go later? 🐢
- →you want your peers to have some experience with crit before giving you feedback.
- →you want deeper feedback that hasn’t already been given.
- →you want to see how other crits go so that you can optimize your feedback.
- →you’re feeling a little sleepy and need some time to build up energy.
once you’ve lined yourselves up, i’ll write down the crit order.
a note on taking notes 📝
it’s difficult to take notes while getting critiqued. so, everyone will be assigned a note taker. everyone will be a note taker at least once today!
your note taker will be the person that is 6 slots after your in the crit order. so, if you’re going first, your note taker will be going seventh. if there is no one 6 slots ahead of you, we’ll wrap back to the beginning.
we’ll identify the note taker right before each crit.
due next class ✍️
on wednesday, you start a new project. nothing is due, so give yourselves some time to rest now that you finished up the first unit.
revising work ↪️
i will be evaluating all your work 1 week from today. that means that everything needs to be uploaded in your student work folder by then, as well as your progress documented on the figjam board.
you are welcome to revise your work during that time frame. if you are revising your work, email to let me know!
further revisions ⏳
beyond this timeframe, i’m going to allow you to revise and resubmit this project up until the final review for unit 11.
if you revise your work later this semester, once again please email me to let me know!! otherwise, i’ll never know you revised and you won’t get an updated grade.
next project 🏘️
we begin unit 10 on wednesday. this unit will involve working in groups (across all sections) on a mapping and data visualization project.
in advance of wednesday, start thinking about who you want to be in a group with! you do NOT need to make a group before class, there will be time during class to finalize your groups!
details:
- 1your groups must contain exactly 3 people.
- 2you should try to create a group that balances your creative and technical skillsets.
- 3you should strive to create a group including peers from other sections.