photography and environmental design

Students have been learning about elements of effective photography.  So far, students have been defining and taking photographs of subjects that demonstrate rule of thirds, balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry, patterns, varying viewpoints, backgrounds, depth, framing, cropping, and experimentation.  Students combined their findings into collages and we used a gallery walk to walk around and see what we came up with.

Next, we are going to look at some examples of environmental design.  We will use google image searches and also look at some time-lapse videos of Kyle Steeds murals to get some ideas of what environmental design is.  Students will then come up with an idea of a design of their own, and will eventually Photoshop it into a photograph of a boring area that they took with digital cameras.  Students have been doing a good job with this project so far, and I'm excited to see the work as it gets completed.

week 5: infographics

This week we need to finish up with our typography work and get it all posted to our portfolios, then we will be ready to move on to infographics.  Students will be looking at some examples of infographics and will find where they are all used in the business world.  We will then research a topic of our choice, and put together an infographic that summarizes our findings.  We are at mid-term grade posting time, so students need to be sure they have everything in their portfolios and turned in.

week 4: Typography

Graphic design students have finished up with their business stationery, and are getting ready to put together their branding guides to wrap up our identity design units.  The next thing we will start learning about is Typography.  Students will look at some examples of well-known typography designers, then will put together several small projects of their own.  We will wrap up this section with the creation of creative word art.