Key Chain Design

Overview

The key chain design project is an introductory graphic design project developed to introduce students to the principles of design, color psychology, color theory, image editing software, and desktop publishing software. As with other design projects completed in class, students will follow the design process to complete this project. After developing a problem statement for this project, students will complete a number of guided research exercises; including a few tutorials to introduce them to the software we will be using: PagePlus. After researching and the tutorials have been completed, students will move on to brainstorming. All design projects in Tech Ed require a minimum number of possible ideas to be sketched. One will be selected and a clean drawing will be created. From there students move on to actually creating the design. A template will be used to ensure the size is correct for the key chain blanks we will use. Completed files will be submitted through Google Classroom and will be printed as soon as a number of projects have been submitted. (Please note: it is likely that projects not submitted by the due date will not be printed until another class is printing designs to sublimate. The process uses specially formulated paper and ink that is costly, so designs are always nested to maximize efficiency and lower costs.) The final step is to complete a design analysis, which again, will be located in Google Classroom. This is a fun unique project where students can really show-off their creativity! The design brief and the grading rubric for this project can be viewed below. Additionally, some research information has been compiled on this site. Click here to access information about graphic design. Click here to see some good and not so good examples.