PART A:
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FIELDS OF DESIGN PRACTICE
MESSSAGES
OBJECTS
ENVIRONMENTS
INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES
Jessica Walsh: Case Study - Example
Jessica Walsh: Case Study - Example
Jessica Walsh's website &WALSH - View Walsh's current folio of selected works.
Interview: Art, Advocacy, & Developing a Creative Agency - Great interview about Walsh's career & ideology.
Interview: Design won't change the world - Interview with Walsh on her practice.
Walsh's Work Show cases: Behance,
Video: Sagmeister & Walsh: Discussion of their approach to design with a sense of play is a great introduction to their design process. Shows how the firm uses Adobe in their process, sharing with colleagues, and communicating design aspects.
Video: Jessica Walsh - Like Knows Like - Walsh reflects on personal and professional experiences, including growing up in a business-oriented environment, moving to New York to pursue a career in design, and establishing a partnership with Stefan Sagmeister. The influence of surrealism and personal dreams on her creative process is highlighted. Additionally, the discussion touches on the challenges of balancing client work with personal projects. Fun extra: Watch Sagmeister & Walsh in action in a design task
Video: Taking a Graphic Design Walk with Jessica Walsh - Walsh attends a graphic design awards show & talks through a range of the design. It's beneficial to see how designers discuss, analyze, and assess the quality of works of design.
SELECTING DESIGNERS
Miro Boards: Messages | Objects | Environments | Interactive Experiences - Use the links here to view the designers that the class researched in 2024.
Research Page Link: Use this link to visit this site's research page, which contains a range of designers to research.
Text Book: The textbooks provided in the classroom have a range of designer case studies that you can use. These are detailed and contain most of the information required to complete U3 O1 effectively.
Abstract: The Art of Design
Abstract: The Art of Design
Select a designer of note from Abstract - The Art of Design on Netflix
The First Series is on Youtube for free, and Season 2 can be streamed if you have a Netflix account.
S1.E1 ∙ Christoph Niemann: Illustration - Messages - an illustrator working in various publications such as the New Yorker to Instagram.
S1.E3 ∙ Es Devlin: Stage Design - Environments - known for her brilliant and evocative work in the fields of theater, opera, pop music, television, dance, runway shows and film.
S1.E4 ∙ Bjarke Ingels: Architecture - Environments - his buildings embody a new, radical and Utopian vision of what the mission of architecture is.
S1.E8 ∙ Ilse Crawford: Interior Design - Environments - She designs spaces ranging from high-end hotels to Ikea furniture which engage the senses and promote well-being.
S2.E2 ∙ Neri Oxman: Bio-Architecture - Environments - An architect with a focus on merging the natural and the built world.
S2.E4 ∙ Cas Holman: Design for Play - Objects - A product designer who thinks about play in totally new and unique ways. Big focus on human-centred design.
S2.E5 ∙ Ian Spalter: Digital Product Design - Experiences - Worked for some of the largest and most influential companies in the digital space. A fantastic insight into the methods, practices, and thinking of an experiential designer..
TASKS:
Task 1: Select TWO designers from 2 different Fields of Design Practice that you are interested in studying.
Task 2: Complete some basic primary research to help determine that these are viable candidates for you to study these designers, ensuring you are able to find detailed information about their design practices.
Task 3: Understanding the design process. Print & annotate a double diamond diagram. Annotate the diagram with the practices and processes of each designer at each key stage of the double diamond design process.
Task 4: Research: Generate at least one page visual note taking per designer you have selected.
Use a wide range of of resources to study the designers you have selected. Generate a bibliography of sources to place on the adjacent page. These may be links to websites & videos, books, magazine articles, etc. Attribute the sources with the titles of the site, program, article, Author, publishing date, and any other relevant information, based on the source.
Task 5: Write descriptive paragraphs about each designers' practices.
Task 2: Conduct Preliminary Research into selected designers. Handwritten notes, placed in folio.
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