Design Assignments

d&ds106 Monster Manual

_cokwr: Take one of the people from ds106 and make them a monster profile a la Gary Gygax's classic 1977 Monster Manual. Make it a playing card, using a series of pre-defined qualities from the manual. You can see an example of this here: http://bavatuesdays.com/the-ds106-99-47-dds106-monster-manual-cogdog/ , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://bavatuesdays.com/files/2011/05/dds106_cogdog_front.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 130, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Exquisite Corpse

_cokwr: This description of the exquisite corpse parlor game is taken from Chapter 9 of the open source textbook "Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design with adobe Creative Suite" - link: http://is.gd/0KDvsj "Exquisite corpse” is a parlor game that the Surrealists developed in 1925. In this game, each player submits images (drawings, paintings, photographs) of heads, torsos, and legs, and they are combined to produce surprising new bodies. We have played this game with students using images of each other that we captured in class on a digital camera, as well as by using images from pop culture, found on the web. Collaging celebrity and politician body parts can provoke thoughtful discussion. Images of students are on the wiki, but it's more fun to try this with pictures of your friends or family! For this assignment you can work with friends, family or just yourself. Make photos of body parts like face, hands, ears, arms, legs, torso (front or back), etc. Use an image editor with layers to combine the separate parts into a surprising new body. If you need help you can follow the tutorial here - http://is.gd/0KDvsj - which includes example files you can practice with, but afterward make your own Exquisite Corpse and share it on your blog., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://art100scc.blogspot.com/search/label/exquisite%20corpse, _chk2m: Cheryl Colan, _ciyn3: 147, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

DaVinci invents the Kitchen Sink

_cokwr: Tell a story by breaking it down into the common elements and themes and recreating it as a sketch. What would a laptop designed by Alexander Graham Bell look like?, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/x__pb_jutlDetail-580x435.png, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 8, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Spreadsheet Invasion

_cokwr: Excel is usually a place where people go to suffer. It is time to reclaim it. Animate a scene using colored Excel cells as your medium. , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: vimeo.com/16845078, _chk2m: Tom Woodward, _ciyn3: 1, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Minimlist Travel Posters Based in Movies

_cokwr: Create a minimalistic travel poster for a location in film, TV series, etc. Look at these awesome examples using the various locations in the original Star Wars trilogy: http://screenrant.com/sr-pick-minimalist-star-wars-travel-posters-robf-44551/, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/bespin-cloud-city-travel-poster-570x880.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 57, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

WIRED Feature – What’s Inside You?

_cokwr: Based on the regular Wired magazine feature "What's Inside" found in the paper version of the periodical. (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull) Create a what's inside poster all about you. Make it humorous, make it serious, extra points if you can turn it into a formidable replacement for your CV! , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=1752, _chk2m: Ben Rimes, _ciyn3: 150, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Design an Invoice

_cokwr: Create an invoice for a transaction that has happened in a film, TV series, etc. For example, Boba fett's invoice to Jabba the Hutt for capturing Han Solo see http://geek-tasticcom.blogspot.com/2010/10/ever-wonder-what-standard-rate-is-for.html, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.geek-tastic.com/storage/invoice.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 58, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Infographic Life

_cokwr: First, begin by spending a set period of time documenting things about your life. How much coffee are you drinking each day? How many miles do you walk/ride/drive to work/school/bars? You can use http://www.daytum.com to capture this data, or go old school with pen and paper. Now, take inspiration from infographics all over the web, including the Feltron Annual Report, and create something beautiful and interesting from all that data., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://feltron.com/ar10_04.html, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 52, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

I Can Read Movies

_cokwr: Create a film-based book cover using the aesthetic framed by Spacesick here: http://spacesick.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-can-read-movies-series.html See the original images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacesick/sets/72157614482499746/with/3198823976/ , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3276447572_ba2af80e03_m.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 55, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Movie Fortunes

_cokwr: Design some fortunes for hypothetical fortune cookies that characters from a book, movie, or series of books or movies could have gotten during their escapades., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tempestuousseas/5429518741/, _chk2m: Tempest, _ciyn3: 59, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: