Monday, 25 February 2019

OUGD406 MODULE BRIEF

25 FEB 2019
design practice 1

  • by the end of the week —> 3 maps idea
  • tue —> half day 
  • thurs, fri —> split 
  • 6 weeks, break up for easter on 5APR
  • holiday starts on 16 MAY 

TASK
  • professionally produced final outcome —> design boards 
  • any format, production method 
  • displayed at the end of year exhibition 
  • MAKE 3 MAPS BY THE END OF THE WEEK 
  • crit on monday + make it physically + development, experimentation on sketchbook
  • then develop 

  • (SB2) brand identity for exhibition —> design boards

submission
  • blog everything
  • a printed map (A0/ folded/ compressed/ binded)
  • 6 design boards 
  • sketchbook 

WHAT IS A MAP?
  • diagrammatic representation of physical feature: cities, roads
  • a street map

PRESENTATION
  • challenge the idea of what a map is
  • Hours May Vary (mapping exhibition 5th-11th apr) 
  • app: STRAVA
  • film: 

How would you challenge the idea of what a map?
what tools will u use to map your route?
mapping a place? a conversation? the wind? the fog? something mundane? make a piece of music out of a map? sth physical? emotions? people? type in LEEDS? 
something really focused 
drain cover? windows? experience-based 
a soundtrack/ video to go with your map? 
smells? 

how do you present the info?
  • printed map
  • packaged
  • vinyl stickers?
  • how you use symbols? 
  • documenting sth?
  • leaving sth behind that environment?
  • interactive map?
  • recreate/ remap historical events?
  • colour wall? capture everything in blue? 
  • ref: CHRIS KENNY, Neida Sa
  • ref: situations international (1957)
  • how do you engage with the environment in a diff way


FINAL: MONDAY 1ST APRIL

WHAT TO DO TODAY

  • divide into 2 pairs
  • walk in different directions 
  • phone the other pairs 
  • 10 min walk in one direction 
  • turn your way back following the same route 
  • one person photographs
  • one person draws 

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