Session 1: Today I will be passing around design books for you browse and find examples that will apply to Inspiration Exercise #1.

Inspiration Exercise #1: “Found in print”
Points: 1 (toward participation total)
Due: Week 2, Session 2

Description:
Browse the book you received in class today and scan in three to five images that you find inspirational. Be prepared to explain what it is that attracted you to the images. Consider attributes of the Gestalt theory of perception that we discussed in DIMA 256 including proximity, similarity, continuity, common fate, closure, figure and ground, symmetry/surroundedness, and prägnanz. Later we will use electronic resources to find examples of inspiration. This exercise is designed to briefly steer you away from screens. You may use a flatbed scanner or mobile device app such as Photoscan to scan the images. Upload your scans to Canvas before class on week 2, session 2.

Critique #2: Isolated Example of Prior Work
Points: 1 (toward participation total)
Due: Week 1, Session 3

Description:
Submit an isolated example of prior work that you have created. During the critique we will identify way in which the piece can be improved and made “portfolio ready.” Submit your examples on Canvas as either links to sites or videos, or uploaded as PDFs, PNGs, and/or JPGs.

Session 2: Today we will look at your examples in Inspiration Exercise #1: “Found in Print.”

Session 3: Critique #2: Isolated Example of Prior Work