Role
Design 135
Principal Instructor
2007-2010
Summary
In a 3 year time span, I instructed 11 sections of Design 135. I developed my own curriculum based on what I believe to be the core of design and creativity.
Design 135 is a 3 credit course open to non BFA/BDes students. The primary role of the class beyond instructing on the fundamentals of design is to prepare students who are interested in applying to the BFA/BDes program, by building a portfolio. Students from other faculties take this course as an option to fulfill general first year arts credits. As such, the talent and interest level in the subject matter is extremely varied.
I instruct how I live: freely, openly and passionately.
Experience
I didn't know how to be a good designer until I could teach it.
Projects
Project 1a & 1b - Proportionate values and compositional strategy.
Project 1c - Figure/ground relationships.
Projects 1d & 1e - Modularity and complex systems.
Project 2a - Branded imagery and visual language.
Project 2b - Branded imagery and visual language.
Project 3a - Color study in complimentary & split complimentary.
Project 3b - Color study in open schematics, maximum 3 colors.
Project 4a - Historic implications/styling poster design (image dominant).
Project 4b - Historic implications/styling poster design (text dominant).
Project 5a - Isometric drawing (object).
Project 5b - Axonometric drawing (object).
Project 6a - Skeletal structure overlay.
Project 6b - Communicating through drawing.
Project 6c - Creative coloured illustration.
Project 7a - Isometric drawing (monument to classmate).
Project 7b - Axonometric drawing (monument to classmate) color rendered.
Project 8 - Scale matt board model.
Examples
The following are examples of 2 students work from my Design 135 Section S4 class (winter session 2010). It was a great pleasure to instruct both of these talented young men and my thanks goes out to them for their permission to use their work as examples of my curriculum.
