Thursday March 3rd 2011 (Making Bacon)

Hey everyone,another blog post is here for you to read and enjoy my thoughtful words and well in case you missed class i guess?

For Starters.

We had out usual Thursday quiz on our readings. That went well everyone scored about average considering some people didn’t read the readings. (me) These are the books we’re reading. If you need to get a hold of them they can be found in the CVA library.

Second.

We talked about the expectations for the current assignment and reviewed the previous assignment. We talked about the things that were successful in the previous assignment that we should continue to do or even expand on. Some of those points were to have all the boards unified and have a standardized layout with titles on each board, hand in the assignments in 17″ x 22″ envelopes with out names on them, make sure craftsmanship is pristine, use backing boards (Bristol) when mounting, have a complete documentation of research and inspiration, and also show some exploration into different approaches or ideas you had. Here are some great examples from the class.

Annie's Groups Tskflow

Christina's Homepage

Adam's Groups Wire frame

Christina's Recipe Page

Lastly.

Continue to work on the current assignment and have more layouts, wire-frames, and designs to show for class. Document all research and exploration and try to make something that will wow everyone. The final mounted boards are due on Thursday this week (03.10.11). After that we’re free to enjoy a well needed spring break and relax for a week before we come back and finish up the semester.

Here is a very well illustrated and thoughtful video on what motivates us. I thought it might tie in nicely because its talks about how what motivates creative ideas, and since we’re all creative people here I thought you all might enjoy it.

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