Project #3- Design as Communication: Representing Things & Ideas

With this project we are taking one object and exploring it in as many ways as we can.  The objective is to make a grid poster with 16 different representations that range from concrete to abstract, and iconic to symbolic, so as you move across the grid, the representations move from a realistic physical representation, to a more figurative representation.

But we have to explore each of the 16 categories more than just coming up with one example for each, because we have to have some sort of variety to chose from for the final poster, so that we are able to portray our object in the best way.

So by the end of the project we will have at least 20 examples for each of the following categories:

01  find or take a photo that best describes your object

02  must be gestural

03  must be painterly - system of thick and thin strokes, calligraphic

04  must be graphical: use only right angles, straight lines and

(once on computer use only two stroke widths)
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05  must use only circles, triangles or squares

06  you must use the photocopier + cut/paste paper by hand

07  use alternate marking tool, nothing traditional

(no pencil/pen, brush, marker)

08  must convey a specific meaning (use only one line)

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09  must convey a specific meaning (a functional characteristic)
10  must express the texture of your thing

11  must a hybrid: select best expression make "nirvana";

form that feels right.

12  must create an index of your object
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13  must convey a specific meaning

(an adjective symbolically attached)

14  must be radical an extreme abstraction of another; bizarre

15  must explore making marks on "another surface";

(no laser printer paper)

16  must be entirely typographic

(use a word that sums up your object, real or made-up)