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Design Camp 08: It’s a wrap…

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:20:54 +0000

Design Camp 08: Parent’s visit…

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:20:19 +0000

As conclusion to the week… a small exhibit of all student work was made for parents to see and for the students to pick up their projects to take them home.

Design Camp 08: Projections

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:12:03 +0000

Some of the projections of the collaborative posters…

Design Camp 08: Collaborative Posters

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:11:09 +0000

Here are all 15 posters that were designed by all the groups who attended graphic design from wednesday thru friday. Every one of these was made by 4 student groups.

Design Camp 08: Airplane design

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:07:43 +0000

A little afternoon break… Since students basically worked on the poster from 12:30 – 4:00pm… around 3:00pm I had a little exercise where we sent airplanes over into the landscape architecture area. Landscape never retaliated… hehehe

Design Camp 08: Working on Poster

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:59:58 +0000

As soon as the ideation session was complete, and without giving them a second to cool down, students were instantly informed of their afternoon project. As a team, they had to design a poster and they had to follow two guidelines:

• The poster had to announce a new feature of the CAM museum
• Each team member had to be traced onto the posters

I was very happy to see how this project got groups working together almost instantly. The engagement level was very high and the atmosphere just felt positive all time around.

Design Camp 08: Post-Its

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:42:24 +0000

One thing that remained consistent, even in the new daily strategy, was the ideation session. Rules were the same as in the previous two days, and the results were equally outstanding.

Design Camp 08: DVD Covers

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:38:53 +0000

These are some of the DVD Covers designed by the students during the last three days of camp. Half of the samples are scanned directly from their work, while the other half is photographed inside a case (you know, to give it a more realistic look). Most of the movies should be easily recognized, and those that are not, may just need a bit of a creative push… :)

Design Camp 08: Working on DVD Case

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:17:58 +0000

In this new version of my camp session, students now designed the cover for a DVD of their choosing. It was very interesting to see the movies that this generation cited… (I felt a bit old)

Design Camp 08: A small change…

Alberto Rigau — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:12:56 +0000

Well, after the first two days of design camp, I decided to make a change in strategy. In retrospect, I wonder how many of my concerns were legitimate, or me just being hard on myself, but no matter the case, the end result came out for the best. During the last three days I had the students design a DVD cover in the morning, then we would break for lunch, come back, work on the ideation session, and a collaborative poster. The results were amazing…