Lesson #3: Design symbols and pictographs
Part of the unit: Designing Environmental Awareness Posters |
LESSON
Materials
Charley Harper, ¢ pencils, ¢ camera, ¢ various posters/signs with logos
Resources
- design sketchbooks
- Logo Book (EGo The Difference Between Telling & Selling).
- Olympic Posters,
Show sketches from designers that have led to finished designs ( EGO The Difference Between Telling & Selling).
- Why do you think graphic designers make sketches before creating their final image?
- Where do you think designers get their ideas from? (imagination, life, photographic resources, etc.)
Ask students to display their work on a large table or at the front of the room.
Discuss the work by asking students to select some images in which the theme is easily recognizable.
- What has the student done to simplify the image?
- Should the image be changed to make it more recognizable? If so, what would you suggest?
Visit a local graphic artist or view a video about a graphic designer (video on Paula Scher - AIGA website dsigner video series: http://hillmancurtis.com/hcweb/film_video.shtml_
- What did you like about this designer's work? dislike?
- Where can this artist's design work be seen?
- How did the artist come up with his/her ideas?
- How is their process similar to yours?
- How is it different?