Sunday, November 15, 2009

Graphic Design Field Assignments 1

Carry out any one of the following assignments every two weeks. All work must be your own.




  1. Paper Fetish – a piece that uses/emphasises the qualities of paper
  2. Letraset – Create a composition using only letraset
  3. Signage – Create and install a sign in a public location for a good purpose
  4. Complaint – create and install a complaint at the site where it is relevant
  5. Postcard – create and send a postcard to a classmate
  6. Typographic Tattoo – Create a tattoo design worthy of a typophile
  7. Tiny Book – create a tiny, bound book
  8. Dance Moves – Design a graphic for a new dance move
  9. Instruction – Create an instruction for a routine that only you do
  10. Nutrition Facts – create and install a nutrition facts label in a context that could use it
  11. Calligraphy – try calligraphy
  12. Stencil – Create a photo-based stencil
  13. You are here – create an explanatory plaque for an obscure location
  14. Pulp – Make some paper
  15. Comic Mashup – reorganize the plot of an existing comic
  16. Forgery – Create a convincing replica of someone else's handwriting. Present the original as well.
  17. Found Lettering – Create a photo-based ransom note
  18. Made Lettering – Make a word or short statement using only found materials
  19. Defend a font – champion your favorite font
  20. Demolish a font – critique, attack, and otherwise skewer a font that you hate
  21. Spaghetti Os – Make and photograph a statement using edible letters
  22. Illustrate this – create an illustration of a close friend in under 10 minutes
  23. Personal Map – make a map for someone
  24. Public - Create a collage using public event posters
  25. Golden Mean - Find two objects whose shape relative to one another fits the golden ratio
  26. Blindness – Modify an existing package to be useable for a blind person
  27. Shadows – Create an illustration using shadows
  28. Humiliating pattern – create a fabric or wallpaper pattern that speaks to humiliation

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