RAP / Reading

Research Assignment
 

Readings will be required through first half of the semester, giving students critical insight into the creative process.

Each week, two to four students will be assigned to present a topic about research, analysis and synthesis in the assigned reading material. Students will present : 

• What it is,
• What it can do
• How it is used
• When it is used

Make your presentation as engaging and informative as possible, by including supplemental information, such as case studies. The presentation should be about 5 to 10 minutes.

Schedule

Week 1 – 2 / August 30 – September 6

Graphic Design Thinking, Page 6 to 34

Presentation

1. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Research / Sophie Fu
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Research / Maura Kelly

Week 2 – 3 / September 6 – 13

Basic Graphic Design 02: Design Research, Page 36 to 67

Presentation

1. Audience and Social Context (Local Global, Identity & Intersections)/ Haleigh McMackin
2. Design Context (Aesthetics, Style, and Semiotics)/ Ally Bechtold

Week 3 – 4 / September 13 – 20

No Reading Assignment

Week 4 – 5 / September 20 –  27

Basic Graphic Design 02: Design Research, Page 68 to 125

Presentation

1. Questionnaires / Judy Dai
2. Interview / Yiying Zhou
3. Ethonography / Penny Dasi-Sutton
4. SWOT Analysis / Zoe Wollman

Week 5 – 6 / September 27 – October 4

Visual Research, Page 88 to 109

Basic Graphic Design 02: Design Research, Page 134 to 185

Presentation

1. Categorization (Typology) / Kina Qiu
2. LATCH Theory / Varun Mundra
3. Moodbboards / Sofiya Babenko

Week 6 – 7 / October 4 – 11

Basic Graphic Design 02: Design Research, Page 134 to 185

Presentation

1. Experimentation / Evelyn Jenson
2. Iterative Design / Fangyi Yang
3. Data Visualization / Xinyi Wang
4. Narrative / Crystal Pan

Week 7 – 8 / October 11 – 18

Mid-Term

No presentation

The Storm of Creativity, by Kyna Leski

Week 8 – 9 / October 18 – 25

TBD

Week 9 – 10 / October 25 – November 1

TBD

Week 10 – 11 / November 1 – 8

TBD

Week 11 – 12 / November 8 – 15

TBD

Week 12 – 13 / November 15 – 29

TBD

Week 13 – 14 / November 29 – December 6

TBD

Week 14 – 15 / December 6 – 13

TBD

Required Reading

Supplemental Reading