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Poster
The Museum of Ordinary Things
MUSEUM of ORDINARY THINGS
This was the first project for my student teaching internship in Graphic Design Studio 1. The students should have had roughly two years of design classes prior to taking this one. The students were instructed to choose an object that was ordinary. There was a lot of liberty taken by the students as to what that would mean. The professor and I had to explain that although yes, today almost everyone in the United States has a computer, it is by no means “ordinary”.
After an appropriate object was chosen, the students were then to create a logo for their museum and determine wether or not the poster would be for the particular object or just an overall poster for the museum. All of them chose to have a OBJECTIVE:
poster for their object. It was around this time that students participation began to wane. As a student teacher, I prodded
The Museum of Ordinary Things in New York City celebrates the design of
them along on facebook knowing that they all were active on the site anyway. I also created a class blog that had articles
basic items used in daily life, such as staplers, paper clips, dust bins and
that were a bit lengthier to provide them with inspiration.
coffee pots. Students will design a unique 17" x 22" poster for the museum, advertising either the museum in general or a specific, temporary exhibit.
It was clear at this point that some students needed additional help. We set up additional office hours and held online oneon-one sessions. I found one of the most difficult parts of teaching is not art directing the students into a good portfolio
The poster is meant for display in subways, bus stops, airports, and other
piece, but asking the right questions to the students to get them to discover the answers for themselves.
public places around New York City. The target audience consists of visitors to New York City as well as residents in search of fun activities for a rainy afternoon. The poster’s purpose is to inspire people to visit the museum.
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Logo design: Nichole Luckie, Spring 2011
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Poster
The Museum of Ordinary Things
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Brochure
New Television Channel
After the poster project, the students were to apply what they had learned into a brochure. It seemed a natural progression. A single page design led to applying visual execution across several pages. Students had to not only come up with the new channel, but then also design a logo and a sales brochure for the channel.
Students had a great time coming up with ideas for a new channel trying to find shows or channels that were not already in existence but also that they would be interested in watching. It was tough to keep them all from doing some sort of pet channel - it was in most concepts. OBJECTIVE: Design a 6- to 8-page, large-scale consumer brochure to promote a new cable
Concept and development went fine for the participants. Most showed an aptitude for developing new ideas and an inter-
television channel of your own creation. The goal of the brochure is to get the
est in exploring other options within those concepts. However, when it came time to layout the brochure, most students
television-viewing public to watch programs on your new channel.
followed the sizing that the strongest student was using. Only one ventured outside of the layout they seemed comfortable with even when the professor and myself expressed concern over the appropriateness of a simple roll-fold. We encouraged
Students will create and/or collect the images for your own brochure. Students
them about how much mail they already received on a daily basis and try to make this stand out from the other mail.
will either write your own copy or borrow from other sources and cite with Students in this class showed signs of struggling with layout, hierarchy and visual execution. Students repeatedly had to be
footnotes and/or credits.
admonished for putting type in boxes, using several different types of imagery.
Logo design: Katherine Fiete, Spring 2011
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Brochure
New Television Channel
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Magazine
Magazine Layout Design
The magazine project ended up being a lot of fun and a good way to end the quarter for the students. They once again enjoyed the concept and development part of the process. Students at this point were very open to discussing ideas with each other and were able to engage in meaningful critiques of one another’s ideas without being superficial or hurtful.
The most difficult part of this project for the students was finding meaningful and powerful images to express their ideas and values that their magazine would have. Some students attempted their own photo shoots with varied results, but the effort was appreciated and rewarded. Choosing appropriate typography has become an issue for the students also. They OBJECTIVE:
frequently mixed too many typefaces or used inappropriate ones. Guiding students to the concepts that typeface choice
Students are to conceptualize a new magazine and design a logo, cover, con-
will leave an impression on the reader seemed to be an entirely new concept to most.
tents page, and 2-page spread for a feature article. The final project for many turned out excellent. I credit the students with listening to each other and using their designers eyes when looking at the overall layout. Students that had difficulty with the brochure design on the last project, took the critiques given to their final designs and applied the techniques with gusto on this project.
Logo design: Jessica Goldsberry, Spring 2011
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Magazine
Magazine Layout Design
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Magazine
Magazine Layout Design
NICHOLE LUCKIE, SPRING 2011
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Magazine Layout Design
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