Design Camp : 2008

This past week Marty (my classmate) and I taught at a week long design camp (sponsored by the College of Design and CAM). There were 80 high school students (upcoming juniors and seniors) split into 5 different groups. Each day they participated in a different workshop such as; architecture, landscape design, industrial design, animation and finally us...graphic design. So, that means we taught the same day long project for 5 days in a row, but to different students each day.

All the design projects were structured around the future contemporary art museum in Raleigh to be opened in 2009 (CAM). We took phrases from their mission statement and each student randomly selected that phrase to be used for their graphic design project. Each student completed three compositions representing, relating, or opposing the phrase they had. These were:

1-digital typographic composition using Adobe Illustrator
2-hand done/lettering composition
3-cut/paste/analog visual composition using icons, patterns, color

We scanned each student's work in..all by 3 pm. The rest of the day two students, at a time, paired up to project their work in a "photo/projection studio" Marty and I constructed (with Robert's help). For example, one student would project their type piece and layer it over another student's image composition. In the projects they adjusted scale and cropping to achieve yet another composition, we then photographed each one.

There were several students that had never have any design, computer, or art experience and it was great to see them interact in the production of this project. We enjoyed it as well and the final outcomes turned out amazing...it I do say so myself.

Design Camp Brief