We have hit the halfway point for the studio. It has been an exciting and intense 3 weeks. This coming Monday, the students will be presenting their concept plans. So to help them get ready we took time on Friday to just talk about the power of concept plans, the use and ability to quickly sketch and communicate ideas. We took a quick walk to explore a few spaces in town together and relate what we were experiencing to some of our own ideas about our designs. One of our exercises this past week was to give each student 2 minutes to summarize and present their ideas, with no visual aides. Then we asked each other what were the big points of the 2 minute presentation. Each student responded to one another to summarize each other's core ideas and concepts. Friday we completed the same exercise, but this time we spent 5 minutes and drew our concepts on a napkin, stressing the power of concept drawing and sketching, talking about the ability designers have to quickly show and communicate to others, ideas using quick drawings.
Sketching is a powerful tool. The napkin exercise was really well executed by the students. Below are some of their quick renderings of their ideas.
At this mid point in the studio, we are also keeping up with all the good news about The Cut and the great comments and support these types of projects can recieve. Just this Sunday there was another article in the newspaper with many comments of support for The Cut.
After Monday, the students will be working towards their final plans and presentations. They have put in a lot of work to get to where they are now. Heading to the end we stil have a lot to talk about, and even more to do, but we are getting there.
Location:Birmingham,United States
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