Graphic Design 2 | Spring 2020

Week 5

"When things have a meaning for us, we mean what we do: when they do not, we act blindly, unconsciously, unintelligently." ~John Dewey

Purpose

  • Build meaning

In-Class

  1. Build web pages for presentation
  2. Group critique of textual analysis compositions
  3. Introduce Project 2
  4. Google Sites / Google Forms demo

Documentation

  1. Upload final JPG versions of BOTH visual and textual website analysis.
    Upload Project 1 Final Files

Homework

  1. Choose a problem that you think is unsolvable. It may be social, environmental, political, physical, personal or something else. This problem should be important to you and something you think about a lot.
  2. Write up to 500 words about why you chose this problem, why it is meaningful to you, and why you think it  has no solution.
  3. Research and identify 10 (or more!) groups or people who have made a response to your problem.  What have they tried? What is the goal of their response? Did it have an affect?
  4. Create a Google Site to document your research. Cite and include specific language, images, diagrams, maps, or other for each 10 solutions / responses.
  5. Add a Google Form to collect ideas of solutions / responses from others.