Class Activity

In class on Monday, we were asked to create a piece of art using objects that were given to us, as well as objects we brought.

I found this exercise to be very interesting. Not knowing before hand what to expect, it was fun seeing what other people brought to contribute to the piece. Our creative process, was move away from the rest of the class and do something 'unique' and different from what everyone else was doing. Then we started to brainstorm about what we could do with our objects. We thought about what we wanted to do, we then started to create and put stuff together and then we decided what to leave on and what to take out.

This exercise really played into the idea that design is a conversation. People must discuss what is going to happen with the design, as well as talk about how the design is going to communicate with others. The design in the end has to communicate an idea to its audience. The audience should be able to tell what the design is about, or what message it is trying to portray. If it does not fulfill these two things, perhaps the design is overdone? Or perhaps the design does not have a clear message because of the lack of communication of the designers?

Even though the project was supposed to be abstract, we came up with a great idea that a girl was going to a party (hence the letter) and her process of getting ready, and how crazy the party was. But even though we had a concept, the design was abstract enough to let the viewer have a "conversation" with the piece and decide for themselves.