Design Homework

Objectives1. Articulate the relationship between cultural context and design innovation andexpression;2. Research designers from historic periods and familiarize yourself with their signatureworks;3. Use the structure of comparison to highlight the similarities and differences betweentwo different types of designed products (buildings, products, graphics and services andsystems);4. Articulate the relationship between cultural context and design innovation andexpression;5. Practice your editing! Convey details in a concise and well-structured story.Understanding more about the people who have contributed to the establishment of the designdisciplines is an important step toward being knowledgeable about design processes andpractices. And as design practices have become more actively entwined with people in general,using well-told stories to communicate messages has become a critical design skill.Evaluation Criteria:Comparison of designers’ works is articulate and imaginative 10 pointsBackground information contextualizes key points 4 pointsAbility of image to illustrate critical comparative point 3 pointsFormat and citations are correct and complete 3 pointsAssignment:Understanding more about the people who have contributed to the establishment of the designdisciplines is an important step toward being knowledgeable about design processes andpractices. And as design practices have become more actively entwined with people in general,using well-told stories to communicate messages has become a critical design skill.Use this opportunity to learn about two designers by comparing one to another anddemonstrate your awareness of how some particular aspect of their design process or a wellknowndesign project for which they have been credited can be explained through animaginative story you create. In this spirit, imagine that you take two of the designers you haveinvestigated to lunch. Describe where the lunch occurs…what would make sense, given thepersonalities involved? What would they eat? Include an image of a significant design associatedwith each of the designers in your essay and use references to it to inform your creativedecisions about the plot.In your story, one of the designers should engage the other by one of the following three ways:1. Telling him/her about how his/her work has been a positive influence on the youngerdesigner (and why);2. Making the point that times have changed, and that new times require exciting newapproaches to design (and why);3. Making the point that what is new can never live up to the quality of what was done inthe past (and why).Frank Lloyd Wright- Architect, Spatial Design/Architecturehttp://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511Michael Graves (1934-2015) USA- Industrial Designhttp://www.world-architects.com/architecture-news/headlines/Michael_Graves_1934_2015_2664I would like you to write about these to designers