Course instructors:
Gediminas Kirdeikis, Aya Voisnis, Anton Ljungdell, Elin Daun, Johannes Ellebrant
Course Schedule:
09.18 Monday:
10:00-10:40 Course introduction (over Zoom)
11:00-12:45 Tutorial Photoshop (over Youtube)
14:00-17:00 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
09.19 Tuesday:
09:00-10:45 Tutorial Illustrator (over Youtube)
11:00-12:45 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
14:00-17:00 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
09.20 Wednesday:
09:00-10:45 Tutorial InDesign (over Youtube)
11:00-12:45 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
14:00-14:30 Lecture by Elin Daun
15:00-17:00 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
09.21 Thursday:
11:00-18:00 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
09.22 Friday:
11:00-17:00 Open Work Session / Supervision (GoogleDoc helplist)
17:00 (Sharp) - Digital Hand-in to Canvas
Course description:
During this course the students will learn basic techniques within the Adobe Package aimed towards representation of solid surface geometry. The tasks of this course can be partitioned into these segments:
- Each student chooses a hard-surface item, which has more than 1 moving part. The object should not be larger than 50x50x50cm. Item examples: Wine bottle opener, Stapler, Fan, Adjustable lamp arm etc.
- The object is photographed in a controlled environment. Indoors, single colour background, clear angle of the light source, etc.
- By using Adobe Photoshop on the photographs, the students generate graphics which should represent the characteristics of the object, the way it moves/transforms and so on. These graphics can be more abstract, but should still have understandable content. There are NO strict guidelines for the content and aesthetics of this task, you should develop your own approach/style.
- By using Adobe Illustrator the students will create diagrams showing the principles behind objects movement in a more technical way. The diagrams, while informative, can also be stylized.
- By using Adobe InDesign the graphics generated by the use of previous two programs will be merged into one cohesive 2-page document.
Deliverables:
- Single PDF named LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME.pdf uploaded via Canvas. The PDF will be the same file exported out of InDesign.
The deadline for PDF upload is one week after the end of the course –
September 29th, Friday 17:00 (Sharp). If the deadline is missed, the next window for a handin will be during the next kompliteringsperiod.
Note: There will be no public review, the course Pass/Fail evaluation together with credits are going to be issued in respect to the hand-in PDF requirement fulfillment as well as the quality at which the requirements have been fulfilled. If you would prefer to have your project evaluated by course teachers, write an e-mail to gediminas.kirdeikis@arkitektur.lth.se within 1 week after submission. You will receive an official evaluation PDF grading each aspect of the project from 0 to 10 together with free-form notes. Late submission is only permitted if the student has been sick and has a documented note from a doctor.
Previous student work examples:
Pontus
Axel
Saga
Petra
Additional resources / useful links:
Adobe account information from LTH
IT Department E-mail: servicedesk@lu.se
Playlist: "Cool Buildings that I like"
Bjarke Ingels Group - well crafted minimalistic diagrams
More abstract drawings of Zaha Hadid
Diagrams and Drawings of Peter Eisenman
Photoshop and Illustrator work done by Maciej Kuciara
Beautiful graphics by Julien Pacaud
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Laptop specification guidelines
Help-list for students can be found here:
AADA01 Helplist
AADA01 FAQ
Course Tutorial video:
Tutorial 1: Photoshop
Tutorial 2: Illustrator
Tutorial 2.5: Illustrator misc.
Tutorial 3: InDesign
Good talks:
Course coordinators' email:
gediminas.kirdeikis@arkitektur.lth.se
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