Simona M. JosanTeaching Portfolio Fall 2011

1511: Drawing

1521: 2D Design

2D Design Fall 2011

1. Directed Sketchbook

2. 2. Project “ A Moment in Time”

3. Project “Call and Response”

4. Project “ Personal Collection”

1.Directed Sketchbook

Independent explorations of relationships between material, mark, surface, and content, along with explorations of the principles of design:

-balance

-emphasis

-proportion

-tension

-direction

-rhythm

-unity

-figure-ground

2. Project “A Moment in Time”Objective:

• Record an instant in time, and represent it in 5 abstract variations/ points of view/ aspects

• Record the details of a moment accurately, profoundly, objectively/ subjectively using value, texture, composition

• Construct meaning by employing a reoccurring motif/ rhythm / element apparent in all 5 images, and by creatively applying principles of design

Process and techniques:

• Xerox transfer along with drawing and painting

• Cut and torn paper collage

• Basic accordion book structure

Artists reviewed: Pipilotti Rist, Mark Lewis, Douchamp, Umberto Boccioni

2. Project “Call and Response”Objectives:• Explore commercial graphic design and printed matter, along with researching

the history of social and political poster• Create two posters that react to each other’s message, one from the

perspective of an authority figure/ entity (i.e. government), and one from the perspective of a reactionary/ rebellious voice (i. e. Occupy Wall street)

• Consider distribution avenues and select the appropriate production medium that best communicates the poster’s message : digital print or linocut

• Use in-depth research of aspecific social/political message in order to develop a powerful and poignant design; understand the psychology of propaganda

Process and techniques:• Digital technologies - Illustrator and Photoshop• Printmaking – Linocut

Artists and Movements reviewed: Constructivism, Milton Glaser, NSK, Shepard Fairey, Adbusters

3. Project “Personal Collection”

Objectives:• Compile a collection of 55 items, as inspired by Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities”• Develop an organizational scheme, a taxonomy, as inspired by Wagner

Museum’s collection; this will add to, or modify the personal collection’s meaning

• Build an enclosure that houses the collection, carefully considering the relationship between the structure and content

Process and Techniques:• Combining bookmaking structures

Artists reviwed: Mark Dion, Ann Hamilton