This next topic will be a consideration of both design and fabrication through the focusing concepts of pattern and ornament in art, craft and architecture. Some questions that we will consider are: In what ways are design and execution related as a cohesive process? How are design ideas and concepts transmitted? What are the steps necessary to take a design from idea to actuality? What is the relationship between design and decoration? What ideas does decoration transmit?
This topic will consider a historical and global viewpoint. The reading will be challenging for most of you, as will be many of the concepts which underpin this topic. Our goal is to dig deep, rather than to remain at a level of popular understanding. We will be examining both design and making as integral, essential thought processes.
Required Outside Visit--Deadline Sept. 17
There will be a required Outside Visit for this topic; this is part of your research grade for the course. You will be required to go to the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach. You must use the following exhibition for your visit for this topic, but we encourage you to see them all:
Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from the Wolfsonian Permanent Collection
You will be given a form response for this Outside Visit--your form response is DUE Monday, September 17 at 10 PM. Additionally, you are required to take a selfie while in the exhibit to post on your blog. You may also post any other information regarding the visit on your blog, if you like. The Google Form is HERE <-- hint: this is a link; you can click on it.
On Friday, September 7, and Friday, September 14, the Wolfsonian will be offering a free, 45-minute long guided tour that begins at 6 PM. Fridays allow free entry between 6 - 9 PM.
The Wolfsonian is located at:
1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
At the corner of 10th Street & Washington Avenue
These are the museum's hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | 10am–6pm
Wednesday | closed
Friday | 10am–9pm (free 6–9pm)
Sunday | noon–6pm
Assignments--Deadlines: Various
You will have brought materials in to class on Thursday, September 6.
In-class Exercises, Thursday, September 6:
- Directed Drawings (three)
- 2D-to-3D translation
These exercises need to be documented on your blog.
Research Assignment #1, READING (DUE September 10, 10 PM):
You will be given a printed copy of the reading, as well as a form questionnaire for your response. The Google Form is here. We will have a discussion about this reading in class on September 11. Your form response will be due September 10 at 10 PM.
Ivins, William M. ""Ornament" and the Sources of Design in the Decorative Arts." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 13, no. 2 (1918): 35-41. Available on JSTOR through the MDC Library.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3254155Assignment One: Kit & Instructions (DUE Tuesday, September 11):
Create a set of instructions that inform how to recreate the 3D form you built in class on Thursday. These instructions will accompany a kit of all materials required to build it. Bring both the instructions and the kit into class on Tuesday, September 11.
More assignments to follow. [Post will be updated.]
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