MMAS 438
DIGITAL ART & DESIGN
[senior capstone project]
instructor: curt cloninger
email: curt at lab404 dot com
office: zeis 211. TR 12:10-1:40
location: university of north carolina at asheville
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class-specific | regarding art | regarding process | regarding strategy | miscellaneous



intro
syllabus
rough project calendar

required texts
Digital Art* (Paul) [available at UNCA book store]
Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process* (Cloninger) [available at UNCA book store]



non-digital art: Duchamp : Cage : Warhol : Eliasson : Goldsworthy : art21
Links to Digital Art Websites and Online Art Projects (paul, compiler)
Krystof Wodiczko
body movies: relational architecture 6: documentation (lozano-hemmer)
Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality: Pioneers (packer/jordan)
Overview of Media Art (frieling/daniels editors)
fluidities and oppositions among curators, filter feeders, and future artists (schleiner)
vademecum of digital art (gratin.org)
trevor paglen interview
Whitehead on adventure

grant proposal
assignment
grantseeking tips (creative capital)
creative capital grant application information (creative capital)
creative capital inquiry form (creative capital)
creative capital contract (creative capital)
"emerging artists / emergent medium" call for proposals (walker art center)
"rhizome.org net art commissions" call for proposals [doc file] (rhizome)

mid-project report
assignment

final project
assignment
setting up the punch line (cloninger)



thoughts on process
MTIV* (curtis)
the idea (ogilvy & mather)
designers: time for change (mok)
the proof is in the process (shaw)
music production/cognition [292K pdf file] (lefford)
how designers work (gedenryd)

various processes
AIGA: process of designing solutions
website production management techniques (goto and macromedia)
the elements of user experience: "meet the elements" [220K pdf file] (garrett)
a design process revealed (bowman)
the corporate identity process (spaeth)
systems analysis and design* (capron)
secrets of successful websites* (siegel)

1. pre-design
CREATIVE BRIEF
pre-design deliverables: creative brief
creative brief questions (goto)
creative brief sample (goto)
project planner/design request form [pre-r.f.p.] (zeldman)
how to write a creative brief (McNamara)
The Creative Brief: 10 Steps to a Better Project (leland)

2. design
design deliverables: three mockups
exploratory sketching (katavolos)
theme/concept: hurt [mp4 file] (romanek) || lyrics (reznor)
theme/concept: go to sleep [24MB mov file] (rutterford) || lyrics (yorke) || technical details
theme/concept: Champagne (xbox ad) [5.5MB wmv file] (Bartle Bogle Hegarty)
concept: faust ltd.
concept: garnier fructis
layout tools: n-Gen || layout-o-matik || lorem ipsum generator
mockups: orbit || integrity extranet || church copyright administration || unca (cloninger)
mockups: fresh styles covers + spreads (segura inc.) | fresher styles covers (hit studio)

3. development
development deliverables: project release



texts
hot-wiring your creative process* (cloninger)
surfing the creative process (cloninger)
understanding design* (dorst)
experience design* (shedroff)
an incomplete manifesto for growth (mau)
an annotated manifesto for growth (allen)
oblique strategies: cards || software || list (eno/schmidt)
interviews with stefan sagmeister (sagmeister)
catalogue of strategies* (gerritzen et al.)
catalogue of strategies online (gerritzen)
ten rules for success in the creative economy (howkins)
institute without boundaries (bruce mau design / george brown college)
the play ethic (kane)

inspiration
designer news
more designer news
link-o-rama
i.d. magazine
how magazine
communication arts magazine
eye magazine
you work for them



free resources: toolbox
pay resources: toolshed
design and the elastic mind: video * website
graphpaper [online sketchbook] (fahey)
one* (cina/young)
PrayStation Hardrive* (davis)
AIGA: : designing resources
design not found (37 signals)