Maryland Institute College of Art

Spring 2010

Design Studio II
Jennifer Cole Phillips / Ellen Lupton
Monday, 9:00am–3:00pm
BR 404

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Design Studio II is a project-driven course aimed at generative processes and active experimentation. As such, project parameters focus on idea generation and form-finding more than finished artifacts. The course opens with a weekend workshop with Martin Venezky testing notions of Translation and Interpretation. Work begun in the workshop will be further developed and discussed in subsequent studio classes. The next project involves experience immersion and response, and will explore ideas and forms related to Narration and Sequencing. Just before spring break, the principals of the Barcelona design firm Toormix will introduce a web-based project that will extend into the following weeks. On March 29th we will attend the official Thesis Reviews with a visiting critic. The final third of the course is designed to provoke and probe early thesis inquiry. This will be accomplished under the direction of Ellen Lupton.

Course Overview
Landmark events are also posted on the GDMFA Google Calendar.

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Saturday, January 23–Monday, January 25
Workshop with visiting artist Martin Venezky.
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Saturday
Noon: informal lunch and discussion with Martin
1:00–6:00 Workshop in studio
7:00–9:00 Dinner at Lupton/Miller house
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Sunday
Workshop: 10:00am–5:00pm
Optional dinner organized by Krissi Xenakis
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Monday
Workshop: 9:00am–3:00pm
Lecture by Martin at noon, Brown 320
MV and JCP assign final phase of workshop project

February 1
Discussion of workshop project development
Small groups

February 8
Workshop project final review
New Project: Ten Steps

February 15
Ten Steps: small groups
Field and studio work

February 22
Ten Steps: small groups
Field and studio work

March 1
Ten Steps: final review
Introduce Toormix Project

March 8
Toormix/Barcelona: Web-based workshop
Toormix Lecture, Falvey Hall, 7:00 pm

March 15
Spring Break

March 22
Web project reviews small groups

March 29
Attend Thesis Reviews with Visiting Critic

April 5–May 3
Thesis initiation and exploration with Ellen Lupton

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