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In the interest of making this archive more useful and better organized, here’s a quick reference to the foundation courses I took at Art Center. Here you will find links to the full term wrap-ups and each of the individual course summaries. Tags are also a smart way to navigate the site. You may, for instance, want to view all the posts related to Viscom or posts related to Product Design. You can find these tags at the bottom of each post.

Of course you can still view these posts as they have appeared in the past, by going through them in reverse chronological order.

Term 1 — Fall 2008

• Design Process 1: Form – Using shapes, lines and value graphics to describe intended qualities.
• Viscom 1 – Creating accurate and complex perspective line drawings from imagination.
• 3D Fundamentals 1 – Learning the tools and techniques needed for the creation of industrial products.
• Design Process 1: Space – Exploring the basics of environmental design.
• The Way Things Work – Learning to deconstruct and explain the functioning of objects around us.
• Study Models – Methods to create rapid 3-dimensional representations of a concept.
• Design Fundamentals 1 – Essential lessons in typography and color theory.
• The Way Things Look – A short history of 20th century design and why things look the way they do.

Term 2 — Spring 2009

• 3D Fundamentals 2: Part 1 – Further hands-on lessons in the techniques of industrial production.
• 3D Fundamentals 2: Part 2 – Learning to model industrial surfaces using automotive clay.
• Viscom 2: Part 1 & Part 2 – Using light and shadow to sculpt and define forms in perspective.
• Design Process 2 – Developing a product from research to final model using furniture as an example.

Term 3 — Summer 2009

• Product Design 1 – Developing a functional product based on user research.
• Viscom 3 – Rendering different materials using a wide variety of media and techniques.
• Development of Form – Understanding and drawing 3-dimensional form.
• Rapid Prototyping – Learning how to model parts in SolidWorks for rapid prototyping.

Term 4 — Fall 2009

• Product Design 2 – Bringing a product from conceptual development through branding.
• Viscom 4 – Rapid visualization of nature & man-made things. Taught by the legendary Norm Schureman.
• ID Graphics – Learning graphic design principles for product designers.
• Solid Modelling – Advanced techniques for creating complex objects and assemblies in SolidWorks.

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