Graphic Design Field Assignments 1

Carry out any one of the following assignments every two weeks. All work must be your own.


1.Paper Fetish – a piece that uses/emphasises the qualities of paper
2.Letraset – Create a composition using only letraset
3.Signage – Create and install a sign in a public location for a good purpose
4.Complaint – create and install a complaint at the site where it is relevant
5.Postcard – create and send a postcard to a classmate
6.Typographic Tattoo – Create a tattoo design worthy of a typophile
7.Tiny Book – create a tiny, bound book
8.Dance Moves – Design a graphic for a new dance move
9.Instruction – Create an instruction for a routine that only you do
10.Nutrition Facts – create and install a nutrition facts label in a context that could use it
11.Calligraphy – try calligraphy
12.Stencil – Create a photo-based stencil
13.You are here – create an explanatory plaque for an obscure location
14.Pulp – Make some paper
15.Comic Mashup – reorganize the plot of an existing comic
16.Forgery – Create a convincing replica of someone else's handwriting. Present the original as well.
17.Found Lettering – Create a photo-based ransom note
18.Made Lettering – Make a word or short statement using only found materials
19.Defend a font – champion your favorite font
20.Demolish a font – critique, attack, and otherwise skewer a font that you hate
21.Spaghetti Os – Make and photograph a statement using edible letters
22.Illustrate this – create an illustration of a close friend in under 10 minutes
23.Personal Map – make a map for someone
24.Public - Create a collage using public event posters
25.Golden Mean - Find two objects whose shape relative to one another fits the golden ratio
26.Blindness – Modify an existing package to be useable for a blind person
27.Shadows – Create an illustration using shadows
28.Humiliating pattern – create a fabric or wallpaper pattern that speaks to humiliation