4: MINIMAP
June 6, 2008
ASSIGNMENT
Design an A3 chart with an overview of all the
assignments you worked on in the past semester.
This map is a printed interface: a visual guide to
your work during the integral evaluation.
STEPS
1 – Make a list of all the assignments.
2 – Select at least one image per item
3 – Visually organise these items based on criteria that you consider relevant, for example:
– subject (vak)
– level of difficulty
– duration
– level of fun / pleasure / hatred
– topics (keywords / tags)
– …
4 – Design a key (legenda) for your map
TECHNIQUE
Digital, analogue or a combination of both.
You choose.
TIP
Keep it really simple.
PLANNING
6 JUNE / First sktech
13 JUNE / Final design
EVALUATION CRITERIA
– conceptual quality
– formal quality
– organisation
REFERENCES / WEB
– Newsmap
– We Feel Fine
– The Physical Language Workshop / MIT media lab
– Media Gilde
REFERENCES / BOOKS
– Janet Abrams + Peter Hall: Else/where: Mapping.
University of Minnesota Press, 2006
– Minke Themans: Bergweg – New Notational Systems
for Urban Situations. 010 Publishers, 2000
Links from class with Radboud Mens
May 16, 2008
Radboud Mens’ site
www.radboudmens.com
Free audio samples
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
Audio Artist Gregory Whitehead
(good examples of voice collages
http://www.ubu.com/sound/whitehead.html
Chris Watson
A sound recordist specialised in natural history
The Hafler Trio
a conceptual and sound art collaborative between Andrew M. McKenzie, the only permanent member, and guest musicians.
http://brainwashed.com/h3o/
3: AFLUISTEREN
April 24, 2008
Helemaal healthy
April 10, 2008
Designers! Don’t believe the lichtbord, I’m •not• sick and I’ll be there this Friday. Ja?
Tot dan,
Rogério
2: ANIMATED TYPE
March 27, 2008
ASSIGNMENT
Read Bruce Mau’s An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth and choose one of the manifesto items (one item per student) You can download the manifesto as a text file here.
Using the text you selected, design a short typographic animation of max 15 seconds. The animation should enhance the meaning of the text and give extra strength to the words you judge more important.
4 APRIL
static text versus time-based text. examples.
after effects basics
hands-on task: design your typographic animation
11 APRIL
digital and analog animation
hands-on task: design an analog animation
18 APRIL
presentation of combined videos
hands-on task: publishing online video content
tussenbeoordeling (indiv. talk)
DELIVERY SPECIFICATIONS
– Size: 768×576 (DV PAL / Square pixels)
– 25 frames per seconds
– Render settings: Best settings / Lossless
RULES
- Use typography only – no images or video footage
- Use one typeface and one weight only
(choose for regular OR bold OR italic, for instance)
- Animate using Adobe After Effects or Flash
TIPS
- Watch TV, play videogames, watch movie previews:
there is animated type (good and bad) everywhere
- Experiment with audio and notice how small sound
effects can influence the typography
- Be careful with small type sizes
- Don’t forget the title safe area
EVALUATION CRITERIA
– participation, discussion
– research quality
– formal / visual quality
– organisation
LINKS
– Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto
– Young-Hae Chan’s Heavy Industries
– Forget the film, watch the credits (Submarine)
– Tomato.co.uk (click on motion)
– Prince’s Sign O’ the Times music video
– Typo Dylan
– Hush Sound: Lions Soar (fragment)
– Pulp Fiction (1)
– Pulp Fiction (2)
– Little Yellow Writing Hood (by Strange Attractors)
Tasklist Weblog assignment
March 6, 2008
- check whether your weblog have enough good entries that express the topic you chose in a convincing way
- make sure you have relevant links and images
- read what you publish: does the layout of your entries make sense editorially (content) and visually (form)
- default is *not* a preference: find a suitable template for your weblog (go to dashboard / presentation / themes)
- if the template you chose template allows for a custom header, design and upload a logo or header for your weblog (go to dashboard / presentation / custom image header)
- please kill the snapshots feature (go to dashboard / presentation / extras)
- delete empty, lazy entries. example: ‘hello world’
- customise your about page
- add relevant links to your blogroll
- create relevant categories and categorise *all* entries
- your final work will be evaluated on friday 14 march
Blaak
February 22, 2008
Example of a simple post with a picture and a link:
Crosslab classes happen in Rotterdam, just across from Blaak station.
Weblog questions
February 21, 2008
- What is a weblog?
- Is it public or is it private? Does it matter?
- What makes a good blog post?
- What are the pros and cons of publishing your thoughts?
- Does it matter if there is anyone reading?
- Are there long-term privacy issues?
- … (do you have a question?)
1: CLAIM YOUR TERRITORY
February 21, 2008
In this assignment we will begin a transition: from internet consumers to producers. You will learn how to claim some internet space for yourself and how to make connections – links – to other bits of internet content.
DURATION: 3 weeks
15 FEBRUARY
– Digital territory / semester introduction
– Hands-on task: Digital life questionnaire
– Tips and tricks: finding and saving web content
– Homework: weblog research about your location in the city
22 FEBRUARY
– Weblogs facts, pros and cons
– Hands-on task: WordPress setup, making entries
– Presentation / questions / discussion
– Homework: make nine new weblog entries (three per students)
7 MARCH
– Skins and style sheets (the separation of form and content)
– Hands-on task: Customising your weblog template
– Presentation / questions / discussion
13 MARCH
– final work must be online for evaluation
EVALUATION CRITERIA
– participation, discussion
– research quality
– formal / visual quality
– organisation
3 SIMPLE RULES
– Work in groups of three students
– Work during the class hours
– Don’t miss classes
SOME LINKS
– del.icio.us
– www.wordpress.org
– www.blogger.com
– www.maxpam.nl
– bieslog.vpro.nl
rog@rogériolira.com
