Pretend you're a graphic
designer. The U.S. Highway Department wants a new, universal sign to be put
on all its highways, advertising the dangers of excessive speed. There are
to be no words used. The format is to be circular. Sketch a design to submit
to the Department.
Discuss Per Arnoldi's
poster Dance for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. How does it
get its message across? Why did the artist use those particular colors, forms
and placement? What do you think of the poster? Is it effective? Why or why
not?
Explain Marco Ventura's
Mona Lisa Contemplating the Bust of Nefertiti as God Creates Order out
of Chaos on a Starry Night on the Island of La Grande Jatte as the Infanta
Margarita Looks On. What is the message this illustration conveys? Is
it a serious message or a humorous one? If you were the artist, would you
have done anything differently, added or subtracted any other images? Explain
why or why not.
Describe the various
factors which graphic designers must take into account when designing book
covers versus magazine covers. Then imagine you've been asked to design a
cover for TV Guide; who or what would you put on the cover? Would you draw
it or photograph it, or what? Describe it and tell why you've chosen this
particular illustration.
