Assignment 03b
Object Project Phase I R02

Next week is an exploration of your object both formally and representationally. You’re to bring 100 total images relating to your object. Create a PDF presentation of your findings.

Class will be held at No Ideas studio in Brooklyn. The class will be divided into two groups. Sign up for a time slot here. Consider which time slot you should sign up depending on if you have a class before or after our session. Don’t be late.

Part 1: Photography–50 images

With two different cameras or imaging technologies photograph your object. Explore every potential angle and facet. The maximum images taken with a single camera is 35. This should be an intimate documentation of your object, uncover things you’ve never noticed. Find beauty in the details.

Part 2: Found Imagery—25 Images

Collect 25 images relating to your object. This should not be of the object itself, more like research. Found imagery can be sourced from online or in books, be broad and wide in your research. Are there schematics of blueprints of your object somewhere? Is it made by someone, if so does their company have a logo? Are there advertisements for your object? Be abstract in your research, find tangents. They’re often the most interesting.

Part 3: Creative Imagery—25 images

Generate 25 images relating to your object. These can be drawings, abstractions, color palettes, type exercises, etc. Approach this understanding these can be used for the next parts of your assignment. Don’t phone it in, think about this and take the opportunity to make something interesting. This means your work should be visually compelling.

Watch

Watch the above lecture by Bob Gill. Write a 100 word summary and email it to me before class. Bring your summary to class printed.
Bob Gill (b. Brooklyn, New York, January 17, 1931) is an American illustrator and graphic designer. April Fool's Day, 1962, Gill, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes established Fletcher/Forbes/Gill design studio, the forerunner of Pentagram. In 1967, Gill left the partnership and assumed independent freelancing again, including teaching, filmmaking and writing children’s books. He lives and practices in New York.