Monday, 15 September

Everyone clear on how the course (materials) work now?

Hints: listen carefully in class and take notes (in your design journal), read the course materials critically, then  ask questions

No more late submissions from this point forward.

Discuss blog formatting adjustments -- links, cutting and pasting text, changes, and due dates

Review mid-term study questions

Discussion of design language and wayfinding analyses

Discussion of the presence of Universal Design principles in the wayfinding "nodes" in the Fine Arts Library

Review project contents and formatting approaches

Significance:

Design has significance beyond the aesthetic, reaching into other fields, especially business
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Meet with group members in class to discuss approach: choose which interim elements to incorporate, identify remaining text to compose, plan layout

Homework for Wednesday, 17 September at noon through Oncourse assignments:

Each group to produce a more or less complete draft of project 1 for in-class review. The elements of the presentation are:

• Title: Subtitle [probably centered], this would be something like, The IU Art Museum and Fine Arts Library: An analysis of design language, wayfinding, and Universal Design

• Overview [of project, one paragraph], this will simply tell the reader what is to follow in the paper -- a case study with three aspects and conclusions addressing the extent to which the form of the building does or does not support the activities that take place in it, with particular emphasis on finding a book.

• Case Study
• Design Language, here you will present one of your design language/organizing principle analyses setting out, visually and in words, the organizational ideas used in the floor, the vertical surfaces, and the design as a whole. 
• Wayfinding Experience, here you will present one of your wayfinding analysis experiences including: diagram on floor plans/maps the route you took to find your assigned book, photographs or sketches of the key “nodes” that helped you navigate to your assigned book [the harder it was to find, the better the example]. Annotate and/or briefly describe each of the stages of your journey. Conclude with a photograph of yourself with your assigned book at the place you found it. 
• Universal Design Principles, here you will present one of your Universal Design analyses in which you note the presence, or absence, of any of the seven principles of Universal Design at the nodes on your journey, have a minimum of five good or bad examples. Illustrate them and explain with reference to the definition and aspects of the principles as set out in the Principles of Universal Design document.

• Conclusion. This is very important. You, as a group, should reflect on the major elements of the design language (form) of the IU Art Museum and Fine Arts Library and the extent to which they do, or do not, support the activities, e.g. finding books, that take place there (function).

• References (in APA format)

It is best to use headings and subheadings to help organize your document, also choose a simple, consistent format for the document as a whole.