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Capstone Project Identity

Practice Show Materials

For our exhibition, we’ll produce a number of materials, including poster, wall graphics, postcard, catalog, and more. 

We’re going to start this process by coming up with a visual identity to represent this show. This doesn’t need to be a logo in the traditional sense. It needs to use the word Practice and represent our show/class graphically. 

Consider the kinds of places this will get used – wall vinyl, postcard, poster, catalog – and think about how it will get used on those. In the past, this has largely been the “image” on the front of the poster or catalog, so it may not need to be as succinct as we normally think of branding or a logo. 

Use some version of this text:

Practice

2020 Senior Design Show

Download Handout for Show Materials

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Daily

Week 4 Day 2

Today in class, we are:

Looking at your progress

Talking about your milestones

Working

For next class:

Make progress toward your Milestone 1

Design your initial two treatments/directions for the Practice identity.

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Capstone Project Reading

Resources for Design Thinking / Human Centered Design

For anyone whose project is a little ambiguous still (or if part of your project is figuring out exactly what you’re making, which may be a lot of you) these resources about Human Centered Design may be useful.

Download PDFs for Design Thinking / Human Centered Design

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Capstone Project

Capstone Project: Milestones

Keep moving! In this part of the project, continue refining and moving forward on your project. In doing so, you’ll meet a set of milestones to keep you on track.  

Download Capstone: Milestones

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Daily

Week 4 Day 1

Today in class, we are:

Looking at your current Capstone progress individually

Talking about milestones and setting your own deadlines within the project

Working!

For next time:

Set your milestones and define a set of work you’ll work toward for each of the milestones (1–4, including the Mid-Project Review)

Work! Make progress!

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Capstone Project Proposal Uncategorized

Revised Proposal Turn-In

Turn in Revised Capstone Proposals to this folder:

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Daily

Week 3 Day 1/2

Today in class we are:

Looking at your prototypes

Talking about your refined/revised proposals

Turning in proposals (online)

For next time:

Begin collecting and storing precedents/inspiration

Further refine your proposal

Begin figuring out what research you need to do & doing that research

Look for precedents/inspiration
  • who’s done a project like this before?
  • look beyond (though you don’t have to exclude) visual inspiration
Start research!
  • what do you need to know that you don’t know?
  • start a list of those things
  • let’s start researching that!
  • come up with a research list (topics, people, sources)
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Daily

Week 2 Day 2

Today in class, we are:

Talking about Capstone Project proposals

Giving feedback

For next time (one week from now):

Refine your proposal according to the handout

Create a quick prototype for the project you want to do

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Capstone Project Proposal

Refined Proposal + Prototype

1. Refine your project proposal.

2. Create a prototype/proof of concept version of your ­proposed Capstone project. 

Download handout for Refined Proposal + Prototype

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Capstone Project Examples

2017 + 2018 Capstone Books

For reference, here are PDFs of the books from 2017 and 2018 (Orbit and Matter).

Download Orbit Book

Download Matter Book