CM501 // DESIGN STRATEGY AND SOFTWARE

Homework 1

Objective

To start noticing design in our everyday lives and to start analyzing it

Project Specifications

Pictures of your two sketches, named

“LastName_FirstName_Effective_Environmental.jpg” and “LastName_FirstName_Ineffective_Environmental.jpg

Instructions

1. Take a walk around your neighborhood.

2. Find two examples of environmental graphics, or signs, one effective and one not effective. Sketch them out on paper in black and white. Note colors, approximate sizes, anything you think is important about these signs and their locations. These sketches do not have to be perfect!