WEEK 1 Thursday Nov. 12th, 09 Course Syllabus

• Look at course description, course objectives, no text books, course policies, grading criteria, and evaluation methods
• BOOK: Launching the Imagination (bring to class each day or keep in car)
• Evaluation methods changed no written paper and projects are 40% or 30%
• The morning class will meet at 8:15am no later.

WEEK 1 Thursday Nov. 12th, 09

Students fill out a index card in class with the following questions.

1. What makes a good designer a good designer?
2. Do we all think the same way?
3. How can we use that to our advantage?
4. What process did you go through when deciding what to wear today?
5. Confidence; How does it play into your design skills?

Take notes on:

What are different methods people use to tackle a project?

• Convergent (starts wide and narrows in)
• Divergent (starts broad and keeps going out in all directions)

To be real creative usually requires Divergent thinking, but to complete a project usually requires convergent thinking. (kind of contradictory)

Ending with an exercise; start telling a story and then have each student in turn continue it on.

In-class quiz