The Sketchbook Project via The Ad Studio

The Sketchbook Project:

 (Inspired by http://www.sketchbookproject.com)

http://instagram.com/thesketchbookproject

Each of you are receiving a 25-page black 8.5 x5.5 paperback sketchbook.

This is yours to use until midterm.

Midterm is October 11^th.

At midterm you will return the sketchbook completely full of designs/sketches/images/words/type/paintings, etc.

These sketchbooks will be viewed by everyone in class and also displayed in the cases in the art department on the 2^nd floor. There might even be an auction online for these to be sold if you give consent with money going to The Graphic Design Club.

You will also receive a grade.

You should have enough time to fill the entire book.

Single-page sketches or Double-page spread sketches. It could even be one continuous sketch throughout that somehow is like an accordion fold when opened.  Think what you can do with this book.

Any media is acceptable. Any method of inclusion is acceptable. It should be on a topic/theme that inspires you. I will provide some themes as well if you want to choose from them.

You can take the book apart and run it through the printer or use collage materials or run it through the sewing machine.

It could contain “pop up” images, silkscreened images, die cuts, or more conventional image making like pen, pencil, & watercolor. The sky is the limit. Creativity is the goal.

SPECS:

The book MUST be returned back to me in it’s original shape/size. You cannot add or delete pages to it. If you glue, staple, collage materials to it then it should still retain it’s shape and possible width and weight. There is some allowances here for width especially if you are gluing or adding images to the pages.

Again, the size and shape must be the same when you return it. No larger and No smaller.

Width is expected to change.

Every page must be acknowledged which means no blank pages unless you are seeking spatial or compositional qualities that one side of the page can lend to another side.  For drama or focus. In the end, the book must fit back into it’s acetate envelope.

You could also quite possibly create a new front/back cover if you want. You can change the cover paper stock if you wish. Maybe it’s cover is made of wood or cloth or mylar wood or any other substrate that will join your thematic approach.

It’s Art serving Art with a purpose.

*I would ask that before all the books are collected that you make a digital copy for yourself. Flat Double-page spreads of the entire book. I would encourage you to even put these pages up on your blogs for posterity. 

Again, here are the specifics of the project:

1.  Sketchbooks MUST have a Theme or Topic. You should indicate the theme somehow in the book.

2.  The name of designer and the Theme/Topic should be listed on the last page of the sketchbook (not the inside back cover but the last page someplace.)

3.  Each Designer should “sign and date” the sketchbook on the last page near their name.

4.  Whatever you wish to do inside the book (and the covers) is fine as long as it returns itself to me at midterm.  (size/scale)

 

That’s it.  No get to work and have fun.

Photography, illustrations, typography, posters, doodles, collage, mixed media, painted images, die cuts, pop ups, stamps, embossed images, printed images, printmaking, etc.  Just be creative.

Start Date: Monday August 26th

Due Date:  Monday October 13th

Possible Themes:
Youth, Vote, Loyalty, Courage, Truth, Acceptance, Safe, Peace, War, Industry, Work, Academic, Play, Death,
Native, Homo, Native, Path, Injustice, Tolerance, Supreme, Spirituality, Fashion, Political, Cooking, Explore,
Seashore, Language, Chemistry, Hunting, Secret, DYI, Hashtag, Beauty, Sexuality, Experience, Kiss, Plunder,
Open, Catatonic, Memory, Investigate, Senses, Dilemma, Passion, Naked, Compass, Beach, Mountains, Music,
Poetry, Touch, Catastrophic, Divorce, Lonely, Theatre, etc.