Main ProjectDocumentation Specifications Aesthetics of Design Spring 2024  Due dates: In-person Pod presentation room request due April 17. Your product (artifact, or whatever you have created) must be completed by noon Wednesday April 24 You are encouraged to revise and improve them later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you…

Due dates Detailed plans for your artifact must be completed by noon Wednesday March 13 You are encouraged to revise and improve them later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you revise your plans, submit an additional post about them later too. Complete Design Preview report midnight Weds March 13.…

Presentation Critiques Our critique method is adapted from Lerman, Liz. Critical Response Process: A Method for Getting Useful Feedback on Anything You Make, from Dance to Dessert. EBook., 2002. Step 1: Statements of Meaning These are often, but not always positive statements, calling out a strength of the work. What does this work say about…

Due dates: Upcycle Artifact must be completed by 11 am Monday Feb 19. You are encouraged to revise and improve it later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you revise it, submit an additional post about it later too. Complete Upcycle report due midnight Wednesday Feb 21 2 Critiques of…

As you get into the world of art/aesthetics, a wonderful resource is our Art and Architecture Librarian, Alexander Watkins! His email is alexander.watkins@colorado.edu and if there is something that fascinates you or need resources for those Grad section presentations don’t be afraid to reach out.

Like all designs, the design of this course is still developing, so the content and structure may change somewhat as we go along. This course was originally designed for engineering students to explore aesthetics in the context of engineering designs of physical artifacts, but now it is open to any upper division or graduate CU…

2024 This will get adjusted as time goes on. It’s always hard to predict how fast we’ll be going. Guest lectures will be inserted as soon as they are scheduled, and lecture content will move accordingly. Zoom recordings and lecture note links will go live within a day or so of the class. Week Monday…

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Here is a list of places in Boulder where you can find inexpensive and/or recycled materials. I’m happy to update it if you have new information! Resource Central We accept and resell a variety of donated items such as lumber, cabinetry, old doors, windows, and even tubs & sinks. While some may think of us…

Due dates: In-person Pod presentation room request due Monday April 24. Your product (artifact, or whatever you have created) must be completed by 11 am Wednesday April 26 You are encouraged to revise and improve them later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you revise your creation, submit an additional…

 Due dates Detailed plans for your artifact must be completed by noon April 3, the Monday after Spring Break You are encouraged to revise and improve them later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you revise your plans, submit an additional post about them later too. Complete Design Preview report…

 Due dates: Upcycle Artifact must be completed by 11 am Monday Feb 20. You are encouraged to revise and improve it later, but this is the version you must document for critique. If you revise it, submit an additional post about it later too. Complete Upcycle report due midnight Feb 22 Video of your Upcycle…

Hello, Instructions on your first log-in and making a post can be found in the PDF below. HowToMakeAPost If you find any mistakes/ have questions, please contact Eileen via Slack.

Here is a list of assignments to get you started this semester. Start a design notebook. Carry it with you always. Continually doodle in it, sketch details of design that catch your eye, practice shading and rendering etc. We will often have short sketching assignments during class, so please bring it to class. It could…

2023 This will get more filled in and adjusted as time goes on. It’s still hard to predict how fast we’ll be going. Guest lectures will be inserted as soon as they are scheduled, and lecture content will move accordingly. Zoom recordings and lecture note links will go live within a day or so of…

A blog post will be due each week,  Wednesday at midnight. If Prof. H. has not set a specific topic, blog about your progress on the current project. In weeks with a major design report due (Upcycle, Main project preview, or Final), the design review report will be the blog subject. These major posts will…

Here’s how to get access to our Zotero online library. Zotero is a citation management tool like Endnote, Mendeley, Bibme, Citation Machine, etc. . Here I’ll describe how to get access to our group library “AesDes” where you can find references for the readings for our class as well as other texts, papers and websites…

2021 This will get more filled in and adjusted as time goes on. It’s still hard to predict how fast we’ll be going. Week Monday Wednesday Friday 1 Jan 11, no class No class We’ll meet over Zoom from 11:30 to 12:20 MST. Link is in Canvas and Slack. Topics: Welcome, syllabus, first assignments (copyright,…

Start a design notebook. Carry it with you always. Continually doodle in it, sketch details of design that catch your eye, practice shading and rendering etc. Read the syllabus. Really. Upload signed agreement (last page) in Canvas by midnight Wednesday January 20. Complete the AesDes Perception Survey by midnight Friday January 22! You will receive…

Please read the syllabus and the initial assignments.  You can get caught up reading the lecture notes and/or watching the recordings of the lectures; these are linked on the schedule. Then send an email to Behruz, our TA, and ask him to set you up with Slack workspace access and a login to AesDes.org. Send…

I’m writing to give you a bit more information about the course, and get you thinking about your design projects for the course. You might have already gotten most of this in an email, but I’m always tweaking things, so please read again. This is an experimental course. We will be studying how to improve…

Wow, it’s past time to update all this! Happy New Year! I want to welcome all students to the class this semester. This class can be as large as needed, and is open to all upper division students and grad students in the College of Engineering here at the University of Colorado Boulder, including Creative…

We watched videos from Universal Principles of Design on Black, White and Red effects. More on color on Friday. We also sketched horizontal cylinders. Lecture Notes Zoom recording

UPDATED for ONLINE 3/15/20 Pod Facilitators/Leaders are very much like session chairs at a scientific or professional conference, with a couple of additional responsibilities. Work with your pod members to decide who will present in which order. You can just ask for volunteers, or set a schedule in advance, or some variant. Log in to…

Talked a little about Design Review expectations, starting next week. Looked at Aesthetics Movement, then Art Nouveau. Sketch practice of part of a Mucha print. Lecture Notes