ASSIGNMENT 4: The Design Object Analysis Paragraph is a 5 % task which asks you to use the principles and vocabulary of design to evaluate a single designed object in your personal experience.
Choose any designed object of yours which you love (excluding your cell phone!) and write a short analysis (150 - 300 words) of it.
You may choose any non-natural object which you actually own, from any field of design: a piece of clothing, cosmetics, stationery products, home goods, electronics (excluding your phone), furniture, kitchenware, toys, artworks, etc.
a) Review the vocabulary of design which we have studied together in class. Use whichever are the most appropriate to describe your object ( Colour, Line, Point, Shape, Texture, Space, Form, Unity, etc.) in detail.
b) Give your personal reaction to the object, both intellectual ( how is the object satisfying or unsatisfying? What is authentic or inauthentic about it? How is it well-made or useful? Is there a context or logical reason to enjoy using it?) and emotional (Why do you love this object? What makes you feel the way you do about it? How do you use it and why is it special to you? What are your feelings about it? )
Example (Intellectual): "My ski goggles are actually not very well-designed. The nose piece is uncomfortable because it isn't shaped and padded well."
Example (Emotional): "However, I still love my goggles because my dad bought them for me when we first started skiing together. I have great memories of fitting them onto my face and grinning at my dad before we started speeding down the hill. They are my lucky ski charm!"
c) Use 1 - 3 images of the object to illustrate your points. You may use any legible font for your title and for the body of the writing. Pick a style of font that you think matches the object's style or aesthetic in an appropriate way.
d) Create an A4 full-colour page which includes 1 - 3 images of the object and 150 - 300 words about the object. (NOTE: the video lesson says 200 - 400 words but it actually does not need to be that long.) Landscape format works best for your Portfolio and for the Student Gallery, but the project does NOT need to be rectangular. Post to both areas before midnight today.
You may choose any non-natural object which you actually own, from any field of design: a piece of clothing, cosmetics, stationery products, home goods, electronics (excluding your phone), furniture, kitchenware, toys, artworks, etc.
a) Review the vocabulary of design which we have studied together in class. Use whichever are the most appropriate to describe your object ( Colour, Line, Point, Shape, Texture, Space, Form, Unity, etc.) in detail.
b) Give your personal reaction to the object, both intellectual ( how is the object satisfying or unsatisfying? What is authentic or inauthentic about it? How is it well-made or useful? Is there a context or logical reason to enjoy using it?) and emotional (Why do you love this object? What makes you feel the way you do about it? How do you use it and why is it special to you? What are your feelings about it? )
Example (Intellectual): "My ski goggles are actually not very well-designed. The nose piece is uncomfortable because it isn't shaped and padded well."
Example (Emotional): "However, I still love my goggles because my dad bought them for me when we first started skiing together. I have great memories of fitting them onto my face and grinning at my dad before we started speeding down the hill. They are my lucky ski charm!"
c) Use 1 - 3 images of the object to illustrate your points. You may use any legible font for your title and for the body of the writing. Pick a style of font that you think matches the object's style or aesthetic in an appropriate way.
d) Create an A4 full-colour page which includes 1 - 3 images of the object and 150 - 300 words about the object. (NOTE: the video lesson says 200 - 400 words but it actually does not need to be that long.) Landscape format works best for your Portfolio and for the Student Gallery, but the project does NOT need to be rectangular. Post to both areas before midnight today.
RUBRIC for Designed Object Analysis Paragraph - 5%
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vocabulary of design is used appropriately and articulately - 2 points
personal response includes intellectual analysis - 1 point
personal response includes emotional engagement - 1 point
clear and descriptive images of object - 1 point
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EXAMPLE: A sample Object Analysis paragraph for a favorite object - The Lewis Chess Set Queen
![Picture](/uploads/2/4/4/0/24405995/designed-object-analysis-example-lewis-chess-queen_2.jpg)
Title and ID block , including Student Code for digital classes
Intellectual analysis - the history around this figure
Description, including design vocabulary - material, size, shapes, texture, decorations, lines
(Graphics: an image of the whole chess piece, a background close-up of her face, and a spiral border background)
Emotional response - three reasons why I love her
Vocabulary Words for the Object Analysis Example
tusk - ivory 'tooth' or 'fang' shroud - covering for a dead body, corpse wrappings shrouded - wrapped, covered, hidden adroit (say: ah-DROY-t) - dextrous, clever, skilled handworker crenelation - castle-shaped regular edge pattern stocky - short, sturdy, broad high relief / low relief - carving that stands away from the surface / carving lightly engraved on the surface craqueleur (say: KRA-ka-LU-ER) - a cracked or crazed pattern on the surface of an object, usually from age. aura - energy field, glow, atmosphere, feeling emit - radiate, give off, emanate |