Design for beginners - for iPod/iPhone
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago - ★★★ - 152 ratingsHow do you create depth and tone on paper? How do you create a cd case from scratch? Steve Garner, Professor of Design at The Open University answers these questions and others in this introduction to design basics. All design begins with translating ideas on to a canvas, and this collection encourages you to begin thinking about design principles from how letters are shaped to creating three dimensional models.
This material forms part of The Open University course U101 Design thinking.
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Episodes
Shapes of letters
May 27, 2011 04:32 - 2 minutes - 12.5 MB VideoSteve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.
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Tone in design
May 27, 2011 04:31 - 2 minutes - 14.4 MB VideoSteve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.
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The overlay technique
May 27, 2011 04:30 - 1 minute - 7.2 MB VideoSteve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.
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How to make a scale model of a chair
May 27, 2011 04:29 - 2 minutes - 13.7 MB VideoSteve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.
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How to make a CD case
May 27, 2011 04:28 - 1 minute - 7.42 MB VideoSteve Garner explains how to make a CD case.
Transcript -- How to make a CD case
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How to make a cardboard mug
May 27, 2011 04:27 - 3 minutes - 19.9 MB VideoSteve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.
Transcript -- How to make a cardboard mug
May 27, 2011 04:27 - 19.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.