Cut/Form

Ranging from simple to complex, hand-drawn to digital, and realistic to abstract, the class explored and experimented across a wide spectrum of approaches. Students also examined various modes of representation and created their own visual interpretations through image-making.

Course: DSGN 105 Visual Design Systems | Spring 2024

Medium: Magazine cut-outs, paper-weaving with origami paper.



In-class critique in progress.

This assignment is for students new to imagemaking. Imagemaking is a fluid and exciting area of graphic design that comes out of practice and process: experimenting fearlessly, showing and sharing ideas, and giving and receiving knowledgeable and constructive input.

It invites students to experiment with a variety of materials and techniques to create images for graphic design. Emphasis is placed on expanding visual vocabulary—both in making and articulating work—to foster thoughtful critique and discussion. Students will learn to generate, manipulate, and arrange imagery to form compelling compositions, culminating in the design and production of an image-based book.

In the first half of the assignment, students explore image-making as a means of experimentation and discovery. Assignments encourage expressive, meditative, and design-driven pieces that serve to provoke, evoke, record, explain, or simply explore the potential of different media.

In the second half, our focus shifts to intentional communication through images. Students will explore how meaning is shaped through composition, juxtaposition, and context.

*All works displayed here were created by SCAD students as part of assignments for DSGN 105: Visual Design Systems | Spring 2024