Sorprendimi / Surprise Me
Between March and May 2010, I gave four lessons at IUAV University (Treviso) for high-school students which would continue to be involved with graphics at the university (with Giorgio Camuffo).
The topic I chose was the surprise. The students had to think about a surprise to do to someone they loved, realize it, and then tell about it in a 8-pages A5 booklet with images and text.
I chose the surprise as a syntesis of the work of the graphic designer. To make a surprise you have to: think about somebody outside yourself; be creative and imaginative; be capable to create an event and really design it; have artistic and technical skills. Moreover, the booklet was a pretext to: show the ability to synthesize, to be capable to integrate images and text, and to visually organize a fixed paper space given. Beside the laboratory project, I gave also a few theorical lessons about graphic design.
Despite a few moments of doubt at the very beginning, they got really involved in the project and realized beautiful objects, as well as surprise-events.
The aim of the lessons was undoubtely to encourage independent thinking and self-expression rather than just giving graphic design notions.
Me with Tiziana Pavone project
Moments of work
Moments of work
Tiziana Pavone. Tiziana realized a wig for her boyfriend, who had his tuft cutted by the hairdresser
Tiziana Pavone. Tiziana realized a wig for her boyfriend, who had his tuft cutted by the hairdresser
Tiziana Pavone. Tiziana realized a wig for her boyfriend, who had his tuft cutted by the hairdresser
Mattia. Mattia made a dessert with surprise to egg on a friend who is obsessed with being thin and doesn't eat anything
Daisy Vigato. Daisy realized a handmade guitar for her boy, who is obsessed with guitars and broke his one
Valentina Pierantoni. Valentina realized a gothic necklace and a party for a dear friend of her
Tiziana Pavone. Tiziana realized a wig for her boyfriend, who had his tuft cutted by the hairdresser
Serena Gonzato. Serena realized a portrait of a dear friend as a super-hero, to encourage him with his first Judo lesson
Marzia
The briefing