Design for beginners - for iPod/iPhone

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Design for beginners - for iPod/iPhone

How 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.

Episodes

  1. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    Shapes of letters

    Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.

    2 min

  2. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- Shapes of letters

    Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.

  3. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    Tone in design

    Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.

    3 min

  4. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- Tone in design

    Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.

  5. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    The overlay technique

    Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.

    1 min

  6. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- The overlay technique

    Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.

  7. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    How to make a scale model of a chair

    Steve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.

    3 min

  8. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- How to make a scale model of a chair

    Steve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.

  9. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    How to make a CD case

    Steve Garner explains how to make a CD case.

    1 min

  10. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- How to make a CD case

    Steve Garner explains how to make a CD case.

  11. 05/27/2011 · VIDEO

    How to make a cardboard mug

    Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.

    4 min

  12. 05/27/2011

    Transcript -- How to make a cardboard mug

    Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.

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How 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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