STUDIO
STUDIO
STUDIO
Extended design workshop experience to explore the design process in hands-on, project-based sessions, either online or in-person, where you can keep object(s) and skills to enhance your everyday life.
DESIGN EXPERIENCE NOT REQUIRED
MARCH 25 THROUGH MAY 3
A six-week course and experience to explore the design process in a hands-on, project-based design experience that allows you to be a designer in a studio setting. You will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project from concept to a final prototype, With an opportunity to present and exhibit to pupils. Each studio focuses on a different design discipline.
Object: Light
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Two-hour weekly sessions on Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30PM, beginning March 25
No studio on Tuesday, April 15
Work outside of sessions expected and encouraged (approx. 2-4 hours weekly)
Time will vary and dependent on design(er) approach
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Materials for early design development and light kit provided (final intended object materials not included)
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Design Process/Thinking
Research
Ideation/Brainstorming
Design development
Prototype/Model making
Testing
Sketching and drawing
Material budget/estimate
Presentation
Review/Critique
Working light
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Exhibit project during Design Gym’s Purple Preview on Saturday, May 3, 2:00-5:00PM
Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and projects based on one or more design disciplines.
Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and projects based on one or more design disciplines.
$45 Half-Day 12:30-3:30pm
All materials included
Includes a snack
$20 Extended Care 3:30-5:30pm
All attendees encouraged to bring a snack during Extended Care
Each studio has a maximum of 10 students
Instructors are design professionals of varied disciplines
Pick-up option available to Moffet Elementary School
Must register 48 hours prior to studio to be admitted. Any available seats within the 48 hours prior to studio starting will include a surcharge of $5-$15 per pass.
“Design is a response to social change”
- George Nelson