You will create a mood board as part of your Room for a Musician.

Read this article about mood boards:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/mood-boarding-introduction/

Check out these examples of mood boards:

You will assemble the following on a board for the presentation of the room design 

1. Floor plan
2. Elevation
3. Mood Board
4. Written description of the characteristics and elements that the room must contain
5. Description of the band and musician that you are designing for
5. Title of the room
6. Your name


The expectation is that the final presentation is that it is neat, organized and clearly conveys the room design.

OVERVIEW
Corrugated cardboard, made from a natural renewable resource, has one of the best environmental records. In 2002, more than 23 million tons of corrugated cardboard were recovered and recycled in the US – that is 74% of all cardboard produced in the same year. Cardboard has the best recycling rate of any packaging material used today. A hard look at every scrap of cardboard can lead the creative mind to see it as a valuable raw material. This is your opportunity to discover the potential of corrugated cardboard.

Design a chair! This activity asks you to design and build a full-sized chair from corrugated cardboard. The chair must support a pre-determined weight that is selected by the team for at least 5 minutes. The person seated will be in a “comfortable” position with his / her back leaning against the back of the chair. Students will get an opportunity to learn about paper and cardboard as a building material and the statics and dynamics of structures. This design challenge is designed to encourage and reward excellence in design that integrates function (does the chair work); aesthetics (is it pleasing to the eye); ergonomics (is it comfortable for the average person); details (are my drawings and actual construction accurate); and fun.

Watch this video:
http://www.weston.org/schools/ms/ditc/designTasks/cChair/keyConcepts/index.html

Check out these designs:
Cardboard Chair | The Annual Children’s Review – RISD | Industrial Design
20 inspirational designs made from cardboard « Ponoko – Blog
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/phy03_vid_zchair/

Objective:
Create a fully functional cardboard chair that holds the weight of an adult without the use of adhesives of any kind.

Steps:

1. Watch the videos and look up examples of chairs. 
   
2. Start the brainstorming process of creating a unique chair with cardboard
   
3. Understand the proper use of the materials
   
4. Create three methods for attaching cardboard without glue
   
5. Create a small model of the chair 
   
6. Create the full size chair that supports the weight of a person
   
7. Document the process of creating the chair in a video or slideshow

Materials:
Cardboard
Ruler
Mat Knife

Orthographic Drawing: A drawing that communicates the shape and size of an object through a series of related two-dimensional views. 

Isometric drawings: are 3D drawings. They show three sides, all in dimensional proportion, but none are shown as a true shape with 90 degree corners. All the vertical lines are drawn vertically but all horizontal lines are drawn at 30 degrees to the base line. Isometric is an easy method of drawing 3D images.

Objective:
Create a orthographic drawing of the exterior of your dream house demonstrating the style and inspiration images that you previously collected.

Process:

• Use your inspiration images from the previous assignment
  
• Use your sketchbook to sketch the front door of the home and the style of the door, windows and details of the house
  
• List all of the materials for the exterior of your building
  
• Create 3-5 sketches in your sketchbook of possible views of the exterior of your building
  

Creation:
Using a full page in your sketchbook use pencil, rulers and templates to sketch the exterior of your building
Check the point of view, scale, and proportions of the drawing
Make any changes necessary
Use black pen, markers or colored pencils to create a complete drawing of the exterior

Objective:
In a small group use the quick home planner to design an floor plan with four connecting rooms

Steps:
1. Look over the offered stickers of walls, windows, doors, furniture etc. 
2. Make sure that you understand what all of the symbols mean
3. Select the long black lines for the walls of the rooms. You may cut them to the length that you need. 
4. Place the walls and make sure to plan how the rooms will connect. Will there be doors? Entrances with out doors? What size will these entrances be? Will there be windows? Where?
5. Place furniture and any other details for the room.

Objective:
Create a drawing of the floor plan of the space for a musician

Materials:
Templates
Ruler
Triangle
Compass
Protractor
Pencil
Eraser
Graph paper
Steps:
1. Look over and examine the templates offered and see what templates apply to the space you are creating
2. Plan how your room will look and what elements it will contain
3. Draw the room on the graph paper using the ruler, triangle and template

Resources:

Assessment:
Craftsmanship of drawing
Clarity of floor plan
Unique features of the room

A floor plan is a drawing that shows a room as seen from above. Everything in a floor plan appears flat. Architects use floor plans to show what a room or building will look like. Anyone who draws (or drafts) a floor plan is called a draftsperson.
READ THE FOLLOWING:
http://www.math-kitecture.com/what.htm

Terms you need to know:
dimensional lines
scale
templates

Assignment:
Create a blog post that describes in detail the work of Charles and Ray Eames and what contributions they made to the design world.
We will be focusing on their contributions as artists, but specifically furniture designers.
In your blog post please include 3-5 pictures of their furniture.

Resources:
http://www.eamesoffice.com/charles-and-ray