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Welcome! You have found the Weekly Study Schedule for MMST11003 Design Perspectives.

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Week 1
14 July to 18 July, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Introduction to Design" Lesson One PDF Activity 1: Images from the film "Mighty Joe Young" Activity 4: Have a look at these images. Were they produced by your culture, that is, the culture of the early years of the 21st Century? Queen | Chairs | Austin Powers Activity 5: If you don't know what iMacs and iBooks look like, check out the Apple Website. iMac iBook 1984 Mac First Powerbook Activity 6: Interview with Jonathon Ive, the designer of the iMac. Select Jonathon Ive from the dropdown menu. Activity 7: Look at the following images of household appliences and multimedia products that look like iMacs. CD players | Light & kettles | Toaster & iron | IBM computers | TV sets | iZone cameras Activity 8: Click on iMac Activity 9: Animations of Mac OS X in action. You will need Quicktime installed to view these. If you cannot view these animations download the latest version of Quicktime.	Read the Course Profile Join the mailing list Arrange access to the required software Check out Library resources Click here for the set exercise for this week. Extra Activity Links Here are some interesting-looking websites, many of them for design companies, that were recommendedby tutors and previous students. (Thanks Margie, Simon, Stephen, and Dave.) Keep looking atthem throughout the semester for inspiration (and post your own favorites to the mailing list): Cool Homepages G3 Media Kaliber10000 Web Agent 007 Design is Kinky Australian in Front PrayStation Flash Kit 2Advanced Studios Ultrashock Cool Web Design Ames Design Company Digital Web Magazine	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Files and formats - Vector and Raster images" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials)

Week 2
21 July to 25 July, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Design and Information" Lesson Two PDF Activity 1: For an overview off Edward Tufte's work and ideas, see "Web page design inspired by Edward Tufte". Also, you might like to explore "Creating Useable Websites" while you are there. Activity 2: Bad Web pages!! Web Tomorrow | Fixing Your Website Activity 3: "Color Matters" Website Activity 5: Commonwealth Bank Activity 6: Seton's Website	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Photoshop 1" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Image Resources for Photoshop Workshop

Week 3
28 July to 01 August, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Design In Culture - Mambo" Lesson Three PDF Activity 1: Mambo's Website Activity 2: The Road To Clovelly Christ Carrying The Cross, Hieronymous Bosch Activity 3: Mark Harden's Artchive TimeLine Activity 6: Visual Pleasure and Popular Culture	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Illustrator 1 - PART A" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Lab Workshop Exercise - "Illustrator 1 - PART B" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Image Resources for Illustrator Workshop - PART A

Week 4
04 August to 08 August, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Introduction to Thinking About The Visual" Lesson Four PDF Activity 1: Mambo Backpack Activity 2: Colour Wheels	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Photoshop 2" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Image 1 - David Image 2 - Duck

Week 5
11 August to 15 August, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Mambo Packpack - Historical Analysis" Lesson Five PDF Activity 1: Living With Nuclear Testing Activity 2: Surfing Tapestry IV Activity 3: Bayeux Tapestry Activity 4: Backpack Closeup Activity 5: Great Shirts Activity 6: "Glass and a Bottle of Suze" Activity 7: "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon" African Art - the basis of Picasso's style Activity 8: Illustrator Portraits	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Drawing Tips - Illustrator" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials)

Week 6
18 August to 22 August, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Mambo Backpack - Technical Analysis" Lesson Six PDF Activity 1: Some Early Computers Activity 2: Short Article about April Greiman Examples of Greiman's work Activity 3: Carved Lino Block Activity 4: Same website as above, www.silkcut.com.au. Click on Previous Winners and look at the work of Deborah Klein, Andrea Wilcock, Heather Shimmen, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar, Braidwood Central School, Trinity Grammar, Scotch Oakburn College. Activity 5: Monsters, Inc. Used Monster Tools	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Photoshop - The Power of the Layer!" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Image needed for workshop - Grasshopper

Week 7
25 August to 29 August, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Mambo Backpack - Ethical Analysis" Lesson Seven PDF Activity 1: Just Language Policy Activity 2: Australian Copyright Council CQU Copyright Policy, Procedures and Information Activity 3: "Killers Have More Fun" by Amy Jo Kim.	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	No set Lab Workshop Exercise - Course work and revision.

Week 8
08 September to 12 September, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Mambo Backpack - Cultural Analysis" Lesson Eight PDF Activity 1: Surfing Photographs Activity 2: Women's Surfing Activity 3: Surfing Accessories Activity 4: Surfing Language Activity 5: Christian Surfers Activity 7: Jim Mitchell's Harmony Day T-shirt	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Illustrator - Advanced Type Techniques" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Image needed for workshop - Mummy Cat Clouds

Week 9
15 September to 19 September, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Case Study - Analysis of a Corporate Website" Lesson Nine PDF Activity 2: Vegemite Website Critique of the Vegemite Website Activity 4: Arnotts Website Activity 6: Fruit Crate Images Activity 7: Contrasting the evolution of Swallows and Arnotts Trademarks	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Fireworks 1 - Formats Revisited" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Images used in workshop - Right-click and "Save Target As". design.png theblob.png

Week 10
22 September to 26 September, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Interviews with Two Designers" Lesson Ten PDF Activity 1: Gamers Learning by Degree Resources: Mauricio Portfolio 3D work done by the studio PhD in Architecture	Click here for the set exercise for this week.	Lab Workshop Exercise - "Fireworks 2 - Graphic Design for the Web!" (This workshop is to be undertaken in tutorials) Images used in workshop - Right-click and "Save Target As". start.png

Week 11
29 September to 03 October, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Multimode Design - Radiohead's KidA" Lesson Eleven - HTML Links Amazon.com CDnow.com Internet Movie Database Stanley Donwood Radiohead Blips	There is no set exercise for this week.	No set Lab Workshop Exercise - Course work and revision.

Week 12
06 October to 10 October, 2003	Other weeks: - 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Study Material	Tasks	Content
Topic: "Summary" Lesson Twelve PDF	There is no set exercise for this week.	No set Lab Workshop Exercise - Course work and revision.