15 mins
The trainer will introduce the lesson: Space is all round us, positive and negative space, what does this mean, what has space to do with culture, what has space to do with design ? and how can we orgasnise visual space to communicate on the screen ?
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Opening: (60 mins)
- Introduction to the lesson
- Warming up - personal space
- Trainers on space
Work: (120 mins) - Student Excersise drawing space
- Discussion
- Students exercise
Closing (20 mins) - Trainer: closing talk, homework and evaluation
15 mins
This exercise is done with the whole group standing in a circle, taking turns someone wlaks across the circle to another as they approach the one being approached wiats until they feel that the approacher is too close then shouts stop. This gives insight in where you feel your personal space begins and ends. Someone who comes to close is inside your presonal space.
what is space
30 mins
What is space?
1. physical space
2. personal space
3. 2d and 3d space
See handout
desiging space
30 mins
Designing space
1. Space and colour
2. Space and organization
3. Special places
4. Positive and negative space
5. Space on the web page
The trainer can also use newspaper/magazines to convey the message- the organization prints and images to communicate the importance of the message: the balance between image and text
What should appear where depends on what you want to attract the reader's attention to
60 mins
Have objects placed somewhere on the table. Provide students with papers and pens and ask them to draw all the objects on papers provided.
The students should be able to critique their own work while others are also encouraged to comment. The focus here is not how well one can draw. The idea is to have every object fitted in the space provided. The other idea is about perspective. Are the objects represented exactly as they appear?
30 mins
Site tour looking for space online
The students tour the web, look for sights that catch their attention,
both negatively and positively. They take screendump of four sites which
they found using space well or not or interesting way in their eyes
40 mins
15 mins
There are two handouts in this lesson
1. Space and art
2. Designing space
www.sodaplay.com/constructor/
2. web page design - the basics
www.wpdfd.com
Knowledge* students know
- the difference between positive and negative space
- the difference types of space such as physical, personal and visual
Skills* students can
- Identify creatively used space on a web page from a poorly done design
- Use space to communicate mood or emotion
Attitudes* students feel
- the importance of being aware of space in design
Newspapers/magazines