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Teacherless: The Futures Of Design Education, Andrew Hladkyj

Publications and Scholarship

With the ever-growing disruption of education by technology and the trend toward self-directed and autonomous learning, how might we reimagine legacy postsecondary design education in a “teacherless” society? Through a human-centred examination of today’s educational environment, this Major Research Project (MRP) derives 20 aspirational motivations at the heart of an independent

learning model. It reframes the disconnect between design academia and industry using an ’80s computer game and a Greek myth as fresh paradigms to uncover the value of strategic partnership, addictive learning, and platform-agnostic foundational training in preparing post-secondary design education for the future. This research offers four alternative …

Spatial Field Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

Cannot make out what this assignment is about. Have to ask John about it.

Mortage Collage Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

The Mississauga Civic Centre designed by Edward Jones in the 1980s has been recognized as an example of post-modern narrative design. In this assignment, students had to draw images of the building exterior and interior and create a collage/montage from the illustrations.

Marks Logo Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to create a company logo using primary shapes (square, circle and/or equilateral triangle).

Interior Environments - Residential Spaces - Mr. And Mrs. Eder., Bhoomi Patel

Interior Environments - Residential Spaces

This project is made up of final presentation boards that were presented to a client. The digital boards have a professional appearance and meet the decorating practice standard. The project includes a concept collage board, floor plans, elevations and materials, and a perspective drawing.

Art History Course Texts, Don Wightman

Course Content

Information on the course readings for the topics covered in an art and art history course.

Animation Field Trips, Don Wightman

Course Content

Information for animation students on visiting the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to conduct research for their projects.

Art History Course Outline, Don Wightman

Course Content

The course outline for the FAS245H Painting II taught at Sheridan College includes information on studio and discussion topics covered (e.g., painted surface, picture denotation, and Canadian and international painting) as well as required and recommended textbooks.

Art History Course Intro, Don Wightman

Course Content

An Introduction to an art and art history course including information on student expectations, materials required and studio safety.

Art History Articles, Don Wightman

Course Content

A list of writings on art and art philosophy by Edmund Burke Feldman, C.S. Lewis, John Hospers, Clive Bell, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Wollen, and Joseph Kosoth.

Course Description, Don Wightman

Course Content

A five-week animation course taught at Sheridan in 1976/1977 consisted of two main parts: 1) research and ideation sketches during museum visits and 2) final artwork based on the research and preliminary sketches. The course description also included information on assignment requirements and what students would be graded on.

Quotations, Don Wightman

Art and Design Basics

A handout on post-modern semiotics ideas and art during the early biotechnology age (late 20th century). In addition to covering important designers such as Ettore Sottsass and April Grieman during the period, the handout mentioned the Mississauga Civil Centre designed by Architect Edward Jones as an example.

Exhibition Display Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to design a display piece for an exhibition. The design had to be abstract, non-objective or conceptual.

Narrative Abstraction Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to create a design using paper cutouts in geometric shapes (square, circle and/or equilateral triangle).

Gestalt Bag Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this assignment, students had to create a mock-up paper carrier bag and design a Gestalt image derived from facsimile rendering. The Gestalt image would go on the side of the bag.

Modern Mark Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to create a company logo with a maximum of 2 colours and one primary shape (square, circle or equilateral triangle). Letterings were not to be used in the design.

Painting Assignments, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this course plan for a painting class, the assignments, methods, media and readings were outlined by week. Some of the assignments included figure painting in the studio, landscape painting, and prototype of a head image.

Visual Modes Operation Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this assignment, students had to use the 3-1-T-P method for four images and create three ideation sketches for each image. For the finished artwork, students had to recreate the final four images chosen on nutex paper.

The Sunday Night Black & White 8, Sunday Night Bombers

The Sunday Night Bombers

A compilation zine featuring black and white art and short form narrative.

Pencil Techniques, Don Whightman

Art and Design Basics

Descriptions of different pencil techniques for drawing and visual effects (e.g. detail rendering, toning, and textual variations) in an artwork.

Semiotics, Don Wightman

Art and Design Basics

A handout on post-modern semiotics ideas and art during the early biotechnology age (late 20th century). In addition to covering important designers such as Ettore Sottsass and April Grieman during the period, the handout mentioned the Mississauga Civil Centre designed by Architect Edward Jones as an example.

Bauhaus Handout, Don Whightman

Art and Design Basics

A handout on the Bauhaus Art School, which was an art and design school directed by Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and operated from 1919 to 1933 in Germany. The handout mentioned some of the art and design ideas taught at Bauhaus including Gestalt psychological theory of perception and simplified designs for the purpose of mass production.

Typography Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this assignment, students had to use the first letter of a word and create a visual interpretation of the word’s meaning.

Metasymbol Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this assignment, students had to rework the Canadian flag to make a visual metaphor about a political/social/other Canadian issue. The Canadian flag must still be recognizable in the design. Also, the resolution must remain graphic without full photographs or illustrations being used.

Maquette Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

In this assignment, students had to create a maquette using a Greek temple as the basis and drawing-table construction techniques.

Bag Logo Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to create a logo and construct a paper bag with the logo on it and with specific dimensions given.

2d 3d Assignment, Don Wightman

Assignments

An assignment that required students to draw a van in 2D and fabricate it into a 3D model.

Course Readings, Don Wightman

Course Content

Required and optional textbooks on the subjects of art fundamentals, art theories and drawing techniques.

Handouts For Themes, Don Wightman

Course Content

An outline for a design course mentioned the topics covered (e.g., proto-modernism, Gestalt, formalism, and semiotics) and the assignment/handout that accompanied each topic.

Wightman Philosophy, Don Wightman

Reflective Teaching

A handout with quotes by Don Wightman and other writers on creativity, communication and the relationship between nature and humans.