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image by Greg Hemmelgarn
Last semester I taught a class of Digital Media that embarked on something new and ambitious. Instead of teaching the class autonomous of any other program, the curriculum was planned in conjunction with the student's studio. The same group of students were shared between both classes so work and projects were contiguous. This union resulted in strong, focused work from the students. Instead of splitting attention between two separate projects, one beautiful and fleshed out project resulted. These images are examples of final renders developed in the final phase of the studio. The project was developed as a reaction to what the other studios were working on and what studio instructor Zach Pauls designed. The full semester of work can be downloaded in pdf format here.
image by Leo Spurgin

While the other studios at the time were designing a new roof for the aquatic center, section 094 went in a different, but parallel direction. Each student was assigned an unique aquatic sport ranging from platform diving and lap swimming to indoor windsurfing and competitive water sliding. While the student's developed their designs from a construction perspective, they developed their images in the digital media class. Diagramming, rendering, modeling and layout techniques were emphasized, while clarity in presentation and information were at the height of importance. On top of all of this, the students were required to maintain their own individual blogs in conjunction with the class blog. They also made research and design portfolios to collate and organize their work. Overall, the class was very successful.

image by James Donovan