Assignment 03 (A03): Hunting Down Design - Clues

Clue 01:
There are several places on OSU campus where you can find the Barcelona Chair. Take a picture of one of your team members sitting  in the chair, but still compose a good picture showing both you and the chair. Also note the name of the designer and something interesting about the chair or the designer in your comments.

Clue 02:
Find the Knowlton School of Architecture’s Library and explore the space noting the various chairs from design’s history. Pick a chair that you find interesting (not the Barcelona chair) and compose a picture of you in the chair reading a design-related magazine. In the comments, tell me who the designer is, something about the chair, and what magazine you are reading.

Clue 03:
Take a photo of one of your team members in front of a building on campus that was designed by Peter Eisenman. In the comments, tell me something interesting or controversial about the construction of the building on campus.

Clue 04:
A famous architect by the name of Philip Johnson designed the Sony (originally AT&T) skyscraper in New York City which is a great example of post modernism. He’s also responsible for two buildings on the Ohio State campus. Find one a get a picture of both the building and an architectural detail that you find interesting.

Clue 05:
Take a photo of one of your team members in front of a building on campus that was designed by local architects Acock & Associates. In the comments, tell me something interesting or controversial about the construction of the building on campus.

Assignment 03 (A03): Hunting Down Design

Description:
Design is all around us. Understanding and seeing this is an integral part of the design program at OSU. This project will give you a chance to find and explore a few of the area examples. It is a Scavenger Hunt.

Format:

Working in small teams (exact numbers announced in class), use the forth-coming “Snapshot Clues” to gather the required images and comments.

Upload the following to your blog as a single post:

• Team Member Names with links to their blogs.
• An explanation of the methodology and process, including any divisions of labor, used to achieve your end results as a team.
• A minimum of five (5) clue photographs with the additional comments asked for in the clue.

Requirements:

To complete this assignment, it will be necessary to have the following skills and resources within your team, though the exact distribution of these skills is up to the team.

• Access to a camera with which you can extract images in a digital format for upload to your blog.
• Research and Problem Solving skills and resources.
• Communication and Team work.

Grading & Evaluation:

Due on Your Blog by 3:30 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 02.

This assignment will be graded out of 100 points.

Assignment 02 (A02): Designer Investigation - Grades

Many of you have emailed me asking about where you might have lost a few points on Assignment 02 (A02): Designer Investigation.

Here is how I graded these: (pts. = total possible points)

• 3 Designer Responses, 2 short - 1 long = 100 pts.
• Designer 01 - Short = 25 pts.
• Completion = 20 pts.
• Depth = 5 pts.
• Designer 02 - Short = 25 pts.
• Completion = 20 pts.
• Depth = 5 pts.
• Designer 03 - Long = 40 pts.
• Completion = 20 pts.
• Depth = 10 pts.
• Included Pictures = 10 pts.
• Cited Sources = 10 pts.

What does this mean?

• The points were structured that if you at least posted about 3 designers and made 1 noticeably longer than the other 2, then the lowest grade would be a 60. If you scored below a 60, then I only found 2 or fewer Designers posted about.
• With rare exception, no one received full points for the "Depth" category. This was reserved for the few that "far exceeded" expectations. Most people received -1 or -2 point(s) in each of these categories by "meeting expectations."
• The final two categories, Including Pictures and Cited Sources, were all or nothing categories for the most part. You either did this or did not. 
• Including Pictures was only requested as part of the Longer Designer Investigation, so only that post was considered for the points.
• Cited Sources were requested for all Designer Investigations. A few of you included citations on some but not all of the posts, and therefore received partial credit. Most either did or did not included them.

I hope this clears up some of the confusion and brings some piece of mind to those concerned about A's vs. A-'s.

Grades all caught up...

As of the posting of this at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, Jan 25, everything that has been turned in on your blogs has been graded. Grades have been posted on CARMEN (https://carmen.osu.edu/).

Please check your grades there.

If you have concerns about a zero (0) for an assignment that you believe you posted, here is what you should do. It is possible that I just missed it, or there was a technical error between your blogging client and my RSS reader. Send me an email that has the following qualifications:

1. The following as the subject line: [Dsgn200] Missing Assignment 
2. Your First and Last name
3. an organized list of the assignments you believe to have posted 
4. Direct link(s) to the post(s) in question on your blog
5. A pleasant tone of voice, realizing that human error is a possibility, though was not intended.

If you have concerns about any other grade you received, you may feel to also send the above information in an email with the following subject line: [Dsgn200] Grade Question.

• In this situation, I will do my best to respond to any concerns from students who scored lower than a C on an assignment. If you received a C or better, sometimes that happens. I will not quarrel over A's vs. A-'s.

Thank you for all the high quality work thus far.