Research Project: Image, Art & Design

Description:
Select an artist/designer from the approved list, below. You must conduct research
regarding the artist/designer, his/her background, training, and body of work that has
influenced and impacted the way imagery is used in Art & Design.

You should document various accomplishments and achievements related to your
artist/designer’s chosen field and how it relates to imagery’s role in
communication/storytelling. Please also select one significant project completed by the
artist/designer to further examine in a detailed case study. The case study should analyze the
chosen project from beginning to end (research, process, development, completion).
Research should be assembled into a final presentation created in InDesign (template to be
provided).

Final presentations are scheduled for Tuesday, October 14th, 2014. Oral presentations
should be roughly 10 minutes in duration.

Wikipedia is not a reliable source of research and should not be used. You will be asked to
cite all sources, so be sure to keep track of all publishing details related to books, articles,
journals used in your research.

Objectives:
• Discuss the creative process of an artist/designer
• Explain the impact and influence that image has on Art & Design
• Display oral and written communication skills
• Prepare a formal, oral and visual presentation

Grading Criteria:
+ Completion of all points in the study
+ Organization of Materials Presented
+ Depth of Research
+ Quality and Design of Oral/Visual Presentation

Approved Artists/Designers:

**Please select artist by end of class Tues, Sept 2. Only one student per artist

Herbert Matter
Josef Müller-Brockmann - Jade Duplessis
Will Burtin - Kayla McElligott
April Greiman - Jessica Hastriter
Kyle Cooper - Michelle Reagan
Danny Yount - Kara Siers
2x4 (Michael Rock)
Pentagram (Paula Scher/Michael Bierut)
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Man Ray - Keegan Russell
Hannah Höch
Raoul Hausmann
Grete Stern - Devon Mozdierz
Yutaka Inagawa - Cameron Kelly
Saul Bass
Robert Rauschenberg - Whitney Bell
Linder Sterling
Kenneth Snelson
Richard Avedon - Sarah Brown
Ansel Adams - Alyse Neal
Robert Brownjohn - Taylor Jacobs
Gregory Crewdson - Guadalupe Gutierrez
Paul Rand - Amanda Sams
Jeff Wall
Ezra Stoller
Balthazar Korab - Andrew Rose
Julius Shulman - Alfonso Ramirez
Banksy - Arik Laubach