DESIGN

Unit Title: Public Art

Duration: 6 weeks
Design Context:
The term public art refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific
intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. You
are to identify a site or area within the school or local area where a piece of artwork could be created. How
could your design bring colour, new life or a new look to a part of the school? This is graphic design project
that will use graphic visualisations to imagine your work. You are to research, design and create a
piece that has a positive message that uses do-it-yourself culture (DIY) to change your environment or
envisage change. The power of visualisation to see potential and opportunity in places it doesnt exist or
isn't associated.

MYP Statement of Inquiry:

Public art is defined by its variety and uniqueness. You will never see two pieces of public art that are the same
unless its intended so. Public art cannot be defined by size, shape, texture, form or style because artists usually use
what they have to create something new. Public art often is at its best when it makes something dull, mundane and
uninteresting like a trash bin or broken facade into something special, interesting and often humorous.
Related Concepts: Students will
Follow a design process and design a piece of Public art
Plan and produce a designed project and presentation
Gain skills in graphic design
Importance and relevance of DIY culture
Creative thinking See the beauty in the mundane
Use Photoshop to visualise new ideas and concepts
Plan a projects creation and presentation
Seek objective consumer opinion and reflect on them

Key Concepts:
Investigation on Public Art
Investigation on Specific Artist
Photoshop graphics skills
A project with sequential photographs display project
development using a Weebly website to document work
Evaluation reports with digital photograph

Global Context:
Approaches to Learning - information literacy, communication, organisation, reflection
Community and service - Positive effects of Public Art on the community & analysis on how a Public art influence our
lifes. Environment -local and global environment impact of art, technology,
Resources, environmentally messages, recycling
Health and Social Education - safe use of technology, safe and healthy design, cultural issue
Everythings a remix Influence, inspiration in art and design. Copy + Combine = Create
Photo manipulation Dont believe everything you see and here

Inquiry Questions:
Factual Questions

: What is your message?

Conceptual Questions : How will you convey this message? Humour? Colour?
Debatable Questions : Is Public Art vandalism? What is the difference between public art and advertising?

Assessment:
Criteria

Content/Tasks
A. Inquiring and Analysing
Add all your work to your digital portfolio (Weebly). Use print screen to document all your
work. Include research, initial ideas, anything that catches your eye and importantly,
mistakes. It will represent evolution of your project ideas. You never know where an idea will
begin, how it will develop and where it may end up.
1. Watch Exit through the gift shop: What does this mean to you? Is it a hoax? What
questions does it pose? Is it art? Who is the joke on? Write a review and comment on this
on your site.
2. Comments on the difference between cave paintings /design/art /graffiti/ advertising?
3. Research Public Art that inspires you. Gather images that you like and find interesting. At
least 10. Why do they appeal to you? Comment on each one and why you like it. (See
links below)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B. Developing Ideas

1. Create a Mind Map about Public Art using Power Point
What is public Art? Why is it important?
What are common themes in successful pieces? Contrast? Colour? Nature Vs Man made?
Juxtaposition? Social commentary? Location? What do you think makes a successful public
art piece? What are you the designer trying to do when they create these pieces of work?
What do you want to celebrate? Who will be the audience?

2. Write a clear design specification for what you hope to do? What will be your concept?
(main idea behind the piece)

3. Choose a location within the school or that is familiar to you for your work to be located and
take 8 pictures of it.
4. Complete a short essay on a chosen artist of your choice whose work is displayed publically.
Do not choose Banksy look up other street artists

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C. Creating the Solution

1. Compile a set of design concept sketches/images for your Public art proposal. Use
visualisation to tell your storey (Photoshop). Experiment with a variety of ideas. You must
show all your attempts and progress of your design using print screen. Upload these as
you go along. Mistakes are good!
2. Create final Images and presentation on the piece, with a set of photos, visualisations and
explanation of it
D.

Evaluating
1. Evaluation of own work and other students work with comments
2. Have you met your design specification?
3. What would you do differently next time?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Key Personal & Social Skills
Students are respectful of all teaching staff and each other. They respect the working environment. They are
committed to learning with few absences, punctual and work is completed as requested. They work
consistently and have ongoing work to represent their ideas during and at the end of the project. They
develop the ability to reflect on the work they have completed.

List of task outcomes Work to be included on site/folder

Tips

Design brief
Review of Exit through the gift shop
Research with images on existing public art -including comments on why you have chosen these
images. (Minimum 10)
Mind Map
Design specification clear statement of intent
Screen grabs of design process. ( very import)
Final images
Evaluation Self and peer

You are creating a visualisation that includes a background location image

It is not a traditional Photo shopped copy paste image. It is a location based composition that
combines two images to produce a realistic visualisation
Use perspective transform tool
Foreground/background layers
Use a layers opacity to make it look more realistic

Resources:
http://www.streetartutopia.com/
http://www.complex.com/art-design/2012/07/the-50-greatest-street-artists-right-now/
http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/
http://www.richardlong.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwVMRwfroqc
https://vimeo.com/97174655
http://brockdavis.tumblr.com/
http://vimeo.com/83356219
http://designtaxi.com/news/365830/Artist-Hijacks-Road-Signs-Turn-Them-Into-Awesome-Symbols-ForExtreme-Sports/?t=1400925796273
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Make-Something-Cool -Every-Day-2009/171640
http://oakoak.canalblog.com/
http://german-street-art.blogspot.de/
http://memolition.com/2013/02/02/the-best-examples -of-street-art-in-2012-48-pictures/
http://vimeo.com/79299308
http://designtaxi.com/news/365379/Delightful-Whimsical-Large-Scale-Street-Murals-On-The-Streets-OfTehran-Iran/

Examples of Previous Student Projects:

http://dalinatechnology.weebly.com/
http://fabithejaeger.weebly.com/
http://victoriatechgrade10.weebly.com/

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Design Assessment Criteria
Unit _________
Grade ______________
Inquiring and Analysing
1. Detailed and thoughtful comments on
Exit through the gift shop
2. Thoroughly investigated public/ street art
design with at least 10 sources used and
comments added
3.Established a comprehensive set of
specifications for what could make a
successful Public art piece
1. Good and thoughtful comments on
Exit through the gift shop
2. Good investigation on public/ street art
design with at least 10 sources used and
comments added
3.Established a good set of specifications for
what could make a successful Public art piece

Student

__________________________

Developing Ideas
8

Creating the Solution

1. Detailed and comprehensive Mind map

2.Detailed and comprehensive design specifications with 8
specs including concept
3. 8 Images of chosen location within the school for your
work to be located.

4. Detailed and comprehensive short essay on a chosen artist

of your choice whose work is displayed publically.
1. Good Mind map
6

2. Good design specifications including cocnept

3.6 Images of chosen location within the school for your work
to be located.
5

1.A detailed and comprehensive set

of design concept sketches/images
for your proposal. 8 print screens of
work in progress
2. Detailed and comprehensive final
Images showing different views of
your proposal

1.Good set of design concept

sketches/images for your proposal. 6
print screens of work in progress

Evaluating
8

2.Detailed and comprehensive comments on

What would you do differently next time

1.Good evaluation of own work and other

students work with comments.
6

6
2.Good comments on what would you do
differently next time

2. Some final Images showing

different views of your proposal
5

1.A detailed and comprehensive evaluation of

own work and other students work with
comments.

4. Good short essay on a chosen artist of your choice whose

work is displayed publically.
1. Basic comments on Exit through the gift
shop
2. Basic investigation on public/ street art
design with at least 10 sources used and
comments added
3.Established a basic set of specifications for
what could make a successful Public art piece

1.Basic Mind Map

4

2.Basic design specifications including concept

3.4 Images of chosen location within the school for your work
to be located.

1.Basic set of design concept

sketches/images for your proposal. 4
print screens of work in progress

2. A few Images showing different

views of your proposal

1.Simple set of design concept

sketches/images for your proposal. 2
print screens of work in progress

1.Basic evaluation of own work and other

students work with comments.
4

4
2.Basic comments on what would you do
differently next time

4. Basic short essay on a chosen artist of your choice whose

work is displayed publically.
1. Simple comments on Exit through the gift
shop
2. Simple investigation public/ street art
design with at least 10 sources used and
comments added
3.Established a simple set of specifications for
what could make a successful Public art piece

1.Simple Mind Map

2

2. Simple design specifications

3.2 Images of chosen location within the school for your work
to be located.

2. Basic Images showing different

views of your proposal

No design concept sketches/images

for your proposal. 8 print screens of
work in progress

1.Simple evaluation of own work and other

students work with comments.
2

2
2.Simple comments on what you would you do
differently next time

4. Simple short essay on a chosen artist of your choice whose

work is displayed publically.
1. No comments on
Exit through the gift shop
2. No investigation public/ street art design
with at least 10 sources used and comments
added
3.No specifications for public art

No Basic Mind Map

0

No design specifications
No Images of chosen location within the school for your work
to be located or essay

No final Images showing different

views of your proposal

No evaluation of own work and other students

work with comments.
0

0
No comments on what would you do differently
next time?

Grade Conversion 1 = 1-5

2 = 6-9
3 = 10-14

4 = 15-18
5 = 19-23
6 = 24-27
7 = 28-32

Assessment Total =

Grade =