DATE

DUE

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES

ASSIGNMENTS

01 M

1/14

Welcome Slideshow + Syllabus.

Assignment: Improvisation Inflatables.

> Improvisation Inflatables (due 1/23)

> Sample Books (due3/6)

02 W

1/17

Group Large-Scale Plastic Inflatables.

Documentation Upload.

M

1/21

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day -

NO CLASS

03 W

1/23

Improvisation Inflatables

Look at Improvisation Inflatables

Demo: Hand-sewing basic forms

> 50 Ways List (due 1/28)

> Push/Pull Part 1 - Objects (due 2/11)

04 M

1/28

50 Ways List

Intro to Machine Sewing

NOT required for those who HAVE taken Soft Fabrication or Intro to Textiles

05 W

1/30

COLD DAY - CLASSES CANCELED

06 M

2/4

Machine Sewing - Day 2

Demo: Sewing Shapes

07 W

2/6

Demo: Grafting 3D patterns & shapes

08 M

2/11

Push/Pull Part 1

Look at Push/Pull Part 1 - Objects

Introduce Push/Pull Part 2 - Spaces

Slideshow & Getting into Groups.

> Push/Pull Part 2 - Spaces (due 2/20)

09 W

2/13

Demo: Enlarging Patterns

Demo: Using the Juki Industrial Sew Machine

10 M

2/18

Demo: adding sewn air tubes

Introduce Doppelganger assignment

In class work time.

> Bring an object to pattern on 2/20 (for Doppelganger assignment)

11 W

2/20

Objects to Pattern

Workshop: Patterning an Object

10 M

2/25

Push/Pull Part 2

Look at Push/Pull Part 2 - Spaces

11 W

2/27

Introduce Collaborative Pavilion Project.

Begin Collaborative Pavillion Ideation

Workshop: Patterning an Object, continued.

> Complete Doppelganger (due 3/6)

> Collaborative Pavilion Proposals and Proof of Concept (due 3/25)

12 M

3/4

Demo: Double-wall exercise.

In class work time.

13 W

3/6

Doppelgangers

Gallery of Doppelgangers.

DATE

DUE

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES

ASSIGNMENTS

14 M

3/11

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

15 W

3/13

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

16 M

3/18

Visiting Artists: Pneu Haus

Work time.

17 W

3/20

Introduce Research assignment.

Work time.

18 M

3/25

Collaborative Pavilion Proposals and Proof of Concept

Critique: Collaborative Pavilion Proposals and Proof of Concepts

> Revise Proposals based upon feedback

> Create a Work Plan & Material Needs List

19 W

3/27

Revised Proposals

Work Plans

Look at Revised Proposals and Work Plans

Work time

20 M

4/1

Work time: Patterning and Assembling

21 W

4/3

Work time: Patterning and Assembling

22 M

4/8

In-Progress Critique

Possible Work Time.

23 W

4/10

Work time: Assembling and Testing

24 M

4/15

Work time: Assembling and Testing

25 W

4/17

Work time: Assembling and Testing

26 M

4/22

Work time: Testing & Tweaking

27 W

4/24

In-Progress Critique

Possible Work Time.

28 M

4/29

Work time: Testing & Tweaking

29 W

5/1

Work time: Testing & Tweaking

SAT.

5/4

EVENT

Set aside all day and evening of Sat., May 4

Exam Slot

Clean-up