Design for beginners - for iPod/iPhone

How do you create depth and tone on paper? How do you create a cd case from scratch? Steve Garner, Professor of Design at The Open University answers these questions and others in this introduction to design basics. All design begins with translating ideas on to a canvas, and this collection encourages you to begin thinking about design principles from how letters are shaped to creating three dimensional models. This material forms part of The Open University course U101 Design thinking.

Shapes of letters

Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.

05-27
02:24

Tone in design

Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.

05-27
02:49

The overlay technique

Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.

05-27
01:24

How to make a scale model of a chair

Steve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.

05-27
02:35

How to make a CD case

Steve Garner explains how to make a CD case.

05-27
01:28

How to make a cardboard mug

Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.

05-27
03:53

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