Richard Lane, Autodesk Senior Manager, Training and Certification, took on another day of in class activities this time it was year 10 students. Working with groups of 10 students at a time for 50 minute sessions Richard engaged over 100 students at his local secondary school in the UK using the Smartphone Accessory project available in the Digital STEAM Workshop curriculum. Students explored the Design Thinking process applying the concepts they learned through the designer videos to their own Smartphone Accessory design. Students worked through the Understand, Explore, Define and Ideate STAGES to create a Smartphone case design for Amy. Check out their design ideas – all created in fifteen minutes of actual design time!
Teaching the basics of visual design often gets overlooked yet is essential to good design. Understanding design principles such as the elements of color, shape and principles of proportion and balance are important in all fields of design and help shape how we view our surroundings. Richard Lane, Autodesk Senior Manager, Training and Certification, recently engaged 6th and 7th grade students in learning the basics of visual design during 30 minute practical activity sessions as part of career day event day held at his local school in the UK. Using the Visual Design application and the hands on Design lesson available in the Digital STEAM Workshop curriculum, students explored the basics of visual design in 3D through a fun interactive application and simple hands on activity. The project was easy to implement, no software experience required, and didn’t required hours of class time... most importantly ....the students loved it! http://curriculum.autodesk.com/student/public/level1/tools/content_id/14
We are at SKILLS USA this week in Kansas City, MO! Having a great time meeting lots of talented students in the competitions using Autodesk software. Here are a couple of images from our well attended judges panel, we have great jusdges this year, Stephen Goldblatt from Bazillion Pictures, Bob Donatucci from Double Helix Games, Nils, Norgren from Neoscape and Eddie Perlberg from Autodesk.
