Assignment #4
Morgue File Group Work
Due Date: September 10
Instructions
The class will be broken out into eight groups, one group per major category from the morgue file.
- business cards
- menus
- print ads
- brochures
- catalogs
- postcards
- product packaging
- flyers
Each group will do the following. All members in each group are expected to contribute to the group discussion. Everyone should take notes!
- Discuss the items in your category.
- Look at the sizes (also known as formats,) paper quality, colors, text, and images.
- Compare: what do all the items have in common?
- Contrast: in which ways is each piece unique?
- Pretend this is a design contest.
- Pick a first place, second place, and third place design winner.
- Write down why the first place winner has a better design than the second place winner.
- Write down why the second place winner has a better design than the third place winner.
- Each group member is to write a report on your findings. Make sure to include the comparisons and contrasts, as well as the reasoning in choosing your design contest winners.