Food Truck Physical. Assigned 5/7, due 5/14 - MAJOR

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Here are the expectations for the Physical (cardboard) Food Truck:

Your truck must have:

1. Be completely covered with either construction paper, paint, or marker. Do not have any brown cardboard showing.

2. Designs on both sides of the truck. One sure with the food service side, and one that is the full side.

3. If you can find a way to include a topper, that would be great.

4. You must have a menu. That menu should be on the food truck. You can create a free standing menu/sign if you would like. You should have the names of your dishes on the menu, I know they will be small, but that is fine.

5. The name of your Food Truck must appear on the truck. Include your logo somewhere as well.

6. Your truck MUST be in 3D.

7. Extras like wheels, a cab, lights, awnings, etc are greatly encouraged.

Please make sure you have completed the digital version of your truck before you start on the physical version.

If you forgot cardboard, try to remember next time. I have a small supply so ask if you are ready to see if I can help you.

Around the room you will find all the materials I have available for you including; construction paper, tape, glue, scissors, hot glue guns, box cutters, markers, etc. Please be polite. The box cutters may ONLY be used where they are, DO NOT TAKE THEM TO YOUR DESK.

You have 3.5 classes (you will have a reflection on the 14th) to make these. Please ask me for anything you might need, you never know what I have laying around to help you. You are may bring anything you want from home to use on your truck.

Your physical truck DOES NOT have to look like your digital truck.

I can print on a limited basis per person. Share whatever you need to print with me via email. 

Food Truck Digital. Assigned 4/30, due 5/5 - MAJOR

 Last time we worked on the Food Truck project, you used Canva to come up with some plans and answered a bunch of question about what goes into a Food Truck, the history of them, and what you might expect to see if you worked in a food truck. You designed a logo, and you created some sort of design for the side of your truck.

Today, we are going to put all of that together in to a final package. You will again use Canva to complete this task.

Here is what I expect to see on your final project:

1. A well designed and thought out logo with a graphic and text (the truck's name). I would like 2 versions of this logo, one that has the full logo with the name of the truck, and another that is just text-based.

1. A menu with a minimum of the following:   

    5 main dishes

    5 side dishes

    3 desserts

3. Two sides of your Food Truck. Your truck could have some sort of roof mounted symbol 

    1 side with the serving area

    1 side with the non-serving side

Below are some samples for you to look at so you know what I am looking for. Ignore the numbers at the bottom, those are irrelevant. Do not include those on your piece.

Food Trucks Turned In

You have all of today to complete this task. You will turn this in on your Google Site on a new Subpage called Food Truck Project. Make sure to PUBLISH when you are done.

The next part of this assignment is to make a cardboard food truck in class. There are five sample trucks on the table in the middle of the classroom. Sometime today, go look at one closer. You will work on these individually, but you can certainly help a friend, offer advice, or even help each other with your INDIVIDUAL trucks.

YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN CARDBOARD BOX

I have some cardboard BUT you will need to cut it and that can be tedious. You may want to find your own cardboard to do this assignment. In addition, you may want to add things to your truck that I do not have. You will need to provide those things. 

PLEASE BRING ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM HOME TO HELP CREATE YOUR TRUCK. 

I will have:

Glue

Scissors

Markers

Tape

Construction paper

SOME poster board (white only)

I will also be able to cut down a cardboard box for you using a box cutter. You will need cut carefully mark your box for the cuts you want.

This Food Truck MUST BE 3D.

Please ask if you have any questions about this second project

Food Truck Preview. Assigned 4/28, due 4/30 - Minor

Food Truck Preview

Let's start by looking at the history of Food Trucks. 

First, make a new subpage on your Google Site, title it Food Truck Preview.

Click here to learn about Food Trucks: https://prestigefoodtrucks.com/2020/03/history-of-food-trucks-and-how-theyve-shaped-america/

Answer the following questions:

1. How many trucks are there in the US, according to the website?

2. What is considered the first food trucks?

3. Pre-1950, what were two other types of food you might find in the early food trucks? 

Find an example of an early food truck, take a screen shot (Shift, Command, 5 and then size it and hit CAPTURE to take a screen shot)

4. What were the three biggest reasons for the "Food Truck Revolution" in 2008?

5. What did the website indicate would be some of the future developments in food truck use?

Now, let's look at what you might need inside of a food truck to make it really go?

Click here to learn what items should be in a food truck: https://blog.clover.com/food-truck-equipment-essentials-every-food-truck-needs/

6. List the top 10 items that every food truck needs to be successful?

Find a photo of your favorite food truck in Austin and share it with me

It's time to start thinking about what you might serve at your food truck:

Check out this site to learn about the top profitable food truck items: https://www.partstown.com/about-us/most-profitable-food-truck-items

7. What similarities do you see in the top-10 items?

8. What are your two favorites?

Find images for your two favorite food truck foods and share it with me.

You will have to come up with a menu of items for your truck, so take a look at this site to get your thinking: https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/how-to-make-a-food-truck-menu

9. What is the importance of categorizing your menu?

10. Besides names of your items, what else will you need to make sure you do so your patrons know what they are eating?

11. Which of the 10 example food truck menu's did you think sounded the best? WHY?

Find a food truck menu image, take a screen shot and share it with me.

Part of this assignment will include coming up with design for the outside of your truck. There are TONS of things you have to think about when it comes to designing your truck, and the following website has a ton of them. I don't expect you to memorize all of these, but steal some ideas that you might want to bring into your truck:

https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/food-truck-design-ideas

12. There are three distinct areas that the website suggests that you focus on, what are those three areas? (these are near the top of the article)

13. List the three design ideas (out of 20) that caught your attention and explain how you might carry out that idea in your food truck.

Finally, you will need to come up with a logo for your truck. There are so many options out there, but this site has a ton of them for you to think about:

https://99designs.com/inspiration/logos/food-truck

14. Pick out your favorite four logos, take screen shots and share them here.

15. Describe why you picked those four logos. Use graphic design terms to explain what caught your attention. Was it color, shape, texture, graphics, what? Explain fully what you liked about these logos (2 sentences minimum).

Now lets have some fun thinking about what your truck might look like digitally.

Download this file, open it in Canvas, and come up with a beginning look for your truck. You will each come up with your own concept and ideas and this first part is the digital part of the project. You will have one class period to complete the next assignment which you will see more of tomorrow.

You can use these files, or you can use the elements button in Canva and search for Food Truck. Please make sure you get a blank version. 

Add color, think about a logo, colors, name, menu, menu items, etc.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGZ_SYXzE2jI7oYKVoEUSvuh6-OFpIs8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12PMjumI19Cy8htwtBVVoJ6Df6r0Z1B9o/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xrXbL5OomGvAB3nXHu89re3lKiQdPfa/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhGZBNY9YrDXCaSDYOwQkkuVkkGgRSa-/view?usp=sharing

Interior Design Reflection and ID Rooms. Assigned 4/24, due 4/28 - Minor and Minor

Interior Design Reflection

On a new Google Site subpage called Interior Design Project Reflection please answer the following questions:

1. Provide the name and definition of the decor style you choose for the room? Do you believe you you kept within that design style? Explain your answer. (It's OK to use an eclectic mix of styles so you won't lose points for including more than one).
2. Would you decorate a room in your own house with these items? Explain your answer.
3. What is your favorite aspect of the mood board you created?
4. How easily were you able to find items from the color palette you chose for inclusion on the mood board?
5. What would you change about the options you chose if you were to do this again.
6. How would the light fixtures you chose impact the feel of the room?
7. Which items add texture to the room? Explain the impact this would have and how the texture contrasts from other items in the room
8. What did you enjoy most about this project?
9. What did you find most challenging?
10. If you were the teacher what would you change about this project for future students? 

Interior Design Rooms

As well planning how to decorate a room, it is also important to consider room layout, furniture placement and how you place wall decor. Answer the following questions to learn some of the principles of space and room layout in this context.  These will vary dependent on the type of room you working. 

On your Google Site create a new subpage called Interior Design: ROOMS - and answer the following questions:

Read this, covering rules of thumb for Living Room Layout:

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/living-room-rules-know

1. In your own words share the ideas presented for the following items:
   • Seating,
   • Coffee Tables,
   • Rug,
   • Art,
   • TV 
   • Side Tables. 
2. What pieces are suggested for inclusion in a family friendly living space?
3. How could you create a living space allowing you to work from home also?
4. What would make a living room appropriate for use as an entertainment space?

Read this, covering rules of thumb for Bedroom Layout:

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/portland-guest-bedroom-decorating-ideas-rules

1. In your own words share the suggestions made about the following items:
• Bed
• Headboard
• Bedframe
• Dresser
• Mirror
• Side Table,
• Rug,
• Art,
• TV. 

https://roomfortuesday.com/20-things-every-bedroom-should-have-according-to-a-designer/

2. Which of the items in the website above do you have in your room?

3. Are there any of those suggestions that make you consider your room and what you could do differently to make your room more inviting?

Read this to learn about hanging wall decor: 

https://www.ballarddesigns.com/howtodecorate/2012/02/how-to-hang-wall-decor-101-2/

1. What is the first step in hanging artwork?
2. What should be the focal point of a room (if it has one)?
3. How would you use a group of pictures in a small space?
4. How would you use a group of pictures in a large space?
5. What are the 6 steps in arranging pictures before hanging on a wall?
6. Explain what hang art at eye level means?
7. How would you hang art differently in a dining room?
8. Explain the concept of 'size matters' as described in rule 5.
9. When is hanging symmetrical pieces a good idea?
10. How do you hang art in even numbers?
11. How do you hang 3 pieces of artwork in a row?
12. When should you consider asymmetrical balance?

Interior Design Project. Assigned 4/21, due 4/24 - MAJOR

You will use Canva to create a mood board for the room of your choice, considering color, light and texture.  You will choose a design style for the room, either your favorite or another you learned about in one of the previous Interior Design assignments or elsewhere. You will have two more assignment in the Interior Design module after this, one will be a reflection on this project and the other a daily assignment considering room layout. You have two class periods to complete this project. On Friday, you will do the reflection and the last interior design assignment.

1. Login to Canva, in What will you Design, search for Mood Board and select one you feel will work well with the style and/or color palette of the room you plan to decorate. 
2. Title your Mood Board 'Your name's Design Style Room Name' e.g. Diego's Mid Century Modern Living Room or Claire's Modern Farmhouse Bedroom.
3. Select a color palette for your room using what you learned in the preview assignment. Include up to FIVE colors that work well together, including a primary neutral color. You can find a swatch for the color palette online or use one that is pre-loaded in Canva. 
4. Make the background of you mood board the color that you would paint the majority of the walls in the room (a low key neutral color works best!). If your template is already that color, you may keep it as is.
5. If you wish you may include a painted accent wall or feature wallpaper, include a paint chip or wallpaper sample that reflects that.
6. Include something on your mood board to show the entire color palette you will draw from for your room. It could be the paint palette itself or an decorative object or piece of furniture, label this paint palette.
7. Search online for pieces in the design style you have chosen with colors as near as possible to the color palette you have chosen for your room, include images of at least the following pieces of furniture and large decor items dependent on which room you choose to create the mood board for.
   • Living room - Sofa, accent chair, rug, coffee table and/or accent table(s).
   • Bedroom - Bed, end table(s), chest of drawers, dresser, rug.
   • Dining room - Dining table, chairs or benches, accent chair(s), rug, storage item such as a buffet or a bar, 
8. Find and include images of at least FIVE decorative items that coordinate with the furniture and are within your color palette. Include items appropriate for your room choice such as art work, throw pillows, clock, blankets, bedding, curtains, baskets, foot stools, storage bench, ottoman, plant, laundry basket.
9. Within these items or in addition to, include at least TWO pieces of furniture or decor with varied and interesting texture. Label those items to indicate that they are the ones which bring texture in to the room.
10. Include at least two light fixtures that coordinate with your furniture and decor items that would work in your space.
11. For each of your items, use the background remover tool in Canva to get rid of the background so that only the item itself is visible. This way you can see if it works with your wall color or note. 
12. Resize items to scale relative to each other once you have selected everything so you can get a better idea of how everything would work together. 
13. Move the items around so that they are clearly displayed on the mood board and it is easy to view all items. 
14. When you are done save your file as a .PNG and post it on your Google Site, on a new subpage called Interior Design Project.

Examples:

Famous Interior Designers. Assigned 4/16, due 4/21 - Minor

This assignment gives you the opportunity to look at the work of 5 notable Interior Designers. 

https://www.skillshare.com/blog/30-famous-interior-designers-alive-and-dead/ 

Remember if this link doesn't work - you are still responsible for this assignment - do a Google Search for "famous interior designers" and I know you will find some names you can use for this assignment!!

Read the article linked above to learn about significant Interior Designers and view images of them in the context of the aesthetic. If there are designers whose work sounds interesting, but the image doesn't show their style you should do further research to see if it appeals to you. 

You may choose to use Interior Designers from the list or others you are that are not mentioned.  If you wish you may focus on designers who work in the style you selected as your favorite in the Interior Design Preview & Careers Assignment or you may look at designers of all styles.

Make a new subpage on your Google Site titles Five Famous Interior Designers. You should use information in the article and do further research as necessary to get all data you need to complete the questions and tasks below.

1. Provide a definition of the word 'aesthetic' and include the URL you found it. It's important to know that word for this assignment. 

2. Pick 5 designers that you liked from either the article above, or your own research. Make sure they are an Interior Designers and that is the primary focus of their career.

Share the following information about each Interior Designer:

1. The name of each Interior Designer.

2. At least one image of a room or location for which they have created the interior design they are best known for or that reflects their aesthetic. You can select the image from the article or any other design of theirs that you found online. Take a screen shot of the image and post it under their name.

3. Referring to the design styles you learned about in the Preview assignment, which design style does it looks like this person primarily work in? 

4. List three things each Interior Designers is best known for. It can be the style of their work, a particular building or location, work on a TV show or anything you feel is significant.

5. Explain in two sentences why you liked their work in specific terms - it can be the design style, the colors, the furnishings, textures, lighting or a particular interior they have designed, it's your preference, please explain it to me. 

6. If you were to design a room in their style describe how you would incorporate these aspects and what you would include in your room to reflect their style. 

7. Please include the URL for websites where you found information for this assignment other than the link provided.

Make sure you do this for FIVE Interior Designers.

Publish when you are finished.

 

Interior Design Preview AND Careers. Assigned 4/14, due 4/16 - Minor

 Now we will shift our focus to Interior Design. Some of you may not know very much about this career, so this preview assignment will help you to better understand both the degree's available, but will also give you more information on what this career is and what people do when they are working in this industry.

As always, you are welcome to find your own answers to these questions, and do your own research using Google. You should use the resources/links I have provided, but there may be places where you can find the answers faster, especially in the part where we examine where you could earn a degree in this field.

Interior Design

1. What is Interior Design? Do an online search and find 3 definitions. Include the definition (you may copy and paste the definition) and the source URL for each of them. 

Review each of the 9 design styles: https://www.hgtv.com/design/topics/design-styles

2. List them all, including a brief description of each one (please use your own words here) and a visual example (make sure you take a screen shot and share it) of each with the source URL. You are not required to use the same images from the website, so do a Google Image search if you want.

Take this quiz:

https://thegingerhome.com

3. Share your preferred Interior Design Style. Did this surprise you? Why?

4. List 3 things that you like about this Interior Design Style overall.

5. Go online and do a Google Image search and find an image of a room in that interior design style for each of the following rooms:

Living Room

Bedroom

Dining Room

Kitchen

Bathroom

Take a screenshot and make sure you share it on your Google Site.

Make sure you including the URL where you found the image. 

Explain 3 things you like about each room. 

Answer the following questions using the information provided at this website: 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-colour-interior-design-chibueze-david-dominic

6. Summarize why color is important in interior design?

https://www.businessinsider.com/best-unconventional-ways-to-use-light-in-home-2021-11

7. Why is lighting important in interior design?

8. What are the 3 types of light the article mentions that should be considered in room design?

https://www.luxdeco.com/the-luxurist/texture-in-interior-design

9. What does texture refer to in interior design?

10. Give 6 examples of ways to add texture to any room?

11. How do the three elements interact in interior design (explain in your own words)?

Careers

Now go to Google and do a search to find out information on what it takes to get a degree in Interior Design. Feel free to use multiple website, as you will probably not find all the answers in one place. Make sure you answer all of the questions in your own words.

12. List 5 career options you can pursue with an Interior Design degree

13. List the salary range for careers in this area

14. List the name and location of 3 colleges that offer degrees in this field (Hint: Go to www.collegeboard.com and search Interior Design)

15. List 5 skills of pieces of knowledge a person entering into this career would need

16. List at least 3 activities a person does in this job on a daily basis

17. What is the outlook for this job? Is this a career that is expected to be in demand in the future or will it become less important?