Assigned Week 5 · Workshopped Week 6 · Presented Week 7. Due at the start of class on Monday, October 26. Link this book from your Midterm page in Submissions. Graded process 40% · final work 40% · presentation 20%. The full brief is on the class journal: Midterm — AI-Directed Design
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This book is organized into the four D's. Fill them in the order they happen — a Design section with nothing above it is the sign of a project that skipped the research.
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What already exists in this space, and who is this actually for? Precedent, competitors, moodboards, audience. Mark what you verified against a real source and what you couldn't. Credit human sources by name — especially if a reference is another designer's or illustrator's work.
Start with the three sentences you wrote at the Week 6 workshop: what you're making, who it's for, and what problem it solves. Then add the sketches, structure or wireframes that came out of them.
What my group told me to cut, and what I cut:
My plan, day by day, to October 26:
The spine of the process book. Chronological. Duplicate the block below for each significant round — a process book with three rounds in it describes a project that wasn't really iterated on.