TCDesign course schedule

Sept. 11. Introduction
Brief history of toys, artist’s toys, mainstream commercial toys, slides, discussion

Visit Gimbel Library exhibit

Sept. 18. Discussion, examples of what is involved in toy-making
concept, design, model, drawings, packaging

conceptual process

modelling materials ---demo or examples

for next class: bring materials to work with

Sept. 25. In class--build a character out of random materials: corrugated cardboard, empty
food containers, plastics from Canal St.

Oct. 2. no class for Yom Kippur

Oct. 9. Visit Kidrobot, Toy Tokyo, Japan Society, Forbidden Planet, Jim Haley’s or other
galleries or toy stores

Oct. 16. In class: begin work on paper toy

crit: random material exercise, sketches for blank and sketches for final toy

Oct. 23. guest teacher

Oct. 30. Intro to packaging
midterm grades

Nov. 6. Finish 3-d figure, start sketching packaging solutions

crit: random material exercise, sketches for blank and sketches for final toy

Nov. 13. Research narrative, start to sketch narrative

Nov. 20. Guest teacher

Weekend Symposium

Nov. 27. Work in class

Dec. 4.. Work in class on technical drawings

Dec. 11. Work in class

Dec. 18. LAST CLASS Final due, guest teacher, big crit