Learning Activity – Riddles

We were given 4 riddles to solve to get our creative juices flowing. Here they are with my answers.

A man is replacing a wheel on his car, when he accidentally drops the four nuts used to hold the wheel on the car. They fall into a deep drain, irretrievably lost. A passing girl offers him a solution that enables him to drive home. What is it?
Take a nut from each of the other three wheels. This will leave each wheel with three bolts – a temporary fix!

Two Russians walk down a street in Moscow. One Russian is the father of the other Russian’s son. How are they related?
The two Russians are husband and wife – and parents to said son.

What occurs once in June, once in July and twice in August?
U! As in the letter “u”, not you.

Six drinking glasses stand in a row, with the first three full of water and the next three empty. By handling and moving only one glass at a time, how can you arrange the six glasses so that no full glass stands next to another full glass, and no empty glass stands next to another empty glass? What is the minimum number of moves to solve this puzzle?
The minimum number of moves is two. Pour second glass of water into second empty glass; put the now empty glass back.

Class List & Deadlines

Here’s a list of all the students on this course (full-, and part-time). Check out their work on their own blogs listed below!

Full time
Adrian Olsen https://adrianolsen.wordpress.com/
Ana Jorge do Elvar www.anajorgeistesting.wordpress.com
André Loua http://loua.me/rj
Andrea Rebecca Hosarøygard https://submarinesandcatnoses.wordpress.com/
Anita Murel anitamurel.wordpress.com
Annette Schia Kaasa https://anetteskaasa.wordpress.com
Anton Kristensen gra.antonedvard.com
Arild Moilanden Pedersen https://braveitious.wordpress.com/
Bror Bjørnstadjordet https://brorbjrnstadjordet.wordpress.com/
Carolina Birkelid http://carolinabirkeli.wordpress.com
Daniela Lia liatundesign.wordpress.com 
Elisabeth Mellingen Greve www.elisabethgreve.wordpress.com
Essia Hidoussi https://edoussi.wordpress.com/
Govend Raof Rashid
Hanne-Birgit Morfjord https://bibbimorfjord.wordpress.com/
Helene Siglen heleneels.wordpress.com
Ida Sæterøy idasateroy.wordpress.com
Johan Torhaug https://atrumillusions.wordpress.com/
Kine M B Johnsen kinejohnsen.wordpress.com
Lars Lien Johansen http://larslien.wix.com/larslj
Lill Iren Fjeldberg lillirenfjeldberg.wordpress.com
Malene Harbak maleneab.wordpress.com
Malin Jeppsson https://malinjeppsson.wordpress.com/
Marita Arntsen https://maritanyerarntsen.wordpress.com
Miriam Lie http://thegraphicjourney.wordpress.com
Miriam Sæter https://mirthebir.wordpress.com
Monica Allegria Johnsen alegriajohnsen.com
Natassia Johnsen tashajohnsen.wordpress.com
Renate Humberset https://renatehumberset.wordpress.com/
Sanne Finsådal lifeofvillahh.wordpress.com
Sebastian Ellefsen https://sebastianellefsen.wordpress.com
Silje Hystad https://rjsilje.wordpress.com/
Steffen Normark steffennormark.wordpress.com
Sunniva Emilie Solheim https://sunniwawadesign.wordpress.com/
Susann Heggøy https://susannheggoy.wordpress.com/
Tobias Bottenvik tobiasbottenvik.wordpress.com
Vilde Hallin https://vildejournal.wordpress.com

Part time
Are Refsdal https://arespersonaljournal.wordpress.com/
Ashley Tsioutsioulis https://ashleybjornsrud.wordpress.com
Eline Lundervold
Evelien Lanting
Fadi Abou Hassan https://faditoon.wordpress.com/
Heidi Marie Andersen https://bulderogbrak.wordpress.com
Linda Merete Antonsen https://lindaantonsen.wordpress.com
Mathias Fischer Blichfeldt https://mathiasfblichfeldt.wordpress.com

Dates of handouts and deadlines for tasks

• 11.08.15 Handout – Mandatory task 00 (2 weeks)
  • Deadline – Monday 24.08.15
• 25.08.15 Handout – Mandatory assignment 01 – Photography (36 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 29.04.16
• 07.09.15 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 02 – Logo (7 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 23.10.15
• 09.11.15 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 03 – Illustration (4 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 04.12.15
• 07.12.15 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 04 – Layout (9 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 05.02.16
• 02.05.16 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 05 – 1-2 Product Website (24 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 14.10.16
• 29.08.16 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 06 – Photography 2 (11 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 23.09.15
• 14.11.16 Handout – Mandatory Assignment 07 – Branding and Packaging (10 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 20.01.17

Date for Project Exam

• 07.12.15 GRAP (Graphic Project Exam, 1 semester) (19 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 15.04.16

• 12.12.16 Project exam 2 (26 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 09.06.17

Date for Portfolio

• 25.08.15 Handout – Portfolio 1 (Mandatory Assignment 1 – Photography) (36 weeks)
  • Deadline Friday 29.04.16

  07.12.15 GRAM (Graphic Portfolio, 1 semester) (21 weeks)

  • Deadline Friday 29.04.16
• 12.12.16 Handout – Portfolio 2 (15 weeks)
  • Deadline – Friday 24.03.17

Assignment #2 – Map

For our second assignment, we were asked to get to know our learning platform, known as moodle, better. The task was to create a map.

Assignment #1 – Self Portrait

For our first assignment, we’ve been asked to produce a creative self portrait.

This is me trying to be funny… What I did is I roughly sketched a standard self portrait; I scanned the picture and cut out the eyes and mouth/chin area; and then I made a collage out of it. It’s a bit rough around the edges (and my self portrait isn’t one of my most accurate portraits) but I was told to be creative, and creative I tried to be!

 

A bit about Ashley

We all have the ability to see and appreciate the beauty of design.

My appreciation for Design may have originated with my Father who is, himself, an artist and designer.

He saw my potential from an early age and tried to nurture my talents from as early as I can remember.

My interests vary a lot. I love history and art mostly – combine the two and you have a winner! In my spare time, I paint; and I express myself best through abstract art.

Photography is also a passion of mine. I find the ability to freeze a moment in time fascinating, and I enjoy capturing seemingly insignificant details of an object, and making it look beautiful.

I studied Art and Art History in London as one of my GCSE subjects, and that is where I began to grow as an artist. I continued with Art when I moved to Bergen, Norway, and there my studies were mostly focused on architecture, interior design, problem solving, and product design. I also took a photography class, which I found quite enlightening.

More recently, my father let me work alongside him on a few of his projects, and I realized then, that my future is in Design. That is why I decided to take this course in Graphic Design. Working with something I love has always been a dream of mine, and to fulfill that dream, I must begin here.