Hi Rolf,
The graphic design space, where I was taught, at Newport University in
the UK seemed to work very well. We had a "light" room, with windows
on 3 sides, mostly used for looking at print work; a "dark" room with
no windows for screen and projection work, with rows of chairs; and an
"in-between" room with windows on one side and blinds, which could be
used for either. Both the "light" and "in-between" rooms had computer
terminals round the edge, and desks for working at with laptops. The
larger "light" room also had small, high, round tables (cafe style)
with tall stools to sit at and discuss work (mainly at tutorials).
For crits, depending on the project, we'd either use one of the data
projectors in each room, or, for print work, we'd attach it to free-
standing white-painted boards with wheels. I guess there would have
been space for about 4 A1 posters, arranged portrait, on each one.
Each student would get one "face" of a board (or half, given the
swelling class sizes and interest in graphic design), and the panels
could be arranged as needed / wheeled around to display each student's
work to the group for discussion. It worked very well, although I have
to say I like Gunnar's idea of steel panels and magnets... A
combination of the two might be pretty awesome.
Will.
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