Karthik Devarajan

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U23096

TThe CEPT Foundation Programme studio is an introduction for students fresh out of school to the rigor and work habits required by an undergraduate degree at CEPT University. The studio is conceptualized as a series of sequentially planned exercises, through which students develop skills and abilities, which are then deployed to address increasingly complex problems falling in four broad categories: visualize and draw, make and learn, anayse and interpret and conceptualise and represent. The exercises are designed to provide foundational skills for students across disciplines at CEPT, between which they maintain a balance. They also reflect an understanding that at the foundation level, these skills overlap to a large extent, and a varied array is of benefit to all students. The studio is taught through intensive 1–2 week long modules, focusing on a particular skill or ability, and a process that emphasizes ongoing feedback in addition to expert faculty lectures.


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Learning freehand drawing through lines, shapes, forms and finally compositions of subtracted forms.

Drafting self-made model's plan, elevations with sections and surface development of basic forms for model creation.

Creating forms to learn basic model making skills, working with clay to understand its properties, and making a soma cube with a variety of materials.

Introduction to the world of materials through testing of properties of various materials, research and report on a chosen set of them and then making a model with aluminium.

Dismantling a mini tripod stand to understand each of its parts and drafting them according to its assembly.

Gauging measurements of real life objects and spaces and drawing them freehand to scale.

Understanding principles of visual organisation, visual composition and visual perception through composition of basic shapes.

Application of colour theory by pixelation of image and mono montage.

Figuring out the construction of some of the letters of the Garamond font by drafting them and making compositions of them. Then, learning the use of fonts in brand through a typewalk, and creating word expressions.

Deciphering the art style of Frank stella through his works and designing an event poster related to him.