Krish Thite

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U23110

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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Through lines, shapes and forms, we learned how to successfully construct drawings without using tools.

For the first time, we learned to use drafting equipment such as parallel bars and set squares.

We learned to make models out of various materials such as gray board, card paper, clay and cement

We learned how to manipulate and study different materials, from which the material I chose was bamboo.

We disassembled a complex object and constructed an exploded view of said object, explaining the parts and how they work.

We learned to gauge the sizes of various rooms, buildings, streets and objects using our body as a measuring tool.

We learned the basics of all the ordering principles necessary to understand the language of design.

We learned how to mix colours, and understand different colour schemes and patterns which can be used in compositions.

We learned the basics of how to construct various typefaces, and we applied our creativity to understand how to apply meaning to certain words by just modifying the individual letters of the word.

We learned how to decipher various famous designer's styles and apply them in a poster for an event concerning them.