⏰ Do Now — Start Here

Look at the 3 images posted. Which one do you think is "art," which is "design," and which could be both? Explain your choice.

🎯 Today's Big Question

Articulate the difference between art made for self-expression and design made to solve a problem for someone else.
Identify the client, audience, and purpose in 3 real design examples.
State the course's guiding philosophy in their own words: design is art with a purpose.

Do Now + debate: defend your categorization to a partner (8 min).
Mini-lesson: introduce the course philosophy -- design is art with a purpose, created for a client and an audience, and built using a repeatable process (12 min).
Small groups: for each of the 3 example images, identify the client, the audience, and the purpose (15 min).
Whole-class share and preview of the year ahead: history, typography, color, Photoshop mastery, real client projects, and the PBAT/portfolio at the end (10 min).

Short, on-the-board pacing slides — project these to follow along. (The full details are in the handout above, not here.)

Design: Visual problem-solving created for a client and an audience, not only for self-expression.
Fine Art: Work primarily created to express the artist's own ideas or feelings.
Purpose: The problem a design is meant to solve or the action it's meant to inspire.

Exit ticket + group share-outs checked for a clear client/audience/purpose identification.

Exit Ticket: In your own words, finish this sentence: "Design is art with a purpose because ___."

Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.