Article described an especially meaningful way of planning the curriculum in art for high school students: designing and compiling a book. (Author/RK)

This paper summarizes a 10-month long research project conducted at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center aimed at developing the design concept of a multi-institutional art and culture web site. The work followed a user-centered design (UCD) approach, where interaction with prototypes and feedback from potential users of the web site were sought…

Focusing on the various problems involved in designing and producing a picturebook, this document consists of opening remarks by Kenneth Morantz; a discussion of design in the context of publishing, by editor Stephen Roxburgh; a discussion of what separates children's book publishing from the rest of the trade as well as what contributes to the…

Some aspects of design common to most studios are discussed. A number of different art and craft processes are described, with the requirements in terms of equipment, storage, and expected use. Discussion is included of examples of planning arrangements of individual studios grouped into three categories--(1) general, multi-purpose studios, (2)…

This study reviewed possibilities for looking at aesthetic perception in art using the D. E. Berlyne approach, identifying alternative methods, and reporting the results of a factor analytic study of preferences of young college adults for abstract art. The Berlyne approach used stimulus objects of simple to complex abstract components of the more…