Use the web to research other student robotics teams and Robotics organizations to get an idea of what robotics competition is all about. Use the following websites to get a better understanding of student robotics organizations in Arizona and nationwide:

VEX Robotics

Innovative Technologies Students Compete in VEX Robotics Competition

Feel free to expand your web search to gather as much information as you can on our own Falcon Robotics team to aid you in your design decisions (for example, you might wish to try a Google search for “vex robotics arizona”.

To record what you have learned in your research, open a new Illustrator Web document and write ten facts that you have discovered about the Carl Hayden VEX Robotics team, or about student robotics in general. Please use complete sentences, and save your work before the end of class. Hang on to this document, as we will be using it tomorrow during the Visual Research phase of our Logo Design process.

Assigned: March 26th, 2015

Due: March 27th, 2015

Objective: To begin the logo design process by producing a basic Design Brief document.

Student Friendly Learning Target: I can begin my Design Brief by writing ten open-ended questions to be answered by the client.

Web Link:

https://justcreative.com/2008/02/01/logo-design-process-of-top-graphic-designers/

Topics Discussed:

• Eight Step Logo Design Process:

1. The Brief

Assignment:

Today we will begin working on our logo design for an actual client here on campus. The client is our newly founded Center for Computer Studies VEX Robotics Team, and as of today every student designer in my classes is in competition to produce a logo that VEX Robotics will select as their own. In the next two weeks, you will work through the eight step process to produce a professional-looking logo for the Robotics team.

Following the final deadline in a few weeks, Coach Herrera and CS VEX Robotics representatives will look at all the finished logos, and choose one as their favorite. The winner of this logo design contest will receive a great deal of recognition (as the VEX Robotics team will be using it as their logo in competition), as well as a yet-to-be-determined prize, so do your best to write open-ended questions that will help you determine what CS VEX Robotics wants and that will allow you to give them what they are asking for.

Step 1 – The Design Brief

You will begin the logo design process by creating a new Illustrator document, and writing ten questions (in complete sentences) that you would like to ask the VEX Robotics team about what they would like to see in their logo. These should be open-ended questions (questions that do not have a yes or no answer). Try to ask questions that will help you understand what the VEX Robotics team wants in a logo, and that will help you produce something that they will want and increase your chances of winning the logo design competition. We will turn these questions in to folder “31 – Logo Design Brief” on Thursday.

Your ten questions will be submitted to the VEX Robotics team. A VEX Robotics team member will answer them to the best of their ability, and they will be returned to you to guide you in your design process.

Assigned: March 24th, 2015

Due: March 26th, 2015