Pre-Media Technologies students designed and printed a new mural now on display outside the Interior Design classrooms.
Before the start of spring 2014 semester Interior Design Program Manager Colleen Schmaltz approached Pre-Media Technologies Instructor Shelly Fitterer about creating a mural to display her students’ interior design work.
Fitterer said Schmaltz’s request came at the perfect time as her nine-week Wide Format Production class was about to start. She said the mural project was a great addition to the curriculum because it gave her students real world experience seeing a job go from concept to finished product.
Schmaltz presented the Interior Design team’s mural idea to the Pre-Media students and provided images of interior design student work.
“The Pre-Media students then each came up with their own designs based on the client’s needs,” Fitterer said. “They presented their designs to Colleen who shared the designs with her team and chose the final design.”
The winning design, created by Ellie Persian features 24 virtual Revit design drawings created by Dunwoody Interior Design students and the phrase “Design Changes Everything.”
The 90-inch tall and 119-inch wide mural was designed using Adobe Photoshop CS6. Students printed the mural on a Cannon ipf8100 wide format printer, cold laminated it and installed it on the wall.
Through the process Fitterer says her students learned about teamwork, file preparation, deadlines, machine operation, measuring, troubleshooting, wall mural layout and working with a client.
Persian said the project was a fun way to learn about new technology and gain experience collaborating with a client.
For more information about the Pre-Media Technologies program, visit http://dunwoody.edu/graphics/pre-media-technologies/.
For more information about the Interior Design program, visit http://dunwoody.edu/construction/interior-design/ .