Form and Space
Fortunate to belong to a 50-year-old legacy of philosophical understanding of form and space, Alvaro teaches Industrial Design students at Pratt Institute the elements of design. This course focuses on creating an intuitive understanding of our physical surroundings, from color, form, spatial relationships, movement, scale, and negative space. Through numerous exercises, the course teaches students to train their eyes and hands to orchestrate exceptional visual relationships in products. Alvaro has taught numerous of these exercises since 2012.
Rectilinear
Understanding Scale, Directionality and Form Types
Curvilinear
Compositions with round geometric forms
Five Element
Complex compositions between Rectilinear and Curvilinear Elements
Plane Studies
Relationships between dynamic planes
Found Object
Complex compositions abstracted from found objects.
Bent Axis
Activating a volume through negative space.
Convexity
Understanding form in relationship with space
Complex Rectilinear
Creating dynamic configurations between unidirectional elements
Bent Planes
Dynamic single sheet forms
Concavity
Understanding form with convexities and depressions
Tea, Toy, Temple
Reimagining function through abstraction
