Designing a Cultural Event Ticket

Designing a Cultural Event Ticket

Learning Objective

In this project, you will be asked to design a creative and visually appealing ticket for a cultural event.

You will use the design cycle to help produce your final product. 

What do you already know about designing tickets for cultural events?

Elements of a Ticket

Tickets typically include event details, date, time, venue, and sometimes a unique design or theme. Can you think of other items that should be included in an event ticket?

What is the difference between a ticket and an invite?

Researching Cultural Events

Research different cultural events and identify their target audience, theme, and purpose.

Record this process in your project document - remember to explain, describe and give examples to enhance your work.

Brainstorming Ticket Designs

Engage in a brainstorming session to generate creative ideas for ticket designs.

Make sure any ideas you identify are recorded in your project document.

Sketching Ticket Designs

Create rough sketches of ticket designs, considering layout, color schemes, typography, and imagery.

You can use paper and pencils for this process or you can use your iPad and your preferred drawing apps. Make sure your designs are inserted in your project document.

Choosing a Design

Evaluate and select the most effective ticket design based on the event's theme and target audience.

Designing the Final Ticket

Transfer the chosen design onto a digital platform using graphic design software or online tools.

Adding Event Details

Incorporate the event details, date, time, venue, and any additional information onto the final ticket design.

Reviewing and Refining

Review the final ticket design and make any necessary refinements or improvements.

Extra Practice: Design Challenge

Participate in a design challenge where you create a ticket for a different cultural event with specific requirements.

Differentiated Material: Visual Design Tips

Explore visual design tips and techniques to enhance the overall aesthetic appeal of the ticket.

Differentiated Material: Marketing and Advertising

Learn about marketing and advertising strategies to effectively promote the cultural event through the ticket design.

Differentiated Material: Accessibility Considerations

Understand the importance of designing accessible tickets and consider inclusive design principles.

Finalizing and Presenting

Finalize the ticket design and prepare a presentation to showcase your design process and rationale.

Reflection and Feedback

Reflect on the learning experience and provide feedback to peers on their ticket designs.

Assessment: Ticket Design Rubric

Evaluate your ticket design based on the provided rubric, considering visual appeal, clarity, and alignment with event theme.

Extension Activity: Designing an Event Advertisement

Apply the design principles learned to create an advertisement for the cultural event.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.