DESIGN
CURATOR
CARDS

RESEARCH. CONSTRAIN. DRAFT. VERIFY.
THE WORKFLOW YOU WILL USE ALL SEMESTER.

START HERE

  1. Read this page and the full README
  2. Copy the /starter folder into your own repo
  3. Fill out CURATOR_NOTES.md
  4. Write your AGENTS.md
  5. Run exploration prompts
  6. Draft your 3 Curator Cards
  7. Run a Named Expert Critique
  8. Fill out CLAIMS.md
  9. Deploy to GitHub Pages
  10. Submit your repo link in Canvas

THE DELIVERABLE

A one-page static site with three Curator Cards — short, precise, museum-label-quality descriptions of design movements.

CARD 1 — BAUHAUS

1919–1933. The school that unified art, craft, and technology under one pedagogical program.

CARD 2 — SWISS STYLE

1950s–1970s. The mathematical grid system that became the global design language.

CARD 3 — REACTION

Choose New Wave Typography or Grunge Typography. The rebellion against Swiss order.

PER CARD

  • 80–120 words, body text only
  • 5 vocabulary tags (domain terms)
  • 2 real example links
  • 1 “Not to be confused with…” line
  • 1 accountability note

WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE

One completed card from the A-level example:

Bauhaus (1919–1933)

The Bauhaus school, founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, unified fine art, craft, and technology under one pedagogical roof. Its core principle — form follows function — demanded that every visual decision serve a purpose. Faculty including Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Klee developed a foundation curriculum (Vorkurs) emphasizing geometric abstraction, primary colors, and modular composition. The school’s output — from typography to furniture to architecture — established the blueprint for modern design education. When the Nazis closed it in 1933, its diaspora seeded modernist thinking worldwide.
Vorkurs Geometric Abstraction Form Follows Function Modular Grid Sans-Serif Typography
Examples: MoMA — Bauhaus Collection // MoMA — Walter Gropius
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH Art Deco, because while both emerged in the early 20th century, Art Deco embraced ornamentation and luxury, while Bauhaus stripped design to functional essentials.
ACCOUNTABILITY: I verified the founding date and Vorkurs curriculum against MoMA’s exhibition records.

>>> SEE THE FULL A-LEVEL EXAMPLE WITH ALL 3 CARDS

WORKFLOW

1 — EXPLORE

Use open-ended prompts to survey the territory. Concept maps, vocabulary lists, timelines. Do not trust any of it yet.

2 — PIN

Select the best AI outputs and paste them into CURATOR_NOTES.md. These become your reference. Discard the rest.

3 — PROMOTE

Move pinned content into AGENTS.md as constraints and vocabulary. The AI now works within your curated context.

YOU DECIDE

The human decides what is good. The AI executes within those boundaries. That is curation.

PROMPT PACK

Copy-and-paste prompts for every stage of the workflow.

>>> OPEN THE FULL PROMPT PACK

YOUR FILES

FILE PURPOSE REUSED FOR
CURATOR_NOTES.md Research thinking before prompting Museum, Business Site, Portfolio
AGENTS.md Instructions you give the AI Every project this semester
PROMPT_LOG.md Record of prompts and outcomes Debugging, process improvement
CLAIMS.md Verification log for factual claims Team accountability in museum project

GRADING

>>> FULL RUBRIC IN THE README

CRITERION WEIGHT WHAT MATTERS
Card Content 30% Word count, vocabulary precision, museum-label tone
Verification 20% CLAIMS.md thorough, links work, confidence honest
Workflow Docs 15% CURATOR_NOTES + AGENTS.md show real thinking
Expert Critique 15% Ran critique, implemented feedback, documented changes
Code Quality 10% Clean, accessible, mobile-friendly, 5+ commits
Reflection 10% Specific AI claim challenged with evidence
DESIGN CURATOR CARDS — IS117 PROMPT DESIGN // STARTER KIT // A-LEVEL EXAMPLE // PROMPT PACK