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Deliverable
- A post to the OpenLab name Lastnamefirstname_Type Hero.
- Insert your document (PDF) or link to your presentation into your post
- Give it categories “Student Post Type Hero” “Type Hero”
Presentation of Designers
Over the course of the semester each of you will be asked to create a 5 minute presentation on one of the assigned designers listed below.
Presentations should be visual and of the designer’s work.
You should show 8 to 10 selections of the designer’s most noted work.
- You must provide a 2-3 paragraph summary of the designer’s background, career highlights, and most noteworthy work.
Keep a careful record of all the sources you use for this
presentation, include bibliography of references - You will be required present your work in a class session. You can create a PowerPoint presentation, you can use websites, collect a series of images in a folder and present their work from the folder.
- Whichever way you decide to show their work, your presentation should be organized and demonstrate thorough research on your part, and you should be able to talk about the pieces you show
- Week 5
Johann Gutenberg
Nicolas Jenson - Week 6
Aldus Manutius
Cipe Pineles - Week 7
Louise Fili
Giambattista Bodoni - Week 8
Zuzana Licko
Fortunato Depero - Week 9
Paula Scher
Jan Tschichold - Week 10
Massimo Vignelli
Gail Anderson - Week 11
Susan Kare
John Baskerville - Week 12
Carol Twombly
Saul Bass - Week 13
Rosmarie Tissi
Adrian Frutiger
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