WEEK  1
8/25

Welcome, semester review
discussion: principles of design

Letterform abstraction

8/27

Critique: letterform
discussion: figure/ground
breakout group: form identification

Revise letterform abstraction

WEEK  2
9/1

Critique: letterform
group review: illustrator, photoshop discussion: image as logo/symbol

Finalize form
create a negative version
bring object to class

9/10

Critique: revised letterform discussion: mark making techniques

Revise figure ground.
 thumbnail sketches and select enlargement

WEEK  3 9/10

Critique: final letterform & new sketches
group project: combining images

Add letterform
sculpting negative space

9/17

Critique: review sketches for image/letter
discussion: proportion

Review semester progress
Revise sketches

WEEK  4 9/24

Critique: review sketches
discussion: proportion
group project: alignment

Proportion
Digitize sketch

9/29

Critique: review sketches
discussion: design precedents, grid
group project: align dummy type to the grid

Revise image/letter 
apply dummy text to grid

WEEK  5
10/1

Critique: review sketches
discussion: proportion & grid
group project: deconstruct marks

Begin research on design poster

10/1

Critique: last image/letter revision discussion: design research
group project:

Apply 2 grids to posters
apply dummy text final image due

WEEK  6 10/6

Critique: final image/text
discussion: posters, grid
breakout group: poster review

3 versions of revised text size in posters

10/8

Design hero presentations discussion: designer as author
group project: revise text for poster

Compose text and add to 2 posters

WEEK  7 10/13

Critique: poster with text
discussion: posters, grid
demonstration: indesign

Revise 1 poster, with 2 different hierarchical structures

10/15

Critique: poster hierarchy presentation: design presentation slides
breakout groups: scale & hierarchy of dummy type

Revise 2 posters

WEEK  8 10/20

Critique: posters
discussion: context, symbols

Apply additional element to 2 posters

10/22

Critique: poster with additional element
discussion: structure and scale

Revise posters

WEEK  9 10/27

Critique: poster
discussion: production

Apply color, 2 versions select 2 areas of poster

10/29

Critique: poster
discussion: pacing
breakout groups to review color

Revise color poster

WEEK  10
11/3

Critique: and poster
discussion: emphasis
breakout group to review final pdf

Revise poster,
create final pfd 10 thumbnail motion sketches

11/5

Critique: final posters, motion sketches
demonstration: motion
in class: motion in photoshop

Create motion directions

WEEK  11
11/10

Critique: motion
discussion: surprise
breakout groups to review motion surprise

Refine and expand on 1 motion add surprise element gather materials for final book

11/12

Critique: final motion
demonstration: indesign grid

Option to revise motion gather materials for final book download indesign grid and fonts

WEEK  12
11/17

Critique: movie day: final motion discussion: book vs poster typography demonstration: indesign pages

Apply elements to book grid gather material for resume

11/19

Critique: examine position of elements in book
review: grids and alignment discussion: parts of a book & resume
watch: the perfect resume

Apply additional documents to the grid
upload resume material to website

WEEK  13
11/24

Critique: book revisions
discussion: book vs poster typography class project: resume

Continue book through 4th chapter
finalize resume

12/1

Critique: book grid & resume
discussion: pacing in 2 dimensions
breakout groups to review books

Continue book through 5th chapter
add resume

WEEK  14
12/3

Critique: review books
demonstration: book making

Complete all chapters

12/8

Critique: review books
individual review: books
discussion: cover design

Complete all chapters
upload final projects to google drive

WEEK  15
12/10

Review all portfolio books
breakout groups to review books

Finalize and produce book

12/15

Final book presentation