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agenda: 10/15, 10/17

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This Week’s has been outlined in detail to give a clear vision of the overall course.

  • Course Goals: Introduce the field of graphic design including its basic working methods and theory. This class will focus on communication through form, the visible shape or configuration.

It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world;
we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. 

John Berger, Ways of Seeing 

 

Critique

Finalize your icon

student examples 

student process for icon

aaaFigureGround Icons

Figure ground logos

Video: negative space logo design

Slides of student work.

Use negative space in logo design; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzvJWWLTuEM

For reference, look at icons in The Noun Project for ideas https://store.thenounproject.com

Icon reference: https://www.pinterest.com/sharp/icon-inspiration/?lp=true

Symbol reference: https://www.designspiration.net/search/saves/page/1/?q=icon%20symbol

 

Lecture

research project powerpoint presentations

List

Assemble a collection of visual reference materials related to the work of a chosen designer.

Ideas:

Influences Map Identify an “influence.” Then teach a small story to the rest of the class.

Lineages of Influence: Choose a designer and place them in context. Connect them to movements, political contexts, technological changes, or. 

Point of View: Find a designer that expresses how you see yourself as a designer, in other words, within the history of graphic design.

Powerpoint

2 minute powerpoint presentation due on Thursday

Open powerpoint.

Choose a simple template

Create a title page that introduced each designer

Present your information

What interests you

For each designer:

      • name
      • quote
      • location
      • medium
      • why you choose this designer
      • 3 or more samples of their typographic work

Don’t forget to show typography

 

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Lecture

how do we see

How to affect what we see.  

    1. Watch: How optical illusions trick your brain (5 minutes)

https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_s_jacobs_how_optical_illusions_trick_your_brain

2. Add a comment to the Openlab Comments
    What is the brain’s function in vision?

Design Fundamentals

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review

7 essential layout systems: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1oSN6d6nOUc-FWJSBt7N8wXEEVMfAeiRD

alignment in action

demonstrations

lining stuff up

Fewer Boxes, less mess

Indents outdents

grids and columns

creating order

too many boxes

Hierarchy too many signals

 

 

Look at design through your eyes.

What influences you?

1 Investigate how designers use typography.

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line spacing, letter spacing, and spaces between pairs of letters.

It involves font style, appearance, and structure, which aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages. In short, typography is what brings the text to life.

Good typography will establish a strong visual hierarchy, provide a graphic balance to the website, and set the product’s overall tone. Typography should guide and inform your users, optimize readability and accessibility, and ensure an excellent user experience.

A typeface is a design style that comprises a myriad of characters of varying sizes and weight, whereas a font is a graphical representation of a text character.

3. create a quote For each designer:

      • hierarchy is on the quote
      • designer name
      • year, time, context of quote

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So much is missing from this list, please send additional sources as you find hem so I can add them here!!

Websites

The Peoples Graphic Design Resource: An archive build by everyone for everyone. A favorite!!

BIPOC Design History: This originated as a workshop by my advisor Silas Munro.

Graphic Designers in Latin America

Across Borders: A Look at the Work of Latinx Designers

Ladies Who Design

Some of today’s most influential Chinese designers

The genius of Iranian graphic design

Mumbai’s Growing Creative Scene is Luring in Graphic Designers

Video

The art of Arabic calligraphy | Mona Mahmood

Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets Saki Mafundikwa

The Politics of Arabic Type Design | Nadine Chahine

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