Topic: Composition

Goals: Grids, proportion, and hierarchy

Objectives: Control composition

Focus: alignment, asymmetry, hierarchy

Homework:

1 alignment

2 research
due on Monday 3/6

 

1 Alignment with hierarchy

Show 3 levels of hierarchy using size and weight
**Make your changes dramatic so that we can see you hierarchy from across the room

1. 1. 1. Create 3 different compositions
      2. Use dummy type to align to both horizontal and vertical grid lines
      3. For each composition, create 3 levels of hierarchy
      4. Outline each composition with a 1-point rule
      5. Save as a jpg
      6. In Miro, choose a box that is to the RIGHT of the red rectangle. (see picture below)
      7. Add 3 compositions to one box. Add your name.

• • • Align dummy type to the grid
    • Use horizontal and vertical alignments
    • Use multiple alignments
    • Do not create a center column
    • Aligning on the edge of the page does not count as an alignment

location on Miro board

 

 

Review of grid structure

1  Use a grid, 5-columns, 5 rows

2  Add dummy type to emphasize the grid
The viewer should have a sense of the grid, even when it is not showing

3  Create hierarchy by using weights and size of type                       
•  use at least 3 levels of hierarchy •  where do you place hierarchy to emphasize the grid?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use alignment

Make sure your text is not centered check that you do not have the same space above and below

Mass your white space make sure you have a large group of white space

 

 

 

 

 

2 research

Who are your influences?
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200d052-f2022childers/2022/03/16/design-influence-resources/

You might start here:
https://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bcollections%3A%22Just%20Type%20Two%22/_/grid/relevance/asc/0/48/90
https://www.peoplesgdarchive.org/

or search by a particular person:
WEB Dubois
Tré Seals

Choose 3 design influencers that interest you

• Look to designers that have created varied solutions and systems––that work with typography.
• Avoid designers that focus on one thing, like only book covers, illustration or photography.

1. 1.  

 

1. 1. 1. https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPh2Fm1s=/?share_link_id=210977778684
      2. Copy the folder on the Miro board
      3. Add your name
      4. Add one designer to each interior folder
      5. Create a separate page for each influencer
      6. Add basic information about your designer

• • • • • • name
          • dates
          • location
          • medium
          • quote

4  Choose 3-4 images of your designers work

4  Be prepared to discuss on Monday, 3/6

Resources:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. http://designatlas.info/
            2. https://www.peoplesgdarchive.org/
            3. https://archives.design/
            4. https://www.politicalgraphics.org/
            5. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiW2ULDFeIm_OuvwhM2lygxwhoNddrEFk5tYI9zbldw/edit
            6. https://www.rit.edu/carycollection/graphic-design-archive
            7. https://designarchives.aiga.org/