For our final reading assignment you will be responsible for reading two articles from Graphic Design Theory. However, for this week you will decide which ones you would like to read. You may choose from:
Kenya Hara, Designing Design (2007):
Jessica Helfand, Dematerialization of Screen Space (2001):
Kalle Lasn, Design Anarchy (2006):
Ellen Lupton and Julia Lupton, Univers Strikes Back (2007):
Lev Manovich, Import/Export, or Design Workflow and Contemporary Aesthetics (2008):
Dmitri Siegel, Designing Our Own Graves (2006):
Jan Van Toorn, Design and Reflexivity (1994):
Again, you only need to read two of these essays, but it might be wise to take a glance at all of them. You may find that a couple of them could be beneficial for your final.
THE WRITTEN PORTION for this week will not be a direct response to the readings. Instead, your assignment will be to post (1) “sketches” of your poster and (2) a working bibliography.
You can interpret sketches literally or very loosely. You can include actual drawings, outlines of material, brainstorms of related ideas, relevant images, or a slide deck in progress. You may still be in the early stages of organizing your ideas. But you should establish the direction in which your presentation is headed. And you should be thinking about your own theories regarding the designs in question.
The bibliography can include relevant assigned readings, but it must also include at least 6 outside sources. If you’ve already retrieved 3 library sources for Week 11, you need to add at least 3 more for this week.
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