Session: Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
In Class Activity: INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK ON Digital EBOOK
Export your ebook from Indesign as PDFs single pages NOT AS SPREADS
Demo on how to upload your ebook on ISSUU. You can upload one document
Session: Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
In-class Activity: Demonstration of how to glue the poster to the mounting board.
Materials Needed TODAY:
Black Mounting Board: https://www.dickblick.com/items/crescent-mounting-board-16-x-20-x-055-black
Find mockups and download PSD files. Place your poster in the chosen location.
Session: Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
PDF draft due for Poster & Ebook. It should be uploaded to OpenLab before the class starts.
YouTube: What makes good poster design?
Let’s watch why the research poster is important.
In-class Activity: Work on your
Session: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
In-class Activity:
From 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm ( (Individual Feedback on Draft 1)
DRAFT 1 of Poster DUE TODAY (Specs 11 x 17)
From 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm (Digital Ebook Book Feedback)
Session: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Presentation Design Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlY65y5Dj2g
In-class Activity: LAB TIME for Oral Presentation
- Feedback on Draft 2 of the presentation. Remember to design your presentation. (Type, Color, & Hierarchy)
Homework: Oral Presentation Due on April 11th, 2025
Session: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Presentation: Eddie Opara
List of Designers: Pick one designer Write your name in the list.
Start Researching:
Part I, Oral Report
a) From the list of designers whose names you chose, collect 20
Session: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
In Class Activity: LAB TIME
- Cut and assemble your B&W & Color into cubes. (Note: You can cut as many templates to practice assembling the cube)
- If the cubes do not have an outline due
Session Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Presentation: COMD_1200_Spring2025_03/18/2025
In-class Activity:
- Use the template for the Resume to write out all your achievements and work history. Don’t think about design yet. (Just WRITE on Word document using the format below)
- Once
Lecture
Type on the Third Dimension. Type on a box: additional samples of type on a cube- experimental and practical applications on architecture and signage.
Session 1: 03/11/2025
- Transfer your ligatures sketches to Illustrator using the template below. Make multiple
Lecture
Typography as a symbol; and image, rather than a literal rendition.
Specifically: How various cultures use the typographic image.
Session 1: Friday February 21st, 2025
- Using only a pencil or chisel-point marker, make 100 ligatures,
Lecture
Lecture: Developing meaning to the image; conveying thoughts and emotions through images. Examples of small images and their impact on actions and ideas. Pictographic systems in world cultures.
Lecture
Design is defined, including a review of various design disciplines (architecture, industrial, environmental, gaming, etc). Design is NOT illustration, even if students will be asked to design images.
Specifically: The miniature image/creation of an icon. Examples are given of
This course explores creative visual thinking and its importance to communication design. You’ll experiment with image-making techniques and learn to use graphic elements to communicate concepts and ideas. The course emphasizes the integration of communication concepts, type and graphics and
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