Class 19

Class Info

• Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023
• Meeting Info: In person, Pearl 116, 8:30 to 11:00am, followed by Professor’s office hours from 11:00am to noon in Pearl 116.

Announcement

On Friday, November 3rd, at 11:30 AM in room P117 there will be a special presentation by Dr. Dori Tunstall as she discusses her latest book, Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook. Below is a description sent by the school.

“In Decolonizing Design, Tunstall offers an on-the-ground look at the ways modernist design has colonized and oppressed Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx communities, and offers practical and forward-looking ways of rethinking design. “

Topics

• Review Classification. Do this on your own. It’s always good to refresh what you know over the course of time.

• Applying lettering to a 3-Dimensional image.

• Project 2 PreCheck due Today in preparation for Presentation of Project 02 in Class 20 on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Activities

There are three activities.

• 1. Type Talk. Typefaces on covers.
• 2. Type on a 3-D object. Take your Lettering, save as a png, and apply it to a 3-Dimensional Object using Adobe Dimension.
• 3. Project 02 Presentation = Review Presentation pre-Check, refine, and complete “Presentation.” Once you have refined your Presentation, do the next two activities (Type Talk and Type Challenge). Activity 3 is important. It’s refining and finishing your Project 02 presentation.

Activity 1. Type Talk

Review the four examples below anddiscuss the type in each. Sans Serif? Bold? Extruded? Playful? Hand-Lettered? Extruded? 3-Dimensional? How does the typography represent the subject matter? You can do a little research using the links provided.

• 1 Dream in Color by Tre Seals.
• 2 EXTRA BOLD a feminist inclusive anti-racist nonbinary field guide for graphic designers by Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halsted, Kaleena Sales, Leslie Xia, Valentina Vergara.
• 3 Centered: People and Ideas Diversifying Design by Kaleena Sales.
• 4 The Art of Oubey. Slipcase to hold 5 paperback books of the work of the German artist OUBEY. Design by Stefan Sagmeister.

Type Talk goes into STUDENT POSTS > TYPE TALK.
Name your post: lastname_TT_110223

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Activity 2. Type on a 3-D Object

• Apply your lettering to an object.
• Get your the final version of your expressive type showing your favorite activity, food etc. Save as a png with resolution of 150ppi and with a transparent background.
• Demo
• Render and insert into your InDesign Document for Project 2 Presentation.

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Activity 3. Project 2

If you haven’t already set up your document, follow the Step-by-Step instructions from Class 18. See updated sample in Dropbox.
Do not use page A. Insert your own work (not the samples).

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At end of today, upload a packaged file of your presentation through the end of class.

• name: Save as: lastname_Project02_precheck2_110223 (you’ll upload the final by Monday, Nov. 6 for presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 7).

THEN, adjust and uploaded to Dropbox by Monday evening, Nov. 6.

• REVIEW OF Overview of Presentation Specs. Again, Please see PDF in Dropbox.
• Create an InDesign document to size of 11 x 8.5 inches
  • 7 page document
  • Landscape
  • NO facing pages
    
    Margins:
  • 1″ top and bottom margins
  • .75 left and right margins
    • Again, see example PDF (page A gives margins; you do not need to include page A.
  • Once your document is completed, insert content as listed below and on sample PDF.
• Save your InDesign File, 
• Then Package.
• name: Save as: Lastname_Project02_precheck2_110223 (you’ll upload the final by Monday, Nov. 6 for presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 7).
• Upload packaged file to Dropbox.

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Below is repeated info.

Set up your document.

• 11 inches wide.
• 8.5 inches high. 1 inch margins top and bottom.
• .75″ margins left and right.

Make sure to have 7 pages

In PARENT PAGE, Add heading and footer with your name. See caption.

In your child pages, insert subheadings.

NOTE: to unlock the text box created in the Parent Page, use the COMMAND and SHIFT keys simultaneously.

Once your document is completed, insert (also known as place) the following content:

• Page 1: Insert the sketches of your four words (Expressive Type) 
• Page 2: Insert your 4 words in Illustrator
• Page 3: Insert 4 variations of the word “drip” done in 3 dimensions.
• Page 4: Insert the sketches of your Lettering/Favorite food, sport, pastime.
• Page 5: Insert the final design of the Lettering assignment 
• Page 6: Insert the application of your Lettering to a 3-D object.
• Page 7: Insert the stand-alone Exercise: the Legibility Study with textures you made (Class 17)

See Class 18 for recap re: saving 4 words done in Illustrator and pulling into InDesign.

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For pages 1 and 4, the placement of files/images will vary based on the independent nature of the work.

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Assignment / Homework

***Type Talk. If necessary, complete and then post in Student Posts>Type Talk. Discuss 3 samples. See questions above.

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***Type on a 3-D object. Complete your 3-D image into page 6 of your InDesign document. Insert into your InDesign presentation document.

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*** Project 2. Two Parts: one at end of class and one by Monday Nov. 6 for Nov. 7.

• First part: Complete your final edits and prep for presentation. Package your InDesign file. Lastname_Project02_precheck2_110223. Upload folder to Dropbox AT THE END OF CLASS.
• Second part: Upload your by November 6 to be absolutely ready for presentation for Project 2 in Class 20 on Tuesday, November 7.

File and folder name: Lastname_Project02_Presentation_for_110723

Project 02 is 10% of your grade.

Work is due the night before class.

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