Anticipated Course Schedule

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Section 1

Week 1

Class

  • Introduction to design
  • Design principles

Lab

Assignment due (Sunday at Midnight): Magazine Topic Selection

Week 2

Class

  • Design principles
  • Reading Assignment for Tuesday: TBA

Lab

Lab Assignment: About me page.

Week 3

Class

Lab

Lab Assignment: Book cover design

Week 4

Class

  • Helvetica Movie Day
  • Typography Principles
  • Read The Typography Manual’s “A Brief History of Type” and “Basics of Type” (On your iPhone or iPad)

Lab:

Assignment due: Format/Function Essay

Week 5

Class

  • Typography Principles
  • More on Type, body copy
  • Exam 1 (Design Principles and Typography)

Lab

  • Poster Project work

Section 2

Week 6

Class

Lab

  • Poster Project work

Assignment due on Tuesday: Poster Project

Week 7

Class

  • Design history
  • Logos design
  • Read The Typography Manual’s “Type Anatomy Glossary” (On your iPhone or iPad)
  • Helpful: Type Terms Powerpoint
  • Optional: The Font Game helps you learn type terminology and typeface identification. It’s $1.99

Lab

Assignment due: Publication logo proposals, color palette proposal and inspiration assignment
(Here is an example. Here’s another example.)

Week 8

Class

Lab

  • Typefaces and fonts selection
  • Publication assignment 1 (Cover) and Type Arsenal Assignment

Assignment due: Publication assignment 1 (Cover) and type arsenal assignment

Week 9

Class

  • Page dummies
  • Grid structures

Lab

Assignment due: Publication plan (dummies)

Week 10

Class

  • Critiques

Lab

  • Publication assignment 3

Assignment due: Publication Prototype

Section 3

Week 11

Class

  • Presentations/Critiques
  • Interactive design

Lab

Week 12

Class

  • Guest Speakers from Innovation Foundry

Lab

  • Group Design work

Assignment Due: In lab Thursday, presentation of EPUB plan

Week 13

Class

  • Design History

Lab

  • EPUB Projects

Assignment due

Week 14

Thanksgiving

Assignment due: EPUB Pages

Week 15

EPUB work
Assignment due: Final EPUB pages

Week 16

FINAL EXAM