Section 1
Week 1
Class
- Introduction to design
- Design principles
Lab
- Photoshop CC refresher
- InDesign tools, menus, palettes
- InDesign CC Essential Training (Module 1-4)
Assignment due (Sunday at Midnight): Magazine Topic Selection
Week 2
Class
- Design principles
- Reading Assignment for Tuesday: TBA
Lab
- InDesign documents, boxes
- InDesign CC Essential Training (Module 5-8)
Lab Assignment: About me page.
Week 3
Class
- Design principles
- Typography Principles
- Read A Brief History of Type
- Read 10 Common Typography Mistakes
Lab
- Manipulating objects and type
- InDesign CC Essential Training (Module 9-10)
- Optional: Designing a Book Cover
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:
- Foundations of Typography
- Indesign Exam
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
- Color
- Pantone Classification System
- Color and Reproduction
- Read: Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color
- Read: Color Theory For Designers, Part 2: Understanding Concepts And Terminology
- Read: Color Theory For Designers: Creating Your Own Color Palettes
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
- Illustrator
- Lynda: Illustrator CC Fundamentals
- Lynda: Logo Design Techniques
Assignment due: Publication logo proposals, color palette proposal and inspiration assignment
(Here is an example. Here’s another example.)
Week 8
Class
- Publication Terminology
- Cover design
- Advanced Typography and fonts
- Combining Fonts (by Hoefler)
- Best Practices of Combining Typefaces
- Mixing Typefaces Cheat Sheet
- A Beginner’s Guide to Pairing Fonts
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
- Working with the Grid
- Foundations of Typography: Working with Grids
- Designing with Grids in InDesign
- Publication assignment 2
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