Portfolio Night 7: NYC June 11
Check out Portfolio Night 7 in New York City on June 11. A few seniors went to this in Boston last year and had a great time. More info here.
May 08, 2009
April 30, 2009
Senior Design Exhibition: Today @ 4pm!
Senior Design Exhibition!
Opening: Thursday 4/30, 4-6pm!
ABC Art Gallery! Come Enjoy the Delicious Snacks and Great Work!
Vis Sem: For Portfolio Reviews, May 7
> Visual Responses Final Presentation Booklet due at Portfolio Reviews.
:::REMINDERS:::
1. You must include a MAC COMPATIBLE CD with PDFs of all FINAL VRs + PDF of your FINAL booklet. CD must be included somewhere within the booklet.
2. You are NOT required to print double sided, but please keep in mind the page sequence and orientation for proper binding. If you have any questions about this, see me ASAP.
3. I will be able to review PDFs of your booklet via email (Export to low-res PDFs) or during office hours next week. Do not expect me to response within the hour and do not expect me to respond on Wed night before portfolio reviews.
4. Please incorporate all edits I've made to your response paragraphs. I will be extra unhappy if you do not take the time to spell / grammar check.
5. Front / Back cover paper stock should be of a thicker quality, to protect your book than the inside pages. Your front/back cover can simply be a thicker art quality paper, cut to size. Your title page can be included in the inside.
6. Visual Response #9 is extra credit and must be included in the book to count towards this.
Here is the project sheet, just in case you need it again: Download SP09VisSem-FinalVRbooklet
April 27, 2009
Vis Sem: For Wed 4/29
> Meet in ABC 608 on Wed at 9:30.
> Continue revising your Visual Responses and your final presentation. I will be reviewing all work on Wed and this will be your last chance in class to get feedback, etc.
April 23, 2009
Chapter 19: The New York School
Pioneers of the New York School (Rand, Bass, Thompson)
Yale University's graphic design program
Editorial design advancements
New advertising
Phototypography
Herb Lubalin + International Typeface Corporation
Esquire Magazine design
Chapter 20: Corporate Identity and Visual Systems
Design at CBS
New Haven Railroad design program
1950s / 60s corporate identity design (ex: Chermayett & Geismar, Saul Bass, Paul Rand, AIcher)
MIT Press
Massimo Vignelli and The Grid
Federal Design Improvement Program
Olympics Identity Design programs (Mexico, Munich, LA)
MTV logo
Chapter 21: The Conceptual Image
Polish Poster design (visual qualities and social impact)
Push Pin Studios and Milton Glaser
Psychedelic Poster Art
Robert Massin + experimental typography
Cuban Poster Design
Chapter 22: National Visions within a Global Dialog
Japanese design (Kamekura, Tanaka, Igarashi)
Design in the Netherlands (Crouwel, PTT, Studio Dumbar, Wild Plakken)
Chapter 23: Post Modern Design
Postmodernism (definition of)
New-wave typography (Weingart)
Basel School of Design
Retro and vernacular design (Scher, Fili, Goldberg, Pelavin)
Chapter 24: The Digital Revolution and Beyond
Impact of the Apple computer on graphic design
Deconstructive Typography
Emigre Magazine
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Beach Culture and Ray Gun Magazine (David Carson)
Rolling Stone Magazine
Suzanna Licko, Emigre Fonts
Matthew Carter
:::LINKS:::International Design
Check out some interesting graphic design happening around the world! Dexigner has a small database of international design firms.
Ping Mag (Japan)
Typo (Czech)
Saki Mafundikwa (Zimbabwe)
April 22, 2009
Studio VI: For Mon 4/27
> Final Prints for at least one (if not more) exhibit board. I have the nice paper you will use for your final prints. Please pick up the paper from me on Thursday or Friday.
We will work on finishing up your boards during class on Monday.
Here's your checklist for what you'll need for the exhibit opening on Thursday:
- (2) 30" x 40" boards
- (1) 15" x 40" portfolio board (bottom tag on this board should read "Selections from Portfolio" and you should include a small caption within each sheet that states the name of the project, the course name and year, and instructor name).
- (1) Name plate + resume board
- Business Cards (at least 20). If you're not getting your cards printed, you can purchase business card paper at Staples, we can print these on the inkjet (not the laser jet) printer.
- Any samples or display products for exhibition
> Feel free to email me low-res (no more than 4 MB files) PDFs of any work that you want feedback on.
> Remember, I will be in the ABC labs on Friday around 2-3pm and can stay for awhile to provide feedback, large format printing, etc.
/////UPDATE//////
New InDesign /PDF template files here: Download Exhibit_layout.inx
Vis Sem: For Mon 4/27
> Crit! Show at least 2 spreads of your booklet with all imagery + text. Save paper! Send to print on "manual feed" and use some of the used paper next to the printer... we will meet in 708 on Monday.
> all paragraphs on visual responses due! Please print (on back side of used paper!) and submit. I'll provide you with feedback and will return them to you on Wednesday. Please spell check before submitting.
April 21, 2009
Hist of GD: For Thurs 4/23
> Read Ch 24, final chapter!
> Rough Draft of Paper 2 Due! Please include your working bibliography as well as some imagery so that I have an idea of what you're talking about...
:::LINKS:::
Paula Scher video: Type as Image
Visit the virtual studios of some of the po-mo (post modern, that is) designers we talked about today:
Carin Goldberg
Louise Fili
Charles S. Anderson
Michael Vanderbyl
Wolfgang Weingart
April Greiman
April 20, 2009
Studio VI: For Wed 4/22
Hang in there!
> Individual Crits. Please arrive at 2:30pm and sign up for a 15 minute crit time. Use the rest of studio class to work.
> Project Statement Due 4/22. You are welcome to email it to me in advance of our meeting on Wednesday.
> FRIDAY 4/24, 2pm: Optional Work Day. For anyone interested, I will be available to help print, give feedback, etc this Friday 4/24 after Photo/Video (2-3pm) and can stick around for a few hours in the 6th floor labs.
> Here is a CS 2 compatible version of the exhibition template. Download Exhibit_layout.inx
Vis Sem: For Wed 4/22
Individual Crits on Wed!
Bring in a few good examples of layouts for your booklets (in InDesign) as well as revisions on your Visual Responses. We'll have a look at them in the individual crits and you'll have the rest of class to work! Remember: paragraphs are due on Monday 4/27!
