Project 2 Due - Monday, March 3

Project 2 Due - Monday, March 3 - At the beginning of class, or it is late.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

Week 7 Schedule

Monday, February 24
Project 2 - Individual review / print + on-screen

Wednesday, February 26
Project 2 - Individual review / print + on-screen
Project 3 - Introduction

Friday, February 28
Project 2 - DUE: Full size print out and process book
Creative Exercise

Project 3 - Type Specimen Booklet - Specs & Info

Type Specimen Booklet (Print Version)

Design a 12-page, full-color brochure.

Research the history of a typeface and write a 150-300 word essay describing historical classification and technical developments.

Develop page composition concepts which reference historical page dynamics from the time the typeface was originally created. Recontextualize (WTH does that mean? ha) to address current approaches.

Production: Design in InDesign. 8" wide x 10" tall.

Design the following:
1 – Front cover
2-3 TOC
4-5 – History - Development of font and historical/curent examples
6-7 – Specimen spread - Complete character set and samples of other font styles
8-9 – Earmarks spread - Letters or parts of letters which help to identify the typeface
10-11 – Usage spread - Historical and contemporary
12 – Back cover - Colophon, list production software, typography, etc.

Samples:

Week 6 Schedule

Monday, February 17
Project 2 - Individual review on-screen

Wednesday, February 19
Project 2 - Group review 11x17 prints

Friday, February 21
Project 2 - Full size comps taped together loosely

Week 5 Schedule

Monday, February 10
Project 2 - Group critique of roughs, begin loose comps

Wednesday, February 12
Project 1 - Return grades
Project 2 - Individual on-screen review

Friday, February 14
Creative Exercise
Project 2 - Individual on-screen review

Week 4 Schedule

Monday, February 3
Project 1 - Class critique of final prints

Wednesday, February 5
Project 2 - Research and small pencil roughs due

Friday, February 7
Project 2 - Large roughs due