TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (always check the web for latest updates)

 

Week 1 LETTER

August 29
Review syllabus and discuss course structure
Lecture: Typography
Demo/recap from GD1: Inking
Class exercise: Drawing Letterforms

Assignment: Complete letterform drawings if necessary.
Reading: Typography 101 handout

August 31
Letterform Terminology
Lecture: Letter

Assignment: Complete letterform drawings if necessary.
Reading: "Letter," from Thinking w/Type

Week 2 LETTER

September 5
Lecture: Letter
Project: letter
Develop letters on checkered paper

Assignment: Complete building three letters

September 7
Lecture: History of Typography /
Project: letter
Refine letters

Assignment: Ink the letters (craftsmanship does not matter)
Reading: "Word," from Thinking w/Type

Week 3 LETTER

September 12
Lecture: Syntax: word
Work on letters

Assignment: Refine letters, ink in full size on provided fine paper

September 14
Small group critique of letters
Lecture: Legibility / Type crimes
Work on letters
Introduce project: word

Assignment: Refine letters
Reading: "Text," from Thinking w/Type

Week 4 LETTER/WORD

September 19
CRITIQUE: LETTER (FINAL DESIGN DUE SEPT 21)
In class: Kerning exercise
In class: sketches for Word project

Assignment: Prepare Letter project for hand in
Finish thumbnails for Word project

September 21
LETTER PROJECT DUE
In class: Develop sketches into full-scale designs and refine
Lecture: Text and Paragraphs
In-class exercise: Paragraphs Tutorial: InDesign workshop

Assignment: Finish paragraphs exercise, print Word project for small group review

Week 5 WORD

September 26
In class: Review progress on Word project
Introduce project: text
Lecture: Hierarchy
In-class exercise: Hierarchy

Assignment: Print or ink Word project, prepare for critique

September 28
CRITIQUE: WORD (DUE OCT 5)
In class: Sketches for Text project.

Assignment: Refine text sketches Incorporate feedback for Word

Week 6 WORD/TEXT

October 3
In class: Review sketches, develop digital comps for Text project.
Lecture: Information design
In-class exercise: contents page

Assignment: Prepare Word project for hand in Refine comps for Text

October 5
WORD PROJECT DUE
Exercise: Long lists
Work on Text project

Assignment: Print out Text project progress for group critique
Reading: "Grid," from Thinking w/Type

Week 7 TEXT

October 10
Small group critique: t e x t (first draft)
Lecture: Grid
Introduce project: Grid

Assignment: Print Text project for critique

October 12
CRITIQUE: TEXT
In class: Grid exercise

Assignment: Develop thumbnails for grid

Week 8 GRID

October 17
Project: grid
Review sketches and develop layouts.
Exercise: grids

Assignment: Prepare Text project for hand in

October 19
TEXT PROJECT DUE
Project: grid
Refine project, review in small groups
Midterm review of your performance in class (just going over your absences, grades, ...)

Assignment: Further refine layouts, print

Week 9 GRID / POSTER

October 24
Lecture: Poster
Introduce poster project
Refine grid layouts

Assignment: Print Grid project and prepare for critique

October 26
CRITIQUE: GRID
Project: poster
Work on poster sketches

Assignment: Finish poster sketches

Week 10 POSTER

October 31
Review sketches
Work on poster comps

Assignment: Refine comps

November 2
GRID PROJECT DUE
Refine poster layout

Assignment: Print draft poster

Week 11 POSTER / BOOK

November 7
Pre-Critique: poster (draft, please print out a mock up)
Lecture: Book
Introduce Book Project

Assignment: Print poster and prepare for critique.
Be prepared to discuss your Book idea. What is the content? How will you approach the design?

November 9
CRITIQUE: POSTER
Discussion: Student book concepts; look through examples of interesting books by designers
Gather resources for book design.

Assignment: Gather and bring book content. Work on layout sketches.

Week 12 BOOK

November 14
Lecture: Structural devices Review sketches.
Begin designing your book.

Assignment: Bring in at least 3 sample spreads to next class.

November 16
POSTER PROJECT DUE
Check sample spreads
Workshop: bookbinding

Assignment: Lay out all the remaining pages. Print several spreads at actual size.

Week 13 BOOK

November 21
Individual critiques: book

Assignment: Continue working on your book. You should be fairly close to finishing the whole layout.

November 23
Thanksgiving

Week 14

November 28
In-class work on the book, ask your questions now!

Assignment: Prepare a complete dummy of your book, in full-scale, print in black and white on regular paper, trimmed to the edge and taped together in sequence.

November 30
CRITIQUE: BOOK (complete and bound dummy in b&w)
In-class work on the book, ask your questions now!

Assignment: Complete book, print

Week 15 BOOK

December 5
Print and bind book

December 7
FINAL CRITIQUE: BOOK. Attendance required for you to pass the class.

Finals Week

December 12
Return all project and grades