READING ASSIGNMENT #3

From your text Graphic Design Referenced by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit

Choose 3 designers (or design firms)  from pages 139-211 that appeal to you.  Describe their design aesthetic and why they appeal to you.  Then choose a work from each (not pictured in the text) that appeals to you and tell me why.  You should be discussing the design and composition not the content.

Have this posted to your blog by MIDNIGHT FRIDAY DECEMBER 11TH.

Reading Assignment #2

Please read pgs 50-59 from your text Graphic Design Referenced on the principles of design.  Find 1 graphic design project (for each design principle) that successfully employs the use of The Grid, Hierarchy, White Space, Contrast, Color, and a Gradient.  Post them to your blog and explain why you feel they are a successful example of their assigned category. Do not use the examples that are already in the book.

Here is a link to some Graphic Design websites/ blogs that are a useful resource for looking for examples: http://gra4950c-graphicdesignportfolio.blogspot.com

This should be posted to your blog by Tues. October 27th.

Reading Assignment #1

Please read pages 21-47 from your text Graphic Design Referenced on the topic of Graphic Design specialties.  Write a blog post where you should define each of these specialties (Identity Design, Branding, Collateral Design, Environmental Design, Iconography, Information Design, Editorial Design, Poster Design, Packaging, Interactive Design and Motion Graphics) and paste an image you find from online research that exemplifies that Graphic Design discipline (choose an example that is NOT in the book).  This should be posted to your blog by Tuesday September 29th Midnight.

! REMEMBER ! - There is a copy of the textbook on reserve in the library that you can check out for 2 hours.