PROJECT 1 - ICON SET

Icon - a sign (graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
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CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPEFACES:

Baskerville
*Blackletter 
Bodoni Bodoni DL
Century Schoolbook
Cooper Black (referred to as "Cooper Standard")
Didot
*Fraktur
Futura
Garamond
Gill Sans
Helvetica
Optima

Peignot Piegnot DL
Rockwell 

Times New Roman

Typefaces with an asterisk * in front of them are not part of the standard fonts loaded in Illustrator.  Students in the past have found free versions of them and then loaded them on their computer.  Keep in mind that if you switch computers you will need to load that font on your new computer or make sure to "package" your file.

Research the history of your typeface.

Use the alphabet (converted to outlines in Illustrator) to create a set of 8 icons/ pictograms based upon objects, architecture, or industrial/ product design from the time period when your typeface was created. Analyze your typeface's shape, proportions, and characteristics.  We should be able to see your typeface in your icons.

Cut up with the knife tool and reassemble or use the Pathfinder window.

Your icons should work together as a system in the same way that the different letters of your typeface work together.

Your icons should also relate to one another in terms of level of detail and scale.

The Rules:

-Your icons can only be black.
-Do not make icons/pictograms of company logos or two dimensional artifacts.

-Do not change the letters scale individually.  You can only change the scale of your letters as a unit.  For instance, you can NOT use pieces of both a 5 point and a 72 point letter in your icons.  Pick one size for all icons.

-Do not skew or distort the letters.

-Do not fill in the counters (the spaces inside the letters).

-Do not change the underlying path of the letters.
-You can reflect/mirror elements in your composition.
-You may assign a single color other than white to the background of your entire layout if it supports your overall concept.

This website has information on Pictograms (and the history of graphic design): http://www.designhistory.org

PRESENT YOUR FINALIZED ICONS, the name of your typeface and it's alphabet lower and uppercase ON AN 11 X 17 DOCUMENT.  THINK ABOUT HOW YOU PRESENT YOUR ICONS.  DO YOU WANT A BORDER?  WHERE WILL YOU POSITION THE ALPHABET ON YOUR PAGE?  THIS IS IMPORTANT.

DUE:  You have 4 class periods to work on your icons.  Your icons must be posted to your blog by the beginning of the class Wednesday Sept. 19th.  We will critique your projects at this time.

EXAMPLES:

By: Mary Britton

by: David Wansing

by: Morgan Lewis

by: Alexandria Fritsch

by: Joanna Forrester

by: Kassidy Renick

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By: Stefani Taylor

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(note: this project is an expansion of Ellen Lupton's class project "Helvetica Nation" for Graphic Design II at the Maryland Institute College of Art)
The project's concepts include:

Working with restraints

Conveying ideas through minimal means

Relationships between contemporary design across disciplines

Relating parts of a set as development of a style

GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO 1 - FALL 2018

SYLLABUS FALL 2018 M/W 11AM-1:40

SYLLABUS FALL 2018 M/W 2PM-4:40

email: aruddick@uwf.edu

portion of NYC Subway Map - by Massimo Vignelli

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT FOR FIRST DAY OF CLASS:

1. Create a blog using Blogger (you should log in using your UWF email and password). YOU MUST USE THE "SIMPLE" TEMPLATE!

After you create your blog click on the "view blog" button and copy the web address of your blog and email me the link. Email: aruddick@uwf.edu IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL PLEASE WRITE "GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO 1 blog link".

2. Create a folder in your Google Drive account specific to this class and share it with me.  Name the folder "your last nameGRA3102C".  You can access your google drive account from your UWF email.  Look in the upper right hand corner for the tiny grid of 9 squares and click it and select "Drive"  See below.

TIMELINE

FINAL DATA VISUALIZATION/ INFORMATION DESIGN PROJECT

TIMELINE:
The minimum number of timeline entries/increments is 20.
This is due, posted to your blog, by the beginning of class Thursday April 26th ready for your final presentation.

FINAL FORMAL PRESENTATION:
For the final critique you will present your project from the lectern.  You should prepare what you are going to say.  Talk about your design process and overall concept and how you achieved a consistent visual language.

You are going to decide the content of your timeline so make sure the topic interests you. In this project you are not simply tracing the work of another artist or designer. For instance, if your timeline topic includes characters from from an animated series or comic book you need to figure out a way to make them your own work and not the work of the original artist/designer.

For this assignment you are not using photos you must create all of your icons/elements/illustrations in illustrator or photoshop.
AS USUAL YOU CANNOT USE THE "IMAGE TRACE" FUNCTION IN ILLUSTRATOR!

IMPORTANT DATES & FINAL CLASS REQUIREMENTS:

-You must have all of your files (.ai,.png,.jpg) uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder for this class by Midnight Friday May 4th.
-All projects should be posted to your blog by midnight Friday May 4th. Any revisions to previous projects must be posted to your blog by Midnight Friday May 4th.  Please post them in the original post and label them as a revision.
-We will not have class during exam week (April 30th-May 4th) but you will have access to the computer lab during our regularly scheduled class time and for the posted lab hours.

Example from Leah Hathcote:

Example from Chris Edgar:

Example from Emmalee Barr:

Example from Joori Lee:

Example from Melodee Bemis:

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.