Schedule Overview

Week 01 ︎ 09/01/2020 ︎

• Introductions & Expectations
• Schedule Overview (this page)
• Introduction to Project: Custom “Memes”
• Introduction to Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
   
• HW︎

• Start Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
  
• Work on Project: Custom “Memes”
  
  

Week 02 ︎ 09/08/2020 ︎

• Review process for submitting work
• Confirm preferred email addresses
• Q & A for any issues relating to Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
• Basic type design discussion
• Discussion: Composition & Gestalt


• HW︎

• Complete Knitting Circle: Fontstruct and upload font file(s) (please note spreadsheet will be locked at midnight EST on 09/15)
• Continue Work on Project: Custom “Memes”
  
• Upload at least five “meme” images before next class
  
• Join the class Slack workspace before next class. (you should have the invite link, but please let me know if you’ve misplaced it)

Week 03 ︎ 09/15/2020 ︎

• Discussion of progress on Project : Custom “Memes”
• Dicussion: Memes & Posters
  
  
• HW︎

• Complete Work on Project: Custom “Memes” &
  upload required files before class.

Week 04 ︎ 09/22/2020 ︎

• Discuss outcomes  Project: Custom “Memes”
• Introduction to Project: Posters from “Memes”


• HW︎ 

• Work on Project: Posters from “Memes”
  
• Upload Project: Posters from “Memes” by 09/25/2020
  

Week 05 ︎ 09/29/2020 ︎
(No class! classes follow a Monday schedule)

Week 06 ︎ 10/06/2020 ︎

• Introduction to Critique
• Critique Project: Posters from “Memes”  
• Introduction to Knitting Circle: Illustrator

• HW︎

• Watch this video of  Michael Beirut talking about logos︎ before next class. Take notes and scan or photograph them.  
• Work on Knitting Circle: Illustrator and upload results and prepare questions.

Week 07 ︎ 10/13/2020 ︎

• Q & A on issues with Knitting Circle: Illustrator
• Review current outcomes from Knitting Circle Illustrator
• Introduction to Project: Personal Sigil 

• HW︎

• Complete Knitting Circle: Illustrator and upload results
• Start work on Project: Personal Sigil
Start the research component, have three possible groups/organizations and be ready to present or discuss your research and research process.

• Watch this video of  Michael Beirut talking about logos︎ before next class. Take notes and scan or photograph them and upload them to the spreadsheet.
  

Week 08 ︎ 10/20/2020 ︎

• Discuss new rules for submission of work
• ~5 people at random will discuss the state of their research for Project: Personal Sigil
• Discussion: Michael Beirut video︎
    
• HW︎

• Work on the visual component of Project: Personal Sigil For next class, have three possible visual directions sketched out and ready to discuss. If you did not put your research in the folder

Week 09 ︎ 10/27/2020  ︎

• Discuss the visual directions for Project: Personal Sigil 
• HW︎︎︎  

• Work on the visual component of Project: Personal Sigil For next class, pare down your work based on feedback 
  
  

Week 10 ︎ 11/03/2020 ︎

• Discuss the pared down visuals for Project: Personal Sigil
• Discuss generalized feedback for Project: Personal Sigil
• Please vote!
• HW︎︎︎  

• Work on the visual component of Project: Personal Sigil For next class complete the project based on feedback.

Week 11 ︎ 11/10/2020 ︎

• Critique for Project: Personal Sigil 
• Introduce Project: Portfolio Website
• Introduce Project: Observation + Ephemera
• HW︎︎︎ 

• Work on Project: Observation + Ephemera
• Decide a website provider & gather projects for Project: Portfolio Website

Week 12 ︎ 11/24/2020 ︎ 

• Review Project: Observation + Ephemera pt.2
• Review Project: Portfolio Website writing
• HW ︎︎︎
• Write your statement and put work onto website for Project: Portfolio Website
• Continue work on Project: Observation + Ephemera

Week 13 ︎ 12/01/2020 ︎

• Review Project: Observation + Ephemera pt.3
• Review Project: Portfolio Website writing
• HW ︎︎︎

• Complete work  on Project: Observation + Ephemera
• Continue working on, and refining Project: Portfolio Website

Week 14 ︎ 12/08/2020 ︎

• Final review Project: Observation + Ephemera
• HW ︎︎︎

• Complete work on Project: Portfolio Website

Week 15 ︎ 12/15/2020 ︎

• Final review  Project: Portfolio Website
• Informal class feedback