SUNY Purchase ︎ (DES3240) Design Issues
Project:
Overview
Do one of the following
Background
The urgency and immediacy of a manifesto is something that is neither good nor bad, simply a quality. How can we explore this urgency through making an actual manifesto? Is this urgency “dated”? Interesting? How do the forms change the message
Requirements
Considerations
The reality of coronavirus︎Printing is less of an issue for this but think of how your project might benefit from this in the form it takes. How does the form of a kinetic typography lyric video change the Unabomber Manifesto?
How can you “optimize” the efficacy of the design of a given manifesto through the power of graphics? ︎ How can you use hierarchy, type, composition and other tools to help amplify or attenuate the message of a given manifesto.
How does your design reflect your viewpoint?︎Similar to the above points but if you for example, vehemently disagree with the points of a given manifesto how might you make it illegible? Censor it?
03/25/2020 ︎
In-class check-in on project status.
04/01/2020
︎ Critique!
Process
Project:
Manifesting a Manifesto
Overview
Do one of the following- write a new manifesto
- rewrite or reframe an existing manifesto
- redesign an existing manifesto
- write something longer that examines the idea of a manifesto
Background
The urgency and immediacy of a manifesto is something that is neither good nor bad, simply a quality. How can we explore this urgency through making an actual manifesto? Is this urgency “dated”? Interesting? How do the forms change the messageRequirements
- Your project must contain some amount of text that is designed & typeset (typically manifestos, at the very least, are about 1 page).
- Printing is less important but you must upload your project to your online repository.
- The actual form is less important, but consider a .pdf, a presentation, a video/animation.
No Shuriken Mode Challenges
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Send your project to everyone via snail mail.
- Perform your manifesto in some way (read it aloud, hire an actor to read it, record a computer robot reading it).
- Record yourself on instagram live handing out pamphlets with your manifesto (created or redesigned)
Considerations
The reality of coronavirus︎Printing is less of an issue for this but think of how your project might benefit from this in the form it takes. How does the form of a kinetic typography lyric video change the Unabomber Manifesto?How can you “optimize” the efficacy of the design of a given manifesto through the power of graphics? ︎ How can you use hierarchy, type, composition and other tools to help amplify or attenuate the message of a given manifesto.
How does your design reflect your viewpoint?︎Similar to the above points but if you for example, vehemently disagree with the points of a given manifesto how might you make it illegible? Censor it?
Relevant Dates (3 weeks)
03/11/2020 ︎ Introduction!
03/25/2020 ︎
In-class check-in on project status. 04/01/2020
︎ Critique!
Process
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