(schedule is subject to change based on your feedback and necessity)
Week 01 ︎ 02/03/2021 ︎
- Introductions & Expectations
- Schedule Overview (this page)
- Introduction to Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
- Introduction to Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
- HW︎
- Start
Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
- Work on Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
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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 02 ︎ 02/10/2021 ︎
- Review process for submitting work
- Q & A for any issues relating to Knitting Circle: Fontstruct
- Basic type design discussion
- Spiel: Composition & Gestalt
- HW︎
- Complete Knitting Circle: Fontstruct and upload font file(s)
- Continue Work on
Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
Complete (at least) three “sketches” of poster designs for class, be ready to discuss.
Week 03 ︎ 02/17/2021 ︎
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Confirm preferred email addresses
- Spiel: Poster History
- Discussion of progress on
Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
- HW︎
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Continue
Work on
Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
Complete (at least) five poster designs for class, based on feedback be ready to discuss.
Week 04 ︎ 02/24/2021 ︎
(class cancelled)
- HW︎
- Complete work on Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
Week 05 ︎ 03/03/2021 ︎
- Discuss progress Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
- Critique Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
- Introduction to Knitting Circle: Illustrator
- HW︎
- Complete work on Project: Custom Typophoto Posters
- Work on Knitting Circle: Illustrator and upload results and prepare questions.
Week 06 ︎ 03/10/2021 ︎
- Q & A on issues with
Knitting Circle: Illustrator
- Introduction to Project: Personal Sigil
- Spiel: Logos & symbols
- HW︎
- Complete Knitting Circle: Illustrator and upload results
- Start work on Project: Personal Sigil You must have at least three groups, families, or organizations as possible discussions. Write at least 3 complete and clear sentences about each group or organization. Collect at least 5 images related to each group that could serve as imagery. People will be chosen at random next class to speak on their research.
Week 07 ︎ 03/17/2021 ︎
- ~5 people at random will discuss the state of their research for Project: Personal Sigil
- HW︎
- 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 08 ︎ 03/24/2021 ︎
- Discuss the visual directions for Project: Personal Sigil
- HW︎︎︎
- Work on the visual component of Project: Personal Sigil For next class, pare down your work based on feedback
Week 09 ︎ 03/31/2021 ︎
No Class! (Spring Recess)
Week 10 ︎ 04/07/2021 ︎
- Discuss the pared down visuals for Project: Personal Sigil
- Discuss generalized feedback for Project: Personal Sigil
- HW︎︎︎
- Work on the visual component of Project: Personal Sigil For next class complete the project based on feedback.
Week 11 ︎ 04/14/2021 ︎
- Critique for Project: Personal Sigil
- Introduce Project: Portfolio Website
- Introduce Project: Observation + Ephemera
- HW︎︎︎
- Work on Project: Observation + Ephemera
- Decide a website provider & gather projects for Project: Portfolio Website
Week 12 ︎ 04/21/2021 ︎
- Review Project: Portfolio Website choices
- Review Project: Observation + Ephemera pt.1
- HW ︎︎︎
- Write for each project for Project: Portfolio Website
- Start designs for Project: Observation + Ephemera
Week 13 ︎ 04/28/2021 ︎
- 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 14 ︎ 05/05/2021 ︎
- 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 15 ︎ 05/12/2021 ︎
- Final review Project: Observation + Ephemera
- HW ︎︎︎
- Complete work on Project: Portfolio Website
Week 16 ︎ 05/19/2021 ︎
- Final review Project: Portfolio Website
- Informal class feedback