This week please upload an image of an iPad magazine cover, ideally with both horizontal and vertical layout, and briefly comment on its choices of photo/illustration and typography. It would be great if you could compare the digital cover with the original print cover and see if there is any significant changes.
Deadlines stay the same.
Hi everyone, for this week’s blog, you just need to post a well-written HEADLINE and DECK of a magazine FEATURE story. This post is due on Friday at midnight.
You don’t need to comment on others’ posts this week.
For those of you who are doing floating redos, please upload your project to the blog by Friday at midnight.
On Wednesday’s class, professor Taylor asked you to design your own logo. So for this week’s blog, you need upload a photo of your logo sketch. Below the sketch, describe briefly your thinking process behind the design and how you are going to implement this new identity.
You can upload multiple sketches if you have different ideas. If you want to directly design it in Illustrator/PS/Indesign, feel free to do so. Just remember to upload a jpeg/png of your final image.
Sketch Post due on Saturday 11:59 PM (Not Friday)
Comments due on Sunday 11:59 PM.
This week, you need to post a screenshot of a website and explain how photos were used as a visual element to effectively communicate with the viewers, or add depth into the overall design. What’s the target audience of the website? Why did the designer choose this particular image? What’s the relationship between the photos and other contents? Read this excellent article before you get started.
Gestalt is a psychology term describing how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or “unified wholes” based on certain principles.
Some of the gestalt principles include:
This week for the blog, you need to choose a website and talk about how the designer of that website applied those gestalt principles. Deadline is Friday at midnight.
To learn more about gestalt principles and web design, read here.
In addition to this blogging assignment, you need to upload a jpeg of your poster and comment on two other persons’ poster posts. Deadline is Sunday 11:49 PM.
This week you need to post a screenshot of a web page and briefly comment on why you like its design.
Here are some web design resources:
Other interesting ones curated by individuals:
Hope you can find some inspirations for your own interface project!
Deadline for the post: Friday 11:59 PM
Deadline for two comments: Sunday 11:59 PM
This week you need to select a piece of illustration likely made in Adobe Illustrator and comment on what sorts of Adobe Illustrator tools and techniques the designer may have used to create the artwork. If you are to produce a similar illustration, what are the major steps? The illustration piece can be from a poster, a magazine, a website, or even an Illustrator tutorial (like this one explaining how to use the Live Paint Bucket). Feel free to add Illustrator screenshots if needed.
The deadline is Friday September 27 11:59 PM.
The deadline for comments is Sunday at 11:59 PM.
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Source: downgraf.com via just4inspiration on Pinterest
As is shown here, you can do some pretty cools things just by arranging and adjusting words and letters. Find a design that primarily relies on typography. It can be anything, a poster, a booklet, or a magazine page. And find out what sorts of typographic elements make it stand out.
The deadline for blog post is September 18, Friday by 11:59 P.M.
The deadline for resume post is September 18, Friday by 11:59 P.M. You don’t need to put your rationale in it.
This week you need to make two comments on two of your classmates’ resume design. The deadline is Sunday by 11:59 P.M.
Designed by Metric72, a Spanish graphic designer. This poster is dedicated to the theory of quantum mechanics, which investigates physical phenomena at microscopic scales.
This week you are going to critique a poster. A strong poster should be not just visually attractive, but also communicative and understandable to the general audience. Research the Internet and choose a poster you like. Find out what design elements make the poster stand out. What is the major message the poster tries to convey? Why did the designer make such typography and visual choices (illustrations, photos, colors)? How did the words connect to the graphic elements? Did the poster fully achieve the its marketing goals? And is there any possible improvements?
This week you are going to critique two wordmarks from a typographic perspective. What do you think of its typeface? What kinds of typography adjustments (color, reshaping letters, tracking, kerning, leading…) did the designers make to let the wordmark stand out? Does the type design align with the brand identity or development strategy? Does it create a memorable visual experience for the viewers? If you are choosing a redesigned wordmark, it would also be interesting to compare the old design with the new one.
Here are some great examples from the Creative Bloq.
It’s OK if you can’t find the exact typeface name of the wordmark, just describe its characteristics. But here is a great tool for typeface identification: WhatTheFont!.
Images of the wordmarks can be resources from the Internet or photos you take with your iPhone.
This assignment will provide some inspirations for your own resume workmark design. Have fun!