Flickr Group

It’s required that you join this flickr group to upload work for critique as well as to offer feedback to your fellow students. If you’re not familiar with flickr, please let me know and I’ll help you set it up.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1271344@N25/

Imposition

The process of creating printer spreads from layout spreads.
The how and the why is explained here:

Birdwatching: A blog collecting the works of women designers

Hey all,

I blogged about this for the Bitch website, but thought you might also enjoy it:

Lovers of art and design—you’ll be pleased to make the acquaintance of the blog: Birdwatching. States the site itself: This blog is set up to collect, share and recognize the work of female graphic design creators everywhere. Relatively new on the scene, the blog has already managed to showcase work from South America, Continenetal Europe, The UK , Japan and North America.

In the style of design blog ffffound.com, Birdwatching offers just one photo to catch your interest and then a link to the site belonging to the creator. There’s no commentary, which is sometimes refreshing (you can form your own opinion and just enjoy imagery) and some times frustrating—I often wish there was some information about the project brief or commentary from the designer. Ultimately it functions as an introduction of designers to you and allows you to follow the links to the source.

Certainly this kind of unity/community has become more common practice among female musicians, artists and writers, but beyond a few books that cover pioneering women designers, there aren’t so many places to find the design works of women all in one place (if you know any, please share!). It’s a great relief to have Birdwatching on the scene. I’ll certainly keep watching from here on out.

Full disclosure: A few of my former classmates have work showcased on Birdwatching and I’m incredibly proud and excited for them!

Grids and layout

Hey all,

I’ve added some layout reference imagery to my flickr account to look at. Also, here’s a reference on grid systems that you can use in addition to the handout you’ll get tomorrow.

http://www.thegridsystem.org/

Postage stamp edges tutorial

http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/illustrator-stamp-tutorial/

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http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/tutorials/stamp/

Postage stamp sheets

Just a reminder that if you’re planning on designing the whole postage sheet, that your final opportunity for a crit will be tomorrow. You can still get feedback on flickr, but I can’t guarantee that it will be an immediate response.

See you tomorrow!

 

Typeface versus font

Read this brief piece by Allan Haley at AIGA to learn the difference.

Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische

Check out Jessica Hische’s beautiful daily drop caps!

Welcome to Communication Design 1

Hi there!

As I’m sure you’re accustomed to getting information from teachers on blogs at this point, you know that this will be a valuable resource for you during the term. Check here for reference, tutorial links, class updates and PDFs of all hand-outs including the syllabus and schedule (to come).

I’m looking forward to meeting you all.

Briar