September 15, 2022
ARTS610 // Principles of Typography The final project in this course is for students to create a publication design. This can be a printed piece or a digital piece (although in Spring 2020 we focused on digital work because of the pandemic). Students were able to envision whatever kind of publication design they wanted (a […]
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ARTS610 // Principles of Typography How might designers use found objects and physical materials to create a cohesive and visually appealing typeface? PROCESS: Students chose physical objects or materials to construct a typeface, using photography to capture the letterforms. They brainstormed ideas, then chose their top three to conduct tests, and then created a full […]
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ARTS610 // Principles of Typography Students are assigned a random typeface from Google Fonts. They visually analyze a grid of all the letterforms in the font, and then experiment with different ways to compose the three letterforms into a composition by moving the letters around, playing with scale and position. Students created at least two […]
Read MorePaul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) room A203—Come check out our newly renovated design-focused classroom chock full of visual inspiration, design resources, flexible furniture for collaboration and brainstorming, a beautiful view into the courtyard, and most importantly, iMac computers loaded with the Adobe Creative Suite. Stop by, and look for announcements about open houses and other events […]
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