I am way at a meeting today. This makes an excellent chance for you to review some of these resources and how it might influence your ideas of design. In order to hold on to your thinking, you may want to take notes. I will introduce a key idea or question before each one to direct your thinking:
Layout and Design
This is a basic introduction to design fundamentals. It uses slightly different terminology then what you were presented yesterday. You will find that terminology can shift depending on culture, country or perspective. Don't let that confuse you. Try to connect the dots between like terms and wonder how a word captures something slightly different. This video is geared at the student designer.
Question to Consider: How would you changes your own diagnostic designs, after watching this video?
Question to Consider: How would you changes your own diagnostic designs, after watching this video?
This video is produced by the Lynda.com series - a series of media tutorials. They unlock some of their videos to get a sense of the course.
PAY ATTENTION TO: Parts of a letter and terminology.
PAY ATTENTION TO: Parts of a letter and terminology.
This video documents the creation of a typeface.
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What would you design a font out of from around your home that could be digitized?
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What would you design a font out of from around your home that could be digitized?
CAREERS
These two Ted Talks give you different perspectives on graphic designer careers. It is a wide and varied career choice.
QUESTION: Why does Marian Bantjes call herself a design artist rather than a graphic designer? What freedom does that give her?
QUESTION: How does Jacek Utko experience as a designer on a newspaper influence your understanding of a designer?
QUESTION: Why does Marian Bantjes call herself a design artist rather than a graphic designer? What freedom does that give her?
QUESTION: How does Jacek Utko experience as a designer on a newspaper influence your understanding of a designer?
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IMPACT ON SOCIETY
Communication Technology has an impact on society. Graphic designers are often employed to help sell stuff. The Story of Stuff articulates how problematic this is.
QUESTION: What can we do as designers to solve these problems?
QUESTION: What can we do as designers to solve these problems?
FOR THE FUTURE
This AdobeTV video is fantastic at capturing the project proposal and pitch process. The grade 12 program is built around this. Each one of you will be developing your own ISU throughout this course.