Dec. 1st

Bring your finalized 11x17 poster printed and to class on Friday. Must be up for critique at the beginning of class. Please start your job folder for the final project and research. 

Also please buzz over to see Kayla Ellingsworth's opening tonight, Thursday at 6:30 pm in the student gallery. It is worth a look to see how a graphic designer handles the gallery space:) 

Monday Critique

Hi everyone,

Here is the specifications for critique on Monday when we get back from break.

JOB FOLDER (make sure everything labeled)
Right Side
1. 5 pages of research (on magazine & or topic)
2. Visual brief
3. Old copy of magazine (article earmarked or post it)
4. Design Summary (normal format)

Left Side
1. 5 pages of thumbnails (spread format - minimum include more if you have them)
2. Large thumbnail rough (cut out copy on your grid)
3. 2 roughs of your cover and your spreads
4. Final / The final must be saddle stitched. Cover on the front of the booklet. Now remember when printing out a booklet must be increments of four to work...please design with this in mind. The minimum spreads that you can do is two for your article but the booklet might demand that you design for three to look good. Trying to make sure that the final product of this is worthy to be in your portfolio for a long time so try and not have any blank pages if you can help it. If you would like to account for the back cover please put a barcode back there. If you are not designing for the backcover the barcode for the magazine must be on the front design. I would recommend to stick with a 11x17 flat size (8.5x11 folded for ease of format).

THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Does your voice of your type match the voice the story?
Does your copy read well? / well choosen / well leaded copy
Do you have widows or orphans or odd spacing - will be looking and grading down for all of the above.
Make sure that you have breathing space / gutters can be your best friend to help loosen up the type.
Do you have a wide enough margin / accounting for the creep?
How does your illustration / photos fit the feel of the story?
Draw us in with your cover and pay special attention to the masthead logotype that you are creating. Must fit the feel that you are portraying with the whole magazine.

Please dress up for critique. We will have one final that will pass around class and you will discuss. You can then put that copy into the job folder as your final.

Have a wonderful thanksgiving break!

Friday, Nov. 16th

Workday on Friday! Come prepared to work on your magazine spreads. See you then!

Wednesday, Nov. 14

Hi guys,

Please have your thumbnails for your spreads ready to go. You need at minimum 5 pages of thumbnails (9 boxes). You need to have your cut text / large scale spreads (minimum of 2 spreads) in your job folder. You need a visual brief printed out. 5 pages of research. Your job folder will be checked over on Wednesday. Wednesday will be a work day so come prepared to layout your text and really work with your design. Friday will also be a work day. The critique for this project is the Monday after break so make sure to budget your time wisely.

Hang in there....only a week until break!

Friday, Nov. 9th

Bring your magazine to class on Friday. Have start your research. Have 5 pages on a magazine background for your job folder. Start thumbnails / visual brief. Have your article translated into word document form so you can get started on your grid. Also please read article in prep for Friday. We will have a guest speaker....
http://www.designers-books.com/?p=3331

JUFF and PosterPoolza

Please have your JUFF documents laid out on the grid for Monday. Please stick to the grid and the style sheets that we have established. Also those of you that have a presentation to give and didn't get to give it this past week. You will be going on Monday. I have been assured that we will have a projector alternative in there by then.

For Friday, please wear your poster poolza shirt if you have one. Meet at the SUB to start with and we might end up dividing up into shifts when you get there. Those asked to make posters with the logotype for sign spinning please bring them along. We will be setting up at 9 am if you would like to help with the set up. I will not be there for the start of class I have to teach Freshman Seminar that day, but please look to Ben H. for your roles. Tell all your friends!!