Wednesday, Oct. 2

You must have five roughs of your cover and spreads (entire article laid out with pictures) printed off for Wednesday. Have these printed out and ready to go for the start of class on Wednesday.

Here is your job folder order






You must also upload your pdf to issuu. One printed final will be in your job folder and one passed around in class. You must be able to pull up the issuu for critique in class. Critique dress code applies.

Monday, Sept. 30

Bring your thumbnails and roughs of example spreads to class on Monday. Please have lots of choices for your spreads. One or two roughs will not be enough to choose from. Give yourself some options. Critique will be on Wednesday.

Friday, Sept. 27

Please finish up your masthead logo. Start thumbnailing and roughing out your cover options. You should have a good amount to choose from. We will be discussing spreads and copy on Friday.

Wednesday, Sept. 25

Please come to class with your masthead thumbnails and something translated onto the computer for your logotype. We will be covering covers on Wednesday. Make sure you have your design proposal, visual brief, thumbnails and research in your job folders for Wednesday.

Monday, Sept. 23

Make the final decisions of your magazine for Monday. Please bring 10 pages of research on the demographics of your magazine, history and target audience. Then write a 1 page proposal discussing your direction of where you are going to move the magazine to expand to the wider target demographic or appeal to the current demographic. Talk about design decisions are going to make. Remember you are writing this to be shown to the client. Please print these items off for your job folder.

Friday, Sept 20

Please bring your magazine that you are wanting to redesign to class on Friday. Bring your photos of magazine inspiration to class as well. 

Don't forget all prints must be printed for Thursday at 5 pm in a72 with no exceptions. See you there. 

Monday, Sept. 16

Here is your quote guys!

I am type! Of my earliest ancestry neither history nor relics remain. The wedge-shaped symbols impressed in plastic clay by Babylonian builders in the dim past, foreshadowed me; from them, on through the hieroglyph of the ancient Egyptians, down to the beautiful manuscript letters of the medieval scribes, I was in the making. With the golden vision of the ingenious Gutenberg, who first applied the principle of casting me in metal, the profound art of printing with movable types was born to countless thousands. I bring into the light of day the precious stores of knowledge and wisdom long hidden in the grave of ignorance.
I coin for you the enchanting tale, the philosopher's moralizing, and the poet's phantasies; I enable you to exchange the irksome hours that come, at times, to everyone, for sweet and happy hours with books-golden urns filled with all the manna of the past. In books I present to you a portion of the eternal mind caught in its progress through the world, stamped in an instant, and preserved for eternity. Through me, Socrates and Plato, Chaucer and the Bards, become your faithful friends whoever surround and minister to you. I am the leaden army that conquers the world. Cold, rigid, and implacable I may be, yet the first impress of my face brought the divine world. I am type!

Please have your 8 posters printed for the start of class on Monday. 11x17 in color using the typographic systems that you learned on Friday. Use the quote to go across all poster set. Make sure you limit your font to one family and limit your color scheme to minimum of three. 

UPDATE: Guys, I threw out my back this weekend and I'm pretty sure that I'm only going to be able to push it to my first class and meeting today. So here's what I need for Wednesday this week. Those of you who haven't turned in books turn those in on Wednesday. Have your poster sets printed and finished for Wednesday. Use class time today as a work time to get the following project for Wednesday. 

Create a type poster of a movie quote. Choose a typographic system and font that fits the voice of the quote and try and have the text animate the tone and voice of the quote. Have these printed on (11x17) in color by Wednesday. There are several of these examples on last years class behance account if you would like to see some examples. 

Friday, Sept. 13

Please bring your book binding materials and final prints. We will spend Friday day for the assembly of the books. They will be due at the end of the class period. Remember that there will be lecture 30 minute lecture where you will need to take notes on Friday so please plan accordingly.

Wednesday, Sept. 11

Please finish as much of the letters and composite grids on panels for Wednesday. It will be easiest if you build in class with help on Wednesday so try and get your letters and songs up to par before you start class on Wednesday. If you print with the printer in class you will want it to be comp because of the crappy streak happening. If you have any questions further questions about the build or the assignment please feel free to email me.

Here's a good tutorial that covers the demo that we did in class today.
http://www.designsponge.com/2013/03/bookbinding-101-accordion-book.html

Monday, Sept. 9th

Please bring the illustrator files of your textured letters spelling out JACKSON to class on Monday. Please bring the following supplies...modge podge (& brush), matte board, exacto knife, ruler with cork back and bone folder to class.

Don't forget that the AIGA poster sale deadline has been extended to Tuesday at 5 pm in A72. Bring your digital files and a good poster print out to put up at the sale. Tell all your friends about the sale and if you have a t-shirt printed from last year be prepared to wear it for the sale on Thursday.

Friday, Sept. 6

Please have a print out of your object type poster for class on Friday. 11x17 portrait. Focus on your material and message. Look for readability and legibility. Study for your type / history quiz on Friday.

Also AIGA dues are due by noon tomorrow. Please slip the check into an envelope with your name marked on it under my office door. Don't forget about our AIGA meeting tomorrow at 5 pm in A72. Bring your print outs of your posters and digital files to the meeting.