Assignment 2

Create bottom-line type-only department and feature templates.

Remember to print and bring with you to crit next Tuesday (10.4).

OBJECTIVES

We want to see the depth and breadth of your type exploration and choices for both templates. This means taking the time to experiment with many different typefaces—serifs, sans, slab, script, hand-lettering, etc. Keep in mind that your type choices need to make sense for your magazine and audience, not just look good.

PARTICULARS (UPDATED 10.1)

• use no more than three typeface combinations per template

• aim for two typefaces per template, especially feature

• try to use the third typeface for department rubric

• bring all printouts from previous week to next class

• define magazine size/dimensions

• use 9x12 column grid

• use type only (no imagery or grey boxes)

• experiment with many type combinations (at least 20 per template)

• keep track of typefaces used

• post your work/process to your blog

feature template includes:

• headline

• subhead

• byline

• text type

• pull quote

• folio

• optional drop cap

• optional first line treatment (caps, bold)

department template includes:

• rubric

• headline

• subhead

• byline

• text type

• pull quote

• hangline

• credit line

• folio

LINKS / OTHER

• check out indesign tutorials (thanks, christy)

• try the grid calculator (thanks, gui)

• buy a ream of good quality printer paper to test out your templates

• buy a schaedler rule

inspiration sites/blogs

http://inspirationlab.wordpress.com/
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html
http://friendsoftype.com/
http://thisisnthappiness.com/
http://www.notcot.com/
http://dribbble.com/
http://kimag.tumblr.com/
http://thingstolookat.blogspot.com/
http://welcometohr.com/
http://jjjjound.com/
http://ffffound.com/
http://picocool.com/
http://weheartit.com/
http://enjoysthin.gs/
http://www.aisleone.net/
http://www.designiskinky.net/
http://lovelypackage.com/
http://www.thedieline.com/
http://www.booooooom.com/
http://www.typographicposters.com/
http://ohjoy.blogs.com/
http://thepostfamily.com/
http://www.designformankind.com/
http://www.manystuff.org/
http://www.itsnicethat.com/
http://wellmedicated.com/
http://thehouseofmilk.blogspot.com/
http://printpattern.blogspot.com/
http://www.notpaper.net/
http://www.fubiz.net/
http://faveup.com/
http://infosthetics.com/
http://www.coolhunting.com/
http://www.swiss-miss.com/
http://www.designsponge.com/
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/
http://www.formfiftyfive.com/
http://designyoutrust.com/
http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/
http://grainedit.com/

+ type sites/blogs to come

Assignment 1

This week, do these:

• create your blog, and start documenting your work (email us your url)
• mark up GQ spread (see example on class blog)
• draft your content list (departments, features)
• sign up for typophile.com, and start exploring typefaces
• collect inspiration—imagery, type, color—into your swipe folder
• read Grid Systems (shared on class blog)
• buy at least one SPD annual to reference/inspiration

Bring with you to class next Tuesday:

• choose your magazine topic/subject matter
  
• identify target audience (age, gender, income, education, location)
• create a mood board (type, imagery, color) that captures the feel of your mag
• bring a data device if you want the font library

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Show & Tell Student Jury Winners

Show & Tell Student Jury Winners: Gallery 1-2-3

The results are in! After much intense consideration, the results are in for the SPD Student Committee's first-ever juried show of student design work, SHOW AND TELL, and they're spectacular. We will be featuring all of the work in three successive posts, so you can see it all and savor it. We'll be following the Gallery Posts with a grand finale that spotlights the two top winners and some of the thoughts the jury had in selecting them. So keep checking back to see all the winners and the thoughts from the judges over the next two weeks! And follow us after the jump for the first gallery of selections...

SHOW AND TELL 2011: Juried Student Design Competition
This gallery represents the best editorial student work of the the past year. All submissions were put in front of a jury of respected art directors: Roger Black, John Walker and Genevieve Williams. There were no rules or categories. We asked the judges to simply pick the best. What we wound up with was a peek at outstanding student design. Please enjoy the work of these up-and-coming graphic designers.
-- Trevett McCandliss, Creative Director, 9Threads, SHOW AND TELL Chair

Anna Betts (@anna_betts)
Cambridge School of Art, UK
Professor: Chris Draper




Zachary Gilyard (@ZachGilyard)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Professor: Alex Bitterman




Rachel Orr (@rachelanneorr)
Ohio University
Professor: Julie Elman






Clarissa San Pedro (@csanpedro)
Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London
Professor: Patrick Roberts

SHOW AND TELL 2011: Juried Student Design Competition
This gallery represents the best editorial student work of the the past year. All submissions were put in front of a jury of respected art directors: Roger Black, John Walker and Genevieve Williams. There were no rules or categories. We asked the judges to simply pick the best. What we wound up with was a peek at outstanding student design. Please enjoy the work of these up-and-coming graphic designers.
-- Trevett McCandliss, Creative Director, 9Threads, SHOW AND TELL Chair

Josh Clement
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Victoria, Australia
Professor: Niko Spelbrink




Ahreum Han
School of the Art Institute of Chicagoe
Professor: Daniel Morgenthaler




Elissa Roberts (@elissaroberts)
Ohio University
Professor: Julie Elman





Jay Jiwon Yoon
Parsons, the New School for Design
Professor: Sandra Maxa

SHOW AND TELL 2011: Juried Student Design Competition
This gallery represents the best editorial student work of the the past year. All submissions were put in front of a jury of respected art directors: Roger Black, John Walker and Genevieve Williams. There were no rules or categories. We asked the judges to simply pick the best. What we wound up with was a peek at outstanding student design. Please enjoy the work of these up-and-coming graphic designers.
-- Trevett McCandliss, Creative Director, 9Threads, SHOW AND TELL Chair

Patrick Crowley (@pcrowl)
Iowa State University
Professor: Paula Curran





Minjung Lee (@mjlee1020)
School of Visual Arts
Professors: Carin Goldberg, Claudia de Almeida

Luke Shuman (@lukeshuman)
Taylor University
Professor: Ryan James





Lindsay Weitzman
Boston University
Professor: Kristen Coogan

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