Graphic Design: Spring 2009

Section 1: Letter

First Exercise: drawn word
due January 28

Third Exercise: format as design
due February 4

Second Exercise: Ace of Spades design
due February 11

Links

word

Ed Ruscha Redesigning Christmas Vintage & Retro Typography

format

Marian Bantjes' Love Stories formatless stories

cards

Wilhelm Deffke: Modern Mark Maker History of Playing Cards Artists' Elements Paul Rand links: one, two Bruce Mau tech company logos Pentagram's mark-making Medieval calligraphy

Section 2: Design as Iteration

Project: 3 postcards for the UNCG MFA program
crit: March 4

Links

Project Sheet The Small Stakes Bierut's posters for Yale School of Architecture Willi Kunz posters Heads of State John Gall Paul Rand tribute animation Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far Things installation at Deitch Projects

Section 3: Information

Project: Poster for Carolina Film & Video Festival
crit: April 2

Links

Project Sheet Carolina Film & Video Festival Alice Twemlow's poster essay Schjeldahl reviews Shephard Fairey's retrospective

posters

Rene Wanner's Poster Page the First Chicago International Poster Biennial CSU International Poster Collection The Graphic Imperative Milton Glaser posters So-Cal Fire Poster Project Seth's delicious.com poster links

appropriation

Mark Vallen accuses Fairey of plagiarism Jamie O'Shea defends Fairey Brian Sherwin talks about Fairey, Vallen, and O'Shea Meanwhile, on another plane, Richard Prince is re-accused of plagiarism

Section 4: Grid/Systems

Project: Calendar
crit: May 8

Links

Project Sheet

old calendars

general historical calendar resource the antikythera Newgrange Stonehenge Mayan Calendar

contemporary calendars

field notes Pentagram's typographic calendar old-school printing 1 old-school printing 2 old-school printing 3 desktop calendars at Smashing Magazine more desktop calendars typotheque sketchbook calendar compact calendar bubble calendar http://creative calendar designs radial calendar publikum calendar Krista Peel Jasmin Herz a clock for identity designers door hangers nonsense calendar