TUESDAY

TUES July 30. Day 20

.Read Chapter 17: Emphasis  & Assigned pages from the Adobe InDesign Manual 
(grids and guide lines and creating pages and spreads) plus, Introducing Grids (online); 

.Review Chapter 18: Typography & this Powerpoint: Design on a Grid

.Due Practice 6 (Newsletter Tutorial) at START of class
     .Project. A7 Concert Poster (due at end of class)
.Plus.Bring a PRINT Magazine to class to work with for Project A8

WED July 31. Day 21

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST CLASS PERIOD TOGETHER
.Read (online) Text Alignment and “Desktop Publishing Glossary” plus Consistency & Repetition (read all of the first 3 articles): 

• Grids: Consistency and Unity
• Using Style Sheets in Desktop Publishing
• Provide Comfort for Readers With Repetition

.Quiz #4 taken in class
Critique Posters
.Due Magazine Spread (A8, end of class) and written part of Project A9 with Thumbnails. Work on Self-Promo (A9)

THURS Aug 1. Day 22

Lab is open and I am here if you want to come work on the last 2 projects.
                                               

FRI Aug 2. Day 23   

Email Final Project by midnight (A#9 Self-Promotion) as a PDF file

There is no final exam for this course. (Your “take-home” self-promotion is your final exam

grade and is due via email to k.hanger@miami.edu by the weekend.)

Assignment #7

Concert Poster 

10 points
DUE THE END OF CLASS TUESDAY
or emailed by midnight

Objective: While this project is an InDesign assignment, you may use any Adobe Creative Suite software or combinations thereof to produce it, as long as the final art is completed as both an InDesign and a PDF print document. (Final size should be no smaller than 14 x 17 in.)

Poster by Alex Wexler

You will design a concert (or other event) poster including relevant details about the event. The artwork may be original or “borrowed and enhanced” but the overall design, typography,and layout must be yours alone. Pay particular attention to creative typography—I’ll be looking for unique type treatment or other creative graphic design elements.

This assignment is meant to be a showcase of what you’ve learned about unity, composition, and impact this semester—so show off a little. 

When Finished: Export the finished poster to PDF format and email it to me.

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Assignment #8

Magazine Spread  

(10 points)
DUE END OF CLASS WEDNESDAY 
or emailed by Thursday noon

Before you begin this assignment it is important that you have read the assigned readings in the online Adobe Manual: grids and guide lines and creating pages and spreads

Layout by Adjiah Daley

Objective: In this assignment you will examine how a print magazine (that you choose) is laid out and how the pages hold style continuity within a particular grid system (as explained in class). You will then replicate one double-page spread (2 facing pages) from a feature article as a full-size mock-up in InDesign.

Examine your chosen magazine for its page-to-page, article-to-article continuity. Find the imaginary rule lines (psychic wire) used by the art director to create the design grid. Note the consistencies--what repeats--and the small variations that seem to be within an acceptable range. Take notes and make a visual guide as you study the publication, writing notes and column/gutter measurements directly on the pages of your magazine, in your sketchbook, or a piece of tracing paper. 

Create a 2-PAGE facing-page magazine spread that imitates one from your magazine. (Note that recurring departmental or column articles are a different animal from the feature article and are inappropriate for this assignment! Choose wisely.) Set column widths, margins, anchor guidelines etc. as they will appear in InDesign while adhering PRECISELY to your publication's measurements. 

Plan/Think Gather your art, choose your display fonts, and get ready to follow the layout as you interpret it. Your layout needs to include effective typography with important elements like pull quotes, teasers, subheads, captions, and anything else that appeara on the “real” pages of the magazine, so get these written. Select any photos you wish to use at an appropriate resolution (240 to 300dpi for print). Use negative space efficiently and don’t clutter your layout. ALWAYS pay attention to readability, focal points, eye path, and other effective magazine design rules.

Create the final mock-up as an InDesign Document. Your final layout should look like a published article (pictures/text/and all). Use any old text as a placemarker for body copy in your mock-up. You can use the Placeholder Text command found in the InDesign Menu by choosing Type>Fill with Placeholder Text (this is the gobbledygook designers use called “greeking”).

The finished assignment will show an understanding of page continuity, magazine design traditions, effective typography, and readability, accurate translation of an existing design grid, and effective use of repetition and rhythm. On the final project you will be evaluated on your attention to detail for things such as point size and style of body text and accurate measurements throughout (alley widths, headline sizes, and consistent artistic styles--such as BW vs. color photo vs. illustration, etc.). You will also be evaluated on how well your article looks like it came out of the same publication as the one you are "duplicating."

Email a final PDF doc to me. 

Some Resources for Asmt. 8: 

Powerpoint from Class (w/Examples)

Setting up margins and columns...
What the heck do these link notices mean? 
Magazine Tutorial
Create Your Grid & Guides
Working w/Text & Images

FINAL DESIGN PROJECT:

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Final Project (Assignment #9) 

Self Promotion

10 points
Due Friday Aug 2 by midnight
(email me if you need the weekend)

Hagan Blount Infographic Resume

Brochure (interior) by Jordan Caruso

There are two components to this final assignment. 

Part I-The Written Component: Should be completed first. 

The first step is to write a detailed overview of your design and software skills. Write the piece in a way that would sell your accumulative design skills not just to me but to a potential employer. Include work experience if appropriate, your "resume" skills, and effective headlines, testimonials, facts, bullet points and subheadings throughout. This can be informally written in terms of voice but should be edited for grammar and spelling. The final text should convince me you are a professional who pays attention to detail. 

Your critique should include appropriate skills or training. This draft needs to be presented to me as a Word doc via email separate from the layout of your InDesign document. On the copy due date I would also like to see sketches for your design piece (described below).

Part II-Design a Self-Promo:  

The second step is to adapt the text you've written as a professional self-promotional piece (edit and proofread it!). You will create this in InDesign as a creative "visual resume," Infographic, or brochure promoting your design and/or technical skills--developing a layout that features effective graphic elements and images of the best artwork you’ve completed for this course (and others if you wish). The final product will be a well-designed showcase of your skills using appropriate headlines/captions/call-outs/quotes/etc. and your own images to make the piece inviting. Consider changing color cast, going black and white, or simplifying your artwork files to make it all work together cohesively.  

The final product must be an InDesign document intended as a printed piece (brochure, poster, etc.) with sophisticated graphic elements, for which a potential client or employer is your audience. 

Your final email to me with the art should provide the document in pdf form (printers marks are not necessary)--indicate in your email message anything you think I need to know for understanding your intent.  

Use your imagination in this final project. A great deal of your grade depends on its creativity as well as the sophistication and professionalism of the design.

RESOURCES

• Self-Promotions PPT 

• Creative Resumes

• Infographic Style Resume 

• Writing the Personal Profile (by Susan Ager)