GD160||Basic Web Design
 
Syllabus resource links
contact David: dgs_design@yahoo.com  
 
   
week one  
In-class assignment      .: Magritte
  Review of anatomical terms
   
In-class exercise     .: Gill Sans in development
   
Homework 1 Sample
   
  developing letterform from scanned source
   
Project 1: c a t a l y s t  
week two  
In-class assignment 2      .: H - O - V
  Strokeweights
   
  modern fonts
   
   
In-class exercise 2      .: Example 01 || Example 02
   
   
week three  
In-class assignment 3      .: more modern fonts
   
In-class exercise 3      .: Example  || Past work
   
Project 2: Variations on theme  
week four Final version of Project 1 due beginning of class
 
  Magazine Headers
   
  Russian Posters
  Sweeney Todd
  Metropolis
  Miscellaneous
       Abstracting the Layout
  Homework 2
   
Project 3: Shakespeare's Macbeth - part 1  
week five Final version of Project 2 due beginning of class
  A Macbeth web-Commentary
  Gawd Awful Macbeth Posters
  Additional Reference Material
   
  Modern Postcard
  Abstract Art
  Abstract Graphics
   
  Theatre Mock-logo
   
Project 3: Shakespeare's Macbeth - part 2  
week six  
  More Modern Abstractions
   
  prepatory work for project 4
   
Project 4: Literary Headlines  
week seven Final version of Project 3 due beginning of class
   
   
  Protest
  Strong Typographical Headings
  Left Bank Books || Saint Louis, MO
  screen capture
   
Project 5: Promotional Postcards  
week eight Final version of Project 4 due beginning of class
   
  Establishing the layout Medieval / Renaissance
  Breaking the Layout 1920's to the present
   
  Text
  Lewis Carroll
  Richard Wright
  Loíza Julia de Burgos
  Anna Akhmatova
  Walt Whitman
  Allen Ginsberg
  Ntozake Shange
   
  one last example: the unexpected
   
Final Project : Class Brochure  
week nine  
   
   
   
week ten Final version of Project 5 due end of class
  Final Project due 06.11.07