GDES-270 spring 2021 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Responsible design
March 02
Final Visual translation / Start Information
Projects
- Final critique for Visual translation. Show final versions of all line, solid, and tone drawings.
- Start Information (the second part of Visual translation)
Reading
We’ll be discussing the reading in class.
- Either First Things First 1964 (text version) or First Things First 2020
- Chappell Ellison, Can Designers Save the World Without Creating More Stuff?
- Read Dieter Rams’ ten principles (on Design Museum site)
I’ve also uploaded a video that walks through how to add a tracing image in Illustrator.
Optional: the Bezier Game lets you play with the pen tool.
Tech demos
Type (~12 min. runtime)