GDES-270 fall 2021 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Responsible design
October 12
Final Visual translation / Start Information
No class on Friday, October 15 because of AU Fall Break.
Projects
- Tuesday: Final critique for Visual translation. Show final versions of all line, solid, and tone drawings.
- Tuesday: Start Information (the second part of Visual translation)
Reading
We’ll be discussing the reading in class next week.
- 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.
Tech demos
Type (~12 min. runtime)