GDES-270 fall 2022 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Typography exercise / Research and the library
§002: m Oct 3
/ th Oct 6
§005: w Oct 5
In class
- Typographic variations exercise
- Wed/Thu: Research methods and the library. Meet in Bender Library, at our usual start time, room to be announced.
- From class: Type slides
- From class: Melissa Becher, the Art and Design Librarian at the AU Library, maintains a Finding Images Subject Guide.
Projects
- Mon/Wed: Bring in an object for Graphic translation.
- Be sure to bring drawing materials to class.
Reading
- Victor Papanek and James Hennessey, How Things Don’t Work, Ch. 6: “No Roast Tonight—the Lights on My Carving Knife Need Realignment” (available on Canvas)
- I’ve also uploaded a video that walks through how to add a tracing image in Illustrator.
Tech demos
Organizing projects (~10 min. runtime)
Alignment, stacking, and transformations (~9 min. runtime)