GDES-315 spring 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Typography/image/layout
February 20 / February 23
Monday
Reading
- On Web Typography, ch. 4 (“Choosing and Pairing typefaces”)
- Jen Simmons, Designing Intrinsic Layouts, An Event Apart DC 2019 (60 min. video)
Thursday
- Studio/critique
- For Publishing systems, show high-fidelity wireframes (comps) for two significantly different design approaches. Show at least two different pages for each. Have well-resolved decisions about type, layout, color, and scale. Make pages taller than one screen high—the web is a scrolling medium. Generate a draft site map.