GDES-360 spring 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
Week 01
There’s reading due for next class. It’s on the page for next class.
Week 02
"Jubilee Mine, Concordia — 6,500 tonnes of copper extracted," from Dillon Marsh's "For What It's Worth" series.
In some courses, you can get away with skipping the reading, though your employability and depth as a designer will suffer. This class, though, is heavily technical and runs with shorter meeting times. You will need the information from the reading in order to complete assignments. We will not cover all the material from the reading during class.
Week 03
Most Common Jobs, By State, by Nathan Yau, at Flowing Data.
N.B.: Plan to show your work, in progress, for a critique during any class this semester.
Week 04
"Share of first-class mail considered on-time." The Postal Service Survived the Election. But It Was Crushed by Holiday Packages., New York Times. By Emily Badger, Quoctrung Bui, and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Week 05
Florida Shifts Further Right, New York Times.
Week 06
Map, 1768, showing the dispositions of the Braddock Expedition. Via Leventhal Map Center.
Week 07
By Richard Edes Harrison.
Week 08
Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas.
Week 10
Ampersand Lake and Ampersand Mountain, from USGS Santanoi quad, 1904.
Week 11
Map of Maryland highway traffic, 1921.
Week 12
From Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago., New York Times. By Jeremy Ashkenas, Haeyoun Park and Adam Pearce.
Week 13
Don’t waste your time at Disneyland. Here’s how to avoid the lines, Los Angeles Times
Week 14
From Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas, by Denis Wood.
Week 15
From How living on the wrong side of a time zone can be hazardous to your health, Washington Post.
Class does not meet during exam period.
Turn in any remaining work by Sunday, May 7 at 5:00 p.m. (D.C. time). Submit work on Canvas.