Aug 28 / Aug 31 Week 01
Intro
Start Communicating design
GDES-315 fall 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
Digital and Emerging Media
Design II
Sept 7 Week 02
Affordances, signifiers, and feedback
Present Communicating design / Start Travel
Sept 11 / Sept 14 Week 03
Prototyping / Grids
Sept 18 / Sept 21 Week 04
IA intro
Final crit for Travel / Start Publishing systems
Sept 25 / Sept 28 Week 05
Type hierarchy and grids workshop
Oct 2 / Oct 5 Week 06
Typography/image/layout
Oct 9 / Oct 12 Week 07
Site maps
Oct 16 / Oct 19 Week 08
Studio
Oct 23 / Oct 26 Week 09
Detail typography, mobile, and HTML/CSS
Oct 30 / Nov 2 Week 10
Studio
Final crit for Publishing systems / Start Field guide
Nov 6 / Nov 9 Week 11
Navigation systems
Nov 13 / Nov 16 Week 12
Design workshop
Nov 20 Week 13
Online critique / (Thanksgiving)
Nov 27 / Nov 30 Week 14
Studio
Dec 4 / Dec 7 Week 15
Last class
Semifinal critique for Field guide
Dec 12
Exam period
All work due