Sean Adams Video Essay

Week 1

Week 1 |  August 23-25 |  Formstorming

Course overview. Online Resources. Materials. Create a blog. 

Who’s Who in Design. AIGA. SDCC Blog (follow). Vocabulary.

What is graphic design and who are the key players? What about the design community in San Diego and what is AIGA? What is the process of design? In class demonstration on how to create a blog where you will upload your exercises. 

Basic Design Vocabulary

Design Vocabulary 101 Quiz [Open book- in-class Due Sept 8th]

Introduction of Research Project Design Project A - two parts

(national and local)

PROJECT A: “A Great Mind in Design” Research Assignment

You will choose a great mind in design from a class list to complete a research project due at the end of the semester.

These creative individuals represent the fields of advertising, book, corporate, cross-discipline, environmental design, film and video, illustration, Internet, new media, print, and type design. This diverse field showcases both young designers and experienced professionals.

Create a digital presentation for your peers [InDesign to .pdf] that will be posted in your blog. It must include: name, biography, personal perspective on design, samples of their work and your assessment of this mind in design. You need to create a bibliography of all your sources used at the end.

PROJECT: 100 ITERATIONS

1. Choose subject (egg, A, cup, head, ?, owl...etc)

2. Create a  poster including 100 images (either original or found)

3. Post to Blog by September 1st

A. Read the textbook Graphic Design the New Basics: pages 1-32

Setting Up Your Blog

1. Go to: www.blogger.com
2. Create a new Google Account if you do not already have one.
3. Follow thru to: CREATE A NEW BLOG
4. Name your blog: "BGDLastFirst"
5. For this class we area going to limit the layout to "Simple" pick a basic color scheme, no widgets, but it will need the ability for comments to be added per post.