Week 10 – The week of March 11th – 15th: Lab day
In class
Double album cover.
Possible cross critique with other first year class or second years. Share your mood board, creative brief, 30 second sound clip and your design. Give each other feedback and advice about the tone/look/type choices/design in relation to the creative brief, mood board and sound byte.
BREAK
In class assignment —
Click here to test out your knowledge of the Typographic Sins.
Lab time to work on your double album.
HOMEWORK
Finalize your design based off of feedback. Fix any of your microtypography issues. Print out your work — full size — in color and make a folding dummy for next week. Create a walk through PDF with the following:
Creative brief
Mood Board
The front cover of the album
The inside spread
The back cover.
Please prepare your 30 second song sound byte to play for the class as you present your PDF file on the over head projector.
Week 1 - The week of January 7th
Week 2 - The week of January 14th
Week 3 - The week of January 21st*
Week 4 - The week of January 28th
Week 5 - The week of February 4th
Week 6 - The week of February 11th
Week 7 - The week of February 18th*
Week 8 - The week of February 25th
Week 9 - The week of March 4th
LECTURES
Type History & Type Classifications (pdf)
General Overview: Choosing Typefaces (pdf)
A Closer Inspection: Choosing Typefaces (pdf)
Subtle Details: Font Combinations (pdf)
Practical Advice for Chosing Typefaces (pdf)
Things to look for in Body Text and things to look for in Headlines (pdf)
RESOURCES
Letter Anatomy Cheat Sheet (pdf)
Letters Anatomy Definitions (pdf)
Creative Brief/Design Brief (pdfs)
Creative Brief AIGA sample (pdf)
Brainstorming Techniques (pdf)
Style/Concept Board Template (.indt file)
Elements of an identity dissected...
How to choose typography for a brand...
Kerning/Leading Key Commands (pdf)
Setting up typographic space–Indesign (pdf)
19 Top Fonts in 19 Top Combinations (pdf)
SITES OF INTEREST
16th Century Letterpress Printing
Typography that works: Ellen Lupton
Mood Boards: Dressing for different...
Wordmark (view your loaded fonts)
Adobe Capture App
Scanner Pro App
Typeface Design Resources & Tutorials
8 famous fonts and the designer who made them
LETTERERS
Jessica Hische and Erik Marinovich —
Title Case Video
TYPE DESIGNERS:
FOUNDERIES:
InDesign Typography (Lynda.com course)
Metrix Create Space Laser Cutter Specs
The Dieline
Packaging of the World
Packaging Design Archive
Packaging of the World Pinterest
Packaging Design Served
Lovely Package
CreateId