Graphic
Design

Unit 1 - intro

• gd examples
• what is gd?
• sketch everything!
• rubric
• shapes types
• shapes assignment
• intro to ILL
• pathfinder
• more ILL
• meaning
• exercise: design water
• exercise: equal but opposite
• exercise: four signs
• exercise: black box

Unit 2 - logos & ID

• about logos
• hidden logos
• corporate ID
• assignment
• Client list
• Shape based Logos
• More Logo Examples
  
• LOGO TRENDS: 2009 and 2008 and more
• logo timeline
  
• More Illustrator Tools
• another illustrator sheet

Unit 3 - bootcamp

• basics lecture
• P&E in photos
• exercise: find examples
• exercise: 1 object
• texture
• figure/ground
• borders
• alignment
• exercise: menu
• transparency
• gestalt and quiz

Unit 4 - white space

• framing
• Active vs. Passive
  
• PROJECT: 3 Choices (Airplanes, Boats, Bikes)
  
• Ways to Use Photographs
  
• Photoshop Basics
  
• Photoshop Intermediate
  
• Rubric

Unit 5 - typography

• exercise: meaning
• typo texture
• exercise: type figure*
  
• exercise: foreground/background reversal*
  
• exercise: 27th letter*
  
• Typography Basics

Unit 6 - grids

• InDesign
• exercise: calendar
• Assignment
  
• handout on font, size, length, emphasis, spacing
  
• Rules of Good Design
  
• Lorem Ipsum Text
  
• Examples of Grid Layout
  
  

Unit 7 - layering

• Assignment
• Examples
• Rubric

Unit 8 - Infographics

• connections
• infographics blog
• infographics examples

Unit 9 - web basics

• using dreamweaver

Avoiding Copyright Violation

• stock.xchng
  
• Morgue File

Other Links

• adobe kuler
• Design blogs:
  Design*SpongeCore77, Inhabitat, NotCot, Substudio, TreeHugger, MocoLoco
• design quotes
• adobe tutorials