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Publics Project

Summary:

The Publics Project asks students to produce three packaging documents for material that is in the USA public domain or licensed for modification and reproduction. The documents are:

  • A book jacket for a public domain text (6" X 9")
  • A DVD cover for a public domain/Creative Commons movie (5.25" X 7.25")
  • A CD cover for a selection of Creative Commons audio (4.75" X 4.75")

Students will produce two distinct drafts of each document corresponding to aesthetic approaches covered in class. Drafts will be reviewed during class workshops to help students determine which design to pursue. In producing these works, students will take care not to violate intellectual property laws including copyright.

Final documents will be delivered as press-quality .pdf files. They will be submitted using DROPitTOme. Before submitting, students should title the documents using this nomenclature:

  • lastname-firstname-book.pdf
  • lastname-firstname-dvd.pdf
  • lastname-firstname-cd.pdf

Once the documents have been named correctly, students should follow these instructions:

  1. Go to this website: http://dropitto.me/jtirrell
  2. Enter the password "tirrell"
  3. Click the "Select to Upload" button and select the document
  4. Repeat step 3 for the other two documents

Deliverables:

  1. Book Jacket Design Plan (5% of project grade)
  2. Book Jacket (20% of project grade)
  3. DVD Cover Design Plan (5% of project grade)
  4. DVD Cover (20% of project grade)
  5. CD Cover Design Plan (5% of project grade)
  6. CD Cover (20% of project grade)
  7. Materials Analysis (20% of project grade)
  8. Postmortem (5% of project grade)

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