| Date
|
Due Today |
Period Agenda |
| Aug. 20 |
• Watch course introduction video
• Submit Personal Introductions post |
• Introduce course
• Introduce Publics Project
• Complete Course Contract
|
| Aug. 25 |
• Submit Book Jacket research |
• Begin Design Activity 1 |
| Aug. 27 |
• Submit Design Activity 1
|
• Discuss Design Activity 1
• Begin Book Jacket Design Plan
• Discuss aesthetic approaches
|
| Sept. 1 |
• Submit Book Jacket Design Plan
|
• Watch design tutorial video
• Read Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception excerpt
• Read Kittler, Gramophone, Film, Typewriter excerpt
• Begin Reading Response 1 |
| Sept. 3 |
• Submit Reading Response 1 |
• Discuss Reading Response 1
• Play Judgey
• Begin Book Jacket drafts
|
| Sept. 8 |
• Post Book Jacket drafts
|
• Begin Book Jacket draft activity
• Begin Design Activity 2 |
| Sept. 10 |
• Complete Book Jacket draft activity
• Submit Design Activity 2 |
• Discuss Design Activity 2
• Discuss Book Jacket drafts
• Begin DVD Cover research |
| Sept. 15 |
• Submit DVD Cover research
• Begin reading Ong, "Writing is a Technology" |
• Continue reading Ong, "Writing Is a Technology"
• Begin Reading Response 2
• Begin DVD Cover Design Plan |
| Sept. 17 |
• Submit Reading Response 2
• Submit DVD Cover Design Plan |
• Discuss Reading Response 2
• Begin DVD Cover drafts |
| Sept. 22 |
• Post DVD Cover drafts
|
• Begin DVD Cover draft activity
• Begin Design Activity 3 |
| Sept. 24 |
• Complete DVD Cover draft activity
• Submit Design Activity 3 |
• Discuss Design Activity 3
• Discuss DVD Cover drafts
• Begin CD Cover research |
| Sept. 29 |
• Submit CD Cover research
• Begin reading Latour, "On Technical Mediation" part 1 |
• Continue reading Latour, "On Technical Mediation" part 1
• Begin Reading Response 3
• Begin CD Cover Design Plan |
| Oct. 1 |
• Submit Reading Response 3
• Submit CD Cover Design Plan |
• Discuss Reading Response 3
• Begin CD Cover drafts
|
| Oct. 6 |
• Post CD Cover drafts
|
• Begin CD Cover draft activity
• Begin Design Activity 4 |
| Oct. 8 |
• Complete CD Cover draft activity
• Submit Design Activity 4 |
• Discuss Design Activity 4
• Discuss CD Cover draft activity
• Discuss Materials Analysis
|
| Oct. 13 |
|
No class
|
| Oct. 15 |
• Watch multipage document tutorial video
• Submit Book Jacket (by midnight)
• Submit DVD Cover (by midnight)
• Submit CD Cover (by midnight)
• Submit Materials Analysis (by midnight) |
• Discuss Postmortem
• Schedule online interviews
• Introduce Personal Brand Project
• Begin Aesthetic Manifesto |
| Oct. 20 |
• Submit Postmortem |
• Complete online interviews
• 12:30
• Molly B.
• Eden T.
• Ryan K.
• 12:40
• Hope T.
• Sydney M.
• Maddie B.
• 12:50
• Davey H.
• Sydney S.
• 1:00
• Arianna F.
• Kyle B.
• 1:10
• Sarah C.
• Alexandra G.
• William G. (next week)
• 1:20
• Gabrielle A.
• Martin E.
• Demetrius H.
• 1:30
• Ashling M.
• 4:30
• Naomi S.
|
| Oct. 22 |
• Submit Aesthetic Manifesto
|
• Discuss Aesthetic Manifestos
• Watch logo design video
• Begin Logo Design Plan |
| Oct. 27 |
• Submit Logo Design Plan |
• Watch logo design challenge video
• Watch logo tutorial video
• Begin Design Activity 5 |
| Oct. 29 |
• Submit Design Activity 5 |
• Discuss Design Activity 5
• Begin Logo drafts
|
| Nov. 3 |
• Post Logo drafts |
• Begin Logo draft activity
• Begin reading "Planned Obsolescence in the Digital Age"
• Begin reading "A Fight is Brewing"
• Begin reading "SourceForge and GIMP"
• Begin reading "SourceForge Commits Reputational Suicide"
• Begin Reading Response 4 |
| Nov. 5 |
• Complete Logo draft activity
• Submit Reading Response 4 |
• Discuss Logo draft activity
• Discuss Reading Response 4
• Begin Business Card Design Plan |
| Nov. 10 |
• Submit Business Card Design Plan |
• Watch business card tutorial video
• Begin Design Activity 6 |
| Nov. 12 |
• Submit Design Activity 6 |
• Discuss Design Activity 6
• Begin Business Card drafts
|
| Nov. 17 |
• Post Business Card drafts |
• Begin Business Card draft activity
• Begin Baron, "From Pencils to Pixels"
• Begin Reading Response 5 |
| Nov. 19 |
• Complete Business Card draft activity
• Submit Reading Response 5 |
• Discuss Business Card draft activity
• Discuss Reading Response 5
• Discuss Materials Analysis
• Discuss Postmortem
• Begin Example Product Design Plan |
| Nov. 24 |
• Example Product Design Plan |
• Begin Example Product drafts |
| Nov. 26 |
|
No class
|
| Dec. 1 |
• Post Example Product drafts |
• Complete Example Product draft activity
|
| Dec. 3 |
|
No class
|
| Dec. 8 |
|
No class
|
Dec. 10
(11:30am)
|
• Submit Logo (by midnight)
• Submit Business Card (by midnight)
• Submit Example Product (by midnight)
• Submit Materials Analysis (by midnight)
• Submit Postmortem (by midnight)
|
• Final workshop
|