The Type Studio Fall 2014
GrD
4020 ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY
CRN #84470
Stan Anderson, Coordinator, Associate Professor of Graphic Design
Monday/Wednesday 11a-1:50p
3 Credit Hours
Office 362 / Hours 10-11:00a M/W (or by appointment)
stananderson@gsu.edu
404-543-4086
cell
The Sketchbook Project:
http://instagram.com/thesketchbookproject
Each
of you are receiving a 25-page black 8.5 x5.5 paperback sketchbook.
This
is yours to use until midterm.
Midterm
is October 11th.
At
midterm you will return the sketchbook completely full of
designs/sketches/images/words/type/paintings, etc.
These
sketchbooks will be viewed by everyone in class and also displayed in the cases
in the art department on the 2nd floor. There might even be an
auction online for these to be sold if you give consent with money going to The
Graphic Design Club.
You
will also receive a grade.
You
should have enough time to fill the entire book.
Single-page
sketches or Double-page spread sketches. It could even be one continuous sketch
throughout that somehow is like an accordion fold when opened. Think what you can do with this book.
Any
media is acceptable. Any method of inclusion is acceptable. It should be on a
topic/theme that inspires you. I will provide some themes as well if you want
to choose from them.
You
can take the book apart and run it through the printer or use collage materials
or run it through the sewing machine.
I
t
could contain “pop up” images, silkscreened images, die cuts, or more
conventional image making like pen, pencil, & watercolor. The sky is the
limit. Creativity is the goal.
SPECS:
The
book MUST be returned back to me in it’s original shape/size. You cannot add or
delete pages to it. If you glue, staple, collage materials to it then it should
still retain it’s shape and possible width and weight. There is some allowances
here for width especially if you are gluing or adding images to the pages.
Again,
the size and shape must be the same when you return it. No larger and No
smaller.
Width
is expected to change.
Every
page must be acknowledged which means no blank pages unless you are seeking spatial
or compositional qualities that one side of the page can lend to another
side. For drama or focus. In the end, the book must fit back into it’s
acetate envelope.
You
could also quite possibly create a new front/back cover if you want. You can change
the cover paper stock if you wish. Maybe
it’s cover is made of wood or cloth or mylar wood or any other substrate that
will join your thematic approach.
It’s
Art serving Art with a purpose.
*I
would ask that before all the books are collected that you make a digital copy
for yourself. Flat Double-page spreads of the entire book. I would encourage
you to even put these pages up on your blogs for posterity.
Again,
here are the specifics of the project:
1. Sketchbooks MUST have a Theme
or Topic. You should indicate the theme somehow in the book.
2. The name of designer and the
Theme/Topic should be listed on the last page of the sketchbook (not the inside
back cover but the last page someplace.)
3. Each Designer should “sign and
date” the sketchbook on the last page near their name.
4. Whatever you wish to do inside
the book (and the covers) is fine as long as it returns itself to me at midterm.
(size/scale)
That’s
it. No get to work and have fun.
Photography,
illustrations, typography, posters, doodles, collage, mixed media, painted
images, die cuts, pop ups, stamps, embossed images, printed images,
printmaking, etc. Just be creative.
Start
Date: Monday August 26th
Due
Date: Monday October 11th
*There
is also an additional surprise for a few lucky designers at the end of this
assignment so stay tuned.
