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DSGD 103B, Advanced Typography II

Time: Tuesday, Thursday 8:00am – 10:50am
Location: IS 226

Description

Capstone conceptual investigations, verbal and visual problem solving utilizing typography and image. 103B offers a semester long studio experience that engages a series of typographic problems exploring methods of organization used in visual communication. Students engage in analysis, and the evaluation of problems and solutions – interpreting ideas, utilizing text and display letterforms, fundamental design theories and methodologies with the tools designers use to clarify, synthesize, and dramatize the familiar world.

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Advertisement

Design and develop a full-page, full-color print ad for placement in the San José Mercury News. Design and develop a “banner” ad for a variety of website postings.

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American Commemorative Stamps & Panel

Research a significant Event or Milestone (E/M) that holds a potential influence on your work and thinking. Become familiar with the E/M, circumstances, and context. Design Stamps & Panel encapsulating this design E/M and it’s historical significance –– or everything one should know to be informed about this E/M.

Comparative Statistics

Design a Bay Area (Redwood City Wharf) tide prediction diagram for each 24-hour day in the Month of June 2013.