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DESIGN LAB DMD 1102 SYLLABUS INSTRUCTOR: CHRISTOPHER PASSEHL

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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT DIGITAL MEDIA AND DESIGN DEPARTMENTDMD 1102.Z81 DESIGN LAB II SPRING 2021 M/W ONLINE 3:35 - 6:05 PM INSTRUCTOR: CHRISTOPHER PASSEHLEMAIL: [email protected]

OFFICE HOURSYou must make an appointment. I would be happy to help with any class-related needs or issues.

COURSE OVERVIEWThis is a comprehensive course examing the theory, principles and practices of digital screen-based visual communication. Through a multi-disciplinary perspective involving art, design, art history, and media studies, students will address how culture visualizes screen-based communication through both image and type. Students will be asked to make connections across academic fields through diverse mediums including drawing, design, photography, digital media, advertisements, typography and time based media.

COURSE PARTICIPATIONIn order to excel and thrive in this class all of us need to work hard andparticipate. Contributing to this class requires a willingness to share yourthoughts and insights, and participate with a keen and curious mindset. Respect, trust and dedication is expected and all of us have to work to earn it. That goes for me as well as you. I will bring my best to this class. Can I count on you to do the same?

COURSE OBJECTIVES:1. Immersion in the world of digital art and design creation.

2. Introduce and review examples of graphic design in print and digital environments - and discuss how they are actually produced.

3. Explore the relationship of the creative process to the actual making of finished presentations and projects using software.

4. Create art with Adobe software including Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign.

5. Discuss and review importance of design skills, visual literacy and the need to always be improving in these areas.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Learn how to develop an individual approach to design.

2. Ability to use Adobe software to create unique work.

3. Demonstrate with project work that digital tools are to enable and enhance the success of a message or communication.

4. Demonstrate the difference between raster and vector programs, as well as different color models, and design/software vocabulary.

5. Portfolio of projects from semester assignments.

6. Develop original thinking, concepting ability, and appreciation of different periods of design history.


Expect that we will have a number of projects covering various topics indeveloping skills for working in the Adobe Creative Suite.

Your final grade will rely largely on your projects. There will be a minimum of five projects along with in-class exercises, readings and written reflections.You must contribute in class. You must read the articles posted every week.

REQUIRED TEXT(S): None. Weekly readings required. ESSENTIAL REFERENCE:The Adobe website has extensive resources for learning software,the User Guides are free and at your disposal.Adobe Indesign User Guidehttps://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.htmlAdobe Illustrator User Guidehttps://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/user-guide.html

SUGGESTED TEXTS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON:These are both good books to have as long-term technical reference, but look over carefully online tutorials and other documents which will have much if not all of the same information for free.Visual Quickstart Guide, Illustrator CC Elaine Weinmann & Peter Lourekas Peachpit Press.Visual Quickstart Guide, InDesign CC Sandee Cohen, Peachpit Press.

RECOMMENDED TEXT(S):

Drawing for Graphic Design: Understanding Conceptual Principles and Practical Techniques to Create Unique, Effective Design Solutions by Timothy Samara https://www.timothysamara.com/

Meggs’ history of graphic design / Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis.

Graphic Design Essentials: Skills, Software and Creative Solutions by Joyce Macario

The following are also worth reviewing

Making and breaking the grid : a graphic design layout workshop / written, compiled, and designed by Timothy Samara.

Type primer / John Kane

MATERIALS:• You will need an uconn.edu email address• Sketchbook for IDEA book• Pencils, pens, eraser• Glue or tape for pasting items in IDEA Book

STRONG RECOMMENDATION: YOU MUST back up your work to sources independent of the computer you work on in class or your personal laptop.Ideally, at least two backup sources are suggested.

YOUR FILES AND DIGITAL WORK ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.Cloud storage is strongly recommended. Multiple free sources are availableonline. Microsoft OneDrive (5gb free) https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/plans/


EXPECTATIONS AND POLICIES:- Respect for the class- Participation in class is essential- Cell phone use is not allowed, if it is necessary for you to take an emergency call please leave the classroom - Loud or excessive talking or in general causing disruptions is unacceptable-- quiet conversation is fine (except during instruction)- Continued unexcused late arrival to class will result in a lower grade within class participation. It is your responsibility to make sure I have marked you as present if you are late.- It is your responsibility to contact me if you are unable to attend class and/or late

GRADING

Projects 60%

Final portfolio 20%

Class participation 20%

Each assignment will be posted to Blackboard and will include specific instructions on what is required to complete.

HANDING IN PROJECTS AND ON-LINE REQUIREMENTS- Assignments will be posted https://cpseedesign.com/ for you to download and print out before class. - To turn in assignments, students will be required to create a portfolio that is shared with me. You will organize your work in an online folder and share the folder with me.- It is your responsibility to stay abreast of assignment and study posting on HuskyCT and cpseedesign site.

PROJECTS OVERVIEW:

- IDEA Book

- Dot, line, shape, dimension

- Golden mean

- Color. Portrait

- Olympics Icons

- Letters

- Words

- Final project. Portfolio.

Please note: Assignments are subject to change dependent on scheduling or content


Quotes on design to show how we live, how we dream, and how we think. “Principles for the Develop-ment of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything con-nects to everything else.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“Technology alone is not enough. It is technology married with the liberal arts married with the humanitiesthat make our hearts sing. When you keep people at the center of what you do, it can have an enormous impact. It means an iPhonethat allows the blind person to run a marathon. It means an AppleWatch that catches a heart condition before it

becomes a heart attack. It means an iPad that helps a child with autism connect with his or her world. In short, it means technology infused with yourvalues, making progress possible for everyone.”

Tim Cook paraphrasing Steve Jobs.

“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Any-thing humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of the process of making inspira-tion real. I believe in doing what works as circumstances change: quirky or unusual solutions are often good ones. Nature bends and so should we as appropriate.

Nature is always right out-side our door as a reference and touch point. We should use it far more than we do.”

Maggie McNabb in “Design by Nature”.

Dot, line, shape,dimesnion

a Readingb Discuss reading, examine viewingsc Begin projects- 1. Sketchbooks.d Studio worke Reflection

Five senses


Color. Portrait


Olympics


Alien Mask.Photo montage

a Readingb Discuss reading, examine viewingsc Begin projects- 1. Sketchbooks. d Studio worke Reflection

Letters.Words.

a Reading-b Discuss reading,c Projects-d Sketch books due last week e Reflection

Portfolio.Final Project—

a Reading-b Discuss reading,c Projects-d Sketch books due last week e Reflection

Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14


1 hour + 15

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