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Double Sarah Artist Talk!

Come and See and Hear Sarah Foley (MSU 05' and School of Visual Arts NYC 07') and Sarah Kindelan Crawford (MSU 06' and Penland School of Crafts 07') talk about life after undergrad and what they have been doing/making!

Monday Night at 7PM! Stafford 100!

more details: Facebook | Double Sarah Artist Talk

Marian Bantjes = Jaw Dropping

Marian Bantjes is droolworthy. Marian Bantjes is also a perfect example of an amazing modern day typographer. Please take a look at her work.

Imaginary Forces: Paul Rand Video

Such an excellent Paul Rand video from the fine peeps at Imaginary Forces via sara beth's presentation and will's comment posting and bob's email. ha!

Print Production: Promote the MSU graphic design department!

For your last assignment you will be creating a poster advertising the graphic design department at mississippi state. The winning design will be printed at the MSU print shop during the week before finals week. You will be required to use the caad logo and the msstate logo.

Poster size: 17"x13" (you may choose to arrange your poster horizontal or vertical) layout in Illustrator in which to place and design your work; create a 1/8 inch bleed. Max paper size is 13 3/8 x 18 1/8

DATES:
Monday, November 12th: Paper Lecture and handouts/ Start sketches for MSU GD poster
Wednesday, November 14th: David from MAC papers in Birmingham will be here to talk about paper and handout samples...wheee!
Friday, November 16th: Workday on posters. Review thumbnails and concepts.
Monday, November 19th: No Class/ Portfolio Review
Monday, November 26th: Pre-Crit on Posters
Wednesday, November 28th: Posters Due and Term Test
Friday, November 30th: Print Shop
Monday, November 3rd: Print Shop/ Farmer's Market Meeting Tonight!!!

Study in Italy with Jamie Mixon and Greg Watson this summer!

42 days and nights in Italy! 6 weeks in Vicenza! draw.paint.design and earn 6 hours of credit!
Join caad professors Jamie Mixon and Greg Watson on a spectacular journey!

Please come to the "I'm really, really interested but need more info" meeting on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, in the JURY ROOM in GILES HALL at 5:30 pm. Get all of the details. Limited seats available!

Some Ad One Notes

Some Notes and dates for your CREATE campaign:
Before you begin actually creating the ads, make sure to recreate the company's logo for yourself in illustrator. You may want to visit their website and use an on-line logo as a guide or simply scan the logo from the packaging to recreate it.

Remember to think of unusual things you've seen in magazines: pop=ups, fold-outs, samples, die-cuts, etc.

Once you have found a direction, you must decide what magazine your ads would be featured in and make sure that the average reader is the same as your target audience. Make sure to note the dimensions of your magazine as well. This will determine your ad size.

November 7th: 20 headlines due
November 9th: 20 thumbnails sketches due
November 12th: Workday
November 14th: Flickr Crit on rough ads so far
November 16th: Workday
November 26th: Guest Critique with visiting artist Sarah Foley
November 28th: Workday
November 30th: Final Crit
December 3rd: Project Due
FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE: Drop off outside my door anytime during finals week.

Type Links: Inspiration for Next Project

above image by steven sagmeister

I am pretty sure that you all will have the handdrawn section (part two) in your grips but part three might be a tad more elusive.

The above image is by steven sagmeister. Check out a short film about him here : :: AdobeStudio feature : Sagmeister :: (also check out some of the other hillman curtis videos...good stuff). Read more about his type project here.

Rummage through some of typeworkshop's type workshops.

Chank did a pretty cool nature type construction workshop a few years back: CHANK FONTS: AIGA Design Camp Workshop.

I will be posting more when I find them.

Type One: Final Project

We are going to make a class desk calendar and we will get it printed through Lulu.com

Each finished calendar will be available for purchase. You can give it as christmas gifts! stocking stuffers! Your family will be so proud!

This project is a very similar though slightly modified version of the last project that Ellen Lupton does with her Type Classes. You remember Ellen, right? She wrote your supremely awesome Typography book. duh!

This project has many parts.

Part One: Create 3 type illustrations. One must say WORD and the other BOOK and the third WORD BOOK.

These will be small so don't get too detailed.
The final illustration size should be 3x3
These are due: November 8th

Part Two: You will be given an emotion word. Take your emotion word and write a short phrase or sentence incorporating that word. Study your phrase and look for ways that the letters in the phrase can connect with each other. Look for ascenders and descenders that could meet or overlap, or look for common elements such as circular forms. Working by hand, draw a configuration of letters and words whose elements have a distinctive visual character. The letters might be tall, short, wide, curvy, blocky, etc. Combine the letters to build and overall structure. No color restrictions.

Final Illustration will be 7x7
These are due: November 15th

Brittany: Elated
Will: Guilt
Sean: Satisfied
Erin: Anger
Leah: Sadness
Andrew: Lust
Su Jin: Love
Michael: Jealousy
Sarah: Peaceful
Kirk: Grief
Lialah: Paranoia
Alan: Dismay
Lindsey: Doubt

Part Three: You will be given a dirty word. Take your dirty word and then create a mixed media collage of your word that requires one or all of the following: installation, sculpture, photography, scanning, photoshop etc. You may make your letters out objects and stage a photoshoot. You may scan in objects and manipulate in photoshop. The goal for this is 3D! No illustrator!

Brittany: Junk
Will: Germ
Sean: Filth
Erin: Dust
Leah: Spit
Andrew: Scum
Su Jin: Soil
Michael: Melt
Sarah: Drab
Kirk: Mold
Lialah: Garbage
Alan: Stain
Lindsey: Goop

Final Image will be 7x7
These are due: November 20th

Part Four: Each of you will be assigned a month to layout in a desk calendar format. Create two double-page spreads. Each page must include the month, seven days, the days of the week, and space for a user to record notes. Create a typographic hierarchy and grid for the page that used graphic elements and spatial division in a beautiful and functional way.

Each page will be 7x7. Total amount of pages: 4
These are due: November 27th

Brittany: January
Will: February
Sean: March
Erin: April
Leah: May
Andrew: June
Su Jin: July
Michael: August
Sarah: September
Kirk: October
Lialah: November
Alan: December
Lindsey: Address Pages

Please do not make any of your illustrations of layouts seasonal. PLEASE!

More details as we progress. Stay Tuned.

Print Production: Sequential 1.2.2

For Print Production Presentations if you need it:

Link: Sequential 1.2.2.

Advertising: Ready...Set....Go! Pick your client...

Okay, advertising one kids...
Your next assignment is refreshingly GROUP FREE. That is correct...you are on your own for this one.
See all of these awesome objects in the picture above? Do you see the ELMER'S GLUE? the SCOTCH MAGIC TAPE?, the CRAYOLA CHALK?, the DUCT TAPE?, the SHARPIE MARKERS?, the HI-LITER?, the POST-IT NOTE?, the FISKAR SCISSORS?, the PILOT V5 PEN?, the BUBBLE WRAP?, the GLUE STIC?, the X-ACTO KNIFE?, and the WITE-OUT?

pretty amazing, huh?

You job right now is to CLAIM one of them. Pick one right now. Post in the comments which one you want. If someone has swiped one already, you are out of luck. Pick another one.

The newly chosen object is going to be your client for the rest of the semester because THIS IS THE LAST PROJECT OF THE SEMESTER!!! HUZZAH!!!

And guess what? You don't have to make a logo for your product (unless you really want to redesign the already in use logo).

And guess what? You have to make a brilliantly creative campaign focusing on the best way to advertise your chosen product. I would like for you to focus on the CREATIVE USES of your product and through photo/illustration and witty, oh so clever copy, you will deliver a series of three magazine advertisements and a series of non traditional advertisements by the end of the semester.

So be QUICK! claim your prized product!
we will talk more in class tomorrow!