MICA Intro to GD

May 03

Appointment Times & Bringing in Work

Appointment Times:

4:00 Daisy Farrell

4:15 Jessica Pavone

4:30 Garrett O’Brochta

4:45 Ryan Selvy

5:00 Katherine Ordonez

5:15 Raina Huang

5:30 Jennifer Byun

5:45 Yuka Doyama

6:00-7 dinner

7:00 Alayna Citrin

7:15 Sarah Park

7:30 Alex Perle

7:45 Hannah Johnson

8:00 Kyle Bonner

8:15 Katie Reynolds

8:30 Tyler Turk

8:45 Sara Czernikowski

Drop off all 5 of your final projects at 4:00pm this Thursday, May 3rd regardless of what time your appointment is. Please put it in a portfolio or box.

pick it up anytime after 8:00pm from the 3rd floor Brown Mail area. You have until 4pm Monday, May 9th to take your work out of the mail area or it will be left at the mercy of MICA facilities (aka the trash after Monday evening).

The five projects you need to bring: Found Alphabet, Animals Squared, Gig Posters, Time Machine Ads, Twitter Type Book

May 01

Six Word Design Stories in 2 hours!

From small stories on post-its

to having fun on the screen in 2 hours!

Apr 26

Six Word Story Inspiration

In 2010 designer Anne Ulku, and writer Van Horgen, created Six Word Story Every Day(SWSED), a daily storytelling exploration through language and typography. It was inspired by the work Ernest Hemingway regarded as his greatest: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

In 2011, Anne accepted and curated submissions from writers and designers all over the world who created their very own six word stories.

That’s what I thought, she said.
Writer: Charles Youel
Designer: Anne Ulku

Highballs left rings on the table.
Writer: Wendy Taylor
Designer: Virginia Shurgar Hassell

What a tangled web we weave.
Writer: Sir Walter Scott
Designer: Dave Yurkanin

Noisy yes!, yet crazy and magnificent.
Writer/Designer: Craig Wills

See LOTS more examples over at http://sixwordstoryeveryday.com/

Apr 20

Type Anatomy & InDesign Tips

download the presentation here

Download the anatomy of type presentation (courtesy of Brockett!)

Apr 16

Download the class handout on accordion books. Thanks, Kelcey!

Homework due for Thur, April 19

Homework: Finish remaining 6 sprints.

Bring all of your sprints (15 squares or more!) printed as thumbnails in full color
4 to a page
**each sprint is min size: 3.5”x3.5”
Cut and trim all

**you may choose to go bigger, but make sure all sprints are exactly the same size when trimmed out.

We will be helping everyone choose their best 5 sprints and the order they’ll be presented in the accordion book.

Apr 13

Twitter Typography, a set on Flickr.

Twitter Typography Books from intro to gd, spring 2011

Apr 11

Monday Talk: Post Typography, Greatest Misses

Monday April 16, 2012
Maryland Institute College of Art :: Baltimore, MD
Falvey Hall :: 7:00 PM
Presented by the MICA Graphic Design Department

Both events are free and open to the public and will be followed with a Q&A and Lettering & Typebook signing.