Introduction to Graphic Design
Art S131-01
Wednesday & Friday 1.30–6.30
Green Hall, Room 210
Instructor: Julian Bittiner
(203) 654-6974
Teacher’s Assistant: Keri Bronk
Tel. 856 952 9133
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Printing resources
Printing in room 210 at the School of Art:
School of Art Digital Technology Office
Printing at the DMCA:
Digital Media Center for the Arts
Other printers on campus (accessible to Yale college students):
Complete printer locations
Public Cluster Printing
Printers off campus:
Tyco Copy Center
262 Elm Street, (203) 562-9723
Art supplies
Hull’s Art Supply & Framing
1144 Chapel Street (203) 865-4855
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Handouts
Class 1
Syllabus: Introduction to Graphic Design
Assignments:
Abstract Drawing
A1: 10 Collections
Lecture: Graphic Design is…
Readings:
Norman Potter �?? Is a Designer an Artist
Bruno Munari �?? Design as Art
Charles Eames �?? What is Design?
Class 2
Assignments:
Readings:
Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole Phillips �?? Graphic Design: The New Basics
Ellen Lupton & J. Abbott Miller �?? Visual Dictionary
Armin Hoffman �?? Graphic Design Manual
Paul Elliman �?? The world as a printing surface
Class 4
Assignment: YCBA Fieldtrip �?? Drawings
Assignment: C1: Design as Visual Language �?? Poster Remix
Lecture: Typographic Posters 1873 �?? 2008
Lecture notes: Typographic Posters 1873 �?? 2008
Class 6
Assignment: A2.3: Personal Collections
Assignment: D1.1: Design as Identity �?? Branding your Collection
Reading: Robert Bringhurst �?? First Principles
Class 7
Assignment: D1.2: Design as Identity �?? Branding your Collection
Assignment: D2: Design as Identity �?? Branding your Collection
Reading: Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style �?? Chapter 11: Prowling the Specimen Books
Class 8
Assignment: D1.2: Design as Identity �?? Branding your Collection
Readings: Paul Rand: NeXT
Reference:
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Bibliography
Design as Art
Bruno Munari
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Armin Hoffman
Armin Hofmann (Poster Collection)
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Counterprint
Karel Martens
Printed Matter
Karel Martens
What is a Designer
Norman Potter
Typographie
Emil Ruder
Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton
Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Suiza Constructiva
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
Type & Typography
Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam
Compendium for Literates
Karl Gerstner
Edward Fella: Letters on America
Lewis Blackwell & Lorraine Wild
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Other Recommended Books
Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History
Robin Kinross
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Richard Hollis
A History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs
Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design
Michael Bierut, Steven Heller, William Drenttel, and DK Holland
An Essay on Typography
Eric Gill
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Supplies, Printing & Copying
1144 Chapel Street
(203) 865-4855
262 Elm Street
(203) 562-9723
1060 Chapel Street
(203) 865-5006
55 Church Street
(203) 777-5725
84 Whalley Avenue
(203) 773-3353
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Art & Design Bookstores
Online:
BookFinder
Alibris
Abe Books
The D.A.P. Catalog
Allbookstores.com
Amazon
New York:
Artist�??s books and zines.
Art, design, and general culture bookstore.
Occasional bookstore and publisher of Dot-Dot-Dot magazine.
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum bookstore with a very interesting selection of art books and magazines.
New and used books.
New Haven:
290 York Street
News Haven
1058 Chapel Street
Atticus Bookstore
1082 Chapel Street
77 Broadway Avenue
1140 Chapel Street
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Art & Design Magazines
Design:
Eye
London-based graphic design magazine.
ID Magazine
Product, graphic design magazine based in New York.
Metropolis
Architecture, product, graphic design magazine based in New York.
Art:
Frieze
Art magazine based in London.
Art Forum
Art magazine based in New York.
Tate Etc.
Art magazine published by the Tate Modern in London.
Other:
Dot Dot Dot
General visual culture experimental magazine based in New York.
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TYPE FOUNDRIES
Lineto
Co-founded by Cornel Windlin & Stephan Müller, based in Zürich.
Dutch Type LIbrary
Dutch type has a long and distinguished history. This foundry is carrying the mantel.
OurType
Founded by Fred Smeijers and Rudy Geeraerts, based in Belgium. In addition to their excellent type foundries their website is very entertaining to navigate.
Norm
Founded by Dimitri Bruni & Manuel Krebs, based in the Zürich.
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Founded by Jonathan Hoelfer & Tobias Frere-Jones, based in New York.
village
Type foundry based in New York.
Gerard Unger
Not a fully fledged type foundry but the personal site of master dutch type designer Gerard Unger. Fonts can be purchased directly from this site.
Typotheque
Founded by Peter Bilak, based in the Hague.
Emigre
Founded by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko. One of the first type foundries to produce bitmap fonts in the 80s, became the home of post-modern type design in the 90s.
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Other Useful Resources
The Walker Channel
Online video archive of visiting artist and designer lectures at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
UbuWeb
Online experimental film archive.
Safari Books Online
Searchable, full-text, electronic books of Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop tutorials.
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