Introduction to Graphic Design

Art 132 01
Tuesday/Thursday 3.30

Printing resources

For information on printing in room 209 at the School of Art:
School of Art Digital Technology Office

Printers around campus:
Complete printer List
Public Cluster Printing

Information on printing at the Digital Media Center for the Arts (DMCA):
Digital Media Center for the Arts

Commercial vendor:
Tyco Copy Center
262 Elm Street

Class 1
Syllabus: Introduction to Graphic Design Spring 11
Lecture: Graphic Design is…

Class 2
In-class Assignment: Abstract Drawing
Assignment: A1: 10 Collections

Readings:
“John Heskett

Recommended Reading

Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History
Robin Kinross

Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography
Robin Kinross

The Regime of Visibility
Camiel van Winkel

Thinking Through Craft
Glenn Adamson

Design and Crime
Hal Foster

Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field
Edited by Helen Armstrong

Design Beyond Design
Edited by Jan van Toorn

Design Without Boundaries
Rick Poynor

Obey the Giant
Rick Poynor

Designing Pornotopia
Rick Poynor

The ABC’s of (Triangle Circle Square): The Bauhaus and Design Theory:
Ellen Lutpon & J. Abbott Miller

Design Writing Research:
Ellen Lutpon & J. Abbott Miller

Design as Art
Bruno Munari

What is a Designer
Norman Potter

Ways of Seeing
John Berger

Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide
Johanna Drucker & Emily McVarish

Graphic Design: A Concise History
Richard Hollis

Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design (1-2-3-4)
Michael Bierut, Steven Heller, William Drenttel, and DK Holland

Recommended Reference

Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Armin Hoffman

Typographie
Emil Ruder

Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Graphic Design: The New Basics
Ellen Lupton

Notes on Book Design
Derek Birdsall

The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst

Type & Typography
Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam

Art & Design bookstores

New York:
Printed Matter
Artist

Art & Design Magazines/Journals

Design:
Eye
High-quality London-based graphic design magazine

BACK COVER
Critical graphic design magazine based in France

ID Magazine
Mainstream but decent product and graphic design magazine based in New York

Typography Papers
Excellent historically-oriented graphic design journal published by the University of Reading

Online only:
Design Observer

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

Fillip
Independent contemporary art & culture magazine based in Vancouver, Canada

Art & Design Design Online Archives

The Walker Channel
Online video archive of visiting artist and designer lectures at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Designers Books
Great archive of classic design books

UbuWeb
Online experimental film archive

Software/Technical Resources

Safari Books Online
Searchable, full-text, electronic books of Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop tutorials

Lynda.com
Online tutorials & training

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.