Checklist

OUGD401 

1. Task - love/hate

five examples that you love and five that you hate

2. Task - image analysis

find info on propaganda, look on wikipedia for 20 characteristics

3. Task - modernist/post

examples of each, look at Malcolm Barnard

4. Seminar task - bibliography

5 books harvard referenced and why each book is useful to the essay

5. Essay

change colour for revisions

6. 21st February - briefing

design brief, 50/50 marking

7. Jo's tasks

- designer speed dating

- design aesthetics

- public media

- 10 questions about me

8. Lecture notes

9. Find five designers that are relevant to each lecture

include examples and articles

Lectures to respond to


1. MODERNISM
(Bauhaus, Swiss, Muller-Brockmann)
'The Grid'
Smearedblackink - timeline

2. POSTMODERNISM
(Carson, Sagmeister)

3. GRAFFITI/STREET ART
(Blu, Shepard Fairey)

4. FILM THEORY  - from all eras
(Saul Bass)
designers who have worked around design for film, posters etc

5. HIGH/LOW CULTURE
(Elitist/kitsch, Eckersley)
throwaway culture, graphic design history, 50s American kitsch

6. A HISTORY OF TYPE
(Nicolas Jenson, Caslon)
typographers

7. MEDIA SPECIFICITY
(Richard Eckersley, Allen Hori)
constraints/rules, people who set books weird, media determines design, designers who's work plays with medium

8. ADVERTISING
(AdBusters, Milton Glaser)
examples of effective ads

9. COMMUNICATION
(Carson)