Last Day of Type Class

Some great images that Buddy took of the last day of Type 1 Section 1. Great work everyone.

Video Shmideo

You should check these out. Some good ones about comic sans. Although it is not my favorite typeface...maybe it could save the world...nahhhhhh.

COMIC SANS SAVES THE DAY

COMIC SANS SAVES THE DAY... AGAIN

A Great Video About Collaborative Design

Hello classes, this is a video of a couple of my classmates from risd. These ladies really believe in the strength of collaborative work. As designers we rely on each other to make good work. Please visit the link below for the video.


1+1=3 (Sarah&Melissa)

Erté Alphabet

A beautiful alphabet brought to my attention by one of the students in the GD1 Class. A lovely expression of typeography. Check out the entire character set and number set at the website below.

ERTE ALPHABET

Periodic Table of Typography

A find by one of your classmates from www.scribbleoneverything.com. A really great little find.

SCRIBBLE ON EVERYTHING

A Couple of Great Type Videos

Here are a couple of great type videos I thought you might enjoy.

TYPOGRAPHY SCHOOL

TYPOLUTION

Oh Helvetica

Another great find by someone in the typography class. Since we will be watching Helvetica this week it seems appropriate to show this. Please click on the link below the image for a fun game between Helvetica and Arial.

HELVETICA GAME

enjoy

Kiwi Pumpkin Fire

Lauren Wood! This is fantastic. Lauren took her logo from gd1 class and carved it in a pumpkin for extra credit. Looks super fantastic. Extra Credit granted! A little kiwi bird mixed with some pumpkin = happy halloween.

A Great Quote

"I'll use Arial when Helvetica freezes over."

I thought you guys might enjoy that one. My friend from grad school let me in on that little nugget.

Comic Sans = NO!

A great contribution from one of your classmates in the Graphic Design 1 Course. Good one Sean.

O.D.G

I have to share this video with everyone in the type and graphics classes. I think you know enough to get all the jokes. If it's to cheesy I'm sorry, I just thought it was funny. Came across it a couple of years ago. I hope you enjoy it and see that graphic designers do have a sense of humor :)

ORIGINAL DESIGN GANGSTA

Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton

Here is a great reference site. I use this book when setting up many of my lectures and lessons for the type 1 course. If you can't purchase the book, I recommend referring to the website.

THINKING WITH TYPE

A Whole Site Dedicated to the Ampersand!

A whole blog dedicated to one of my favorite characters and I hope one of yours as well. If it isn't it will be after this.

AMPERSAND

Another Great Blog!

Blogs are great! Another interesting contribution from one of your classmates. Apparently it as a designer who posts a beautiful capital letter everyday. An inspiration for finding great type around us. Here is a great example of a lovely uppercase B.

DAILYDROPCAP.COM

An Interesting Website

Hello Classes, here is an interesting website about typeface sharing that one of my friends made me aware of. It looks like a great place to learn about different typefaces and type identification.

TYPEDIA.COM

Readings & Lectures

You may have noticed that the blog postings have changed a little bit. Due to privacy and copyright issues I have placed our lectures and readings on ANGEL. You will find what you need under your specific class listing, and the folders for the lectures and readings will be in the LESSONS section. I'm still trying to figure out ANGEL so please let me know if things are working. I will probably only use ANGEL for the purposes of posting the readings and lectures. All other administrative things will happen somewhere else. I will still be using the blog however to post interesting findings, books, and websites. I'm hoping to get some pictures of work up soon! So keep watching.

Design in Buenos Aires

One of your classmates, Andrea Zagata is attending a very interesting design conference in Buenos Aires this week. She is blogging about her experience there and I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy!

Andrea's Buenos Aires Blog

GD 1_LECTURE 4: Introduction to Informal Composition

Hello once again. Here is the lecture for Informal Composition. You should pair this will the reading about Gestalt to have a better understanding of informal composition.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

An Interesting Typographic Find

Here is an interesting find by one of your classmates. You'll have to ignore the dirty name of the website, and really pay attention to the typographic expressions. Good find Matt!

WORDBONER.COM

GD 1_LECTURE 3: Introduction to Formal Composition

Here is a helpful lecture on formal composition. This should help in understanding the concepts of translation, rotation, reflection and dilation.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

GD1_READINGS - Formal and Informal Compositions

Here are some helpful readings about Formal and Informal compositions. There is also a reading on Gestalt theory that might help in the coming stages of the 500 project.

To view the reading please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

Better Signs of Trouble

An interesting article from the NY Times about the graphic representation of the Homeland Security Threat Level Meter. Four designers were asked to express their interpretation of what they think the new alert system should look like and how it should function.

BETTER SIGNS OF TROUBLE

TYPE1_READINGS - Type Classifications & Type Anatomy

These readings come from Elements of Typographic Style by Bringhurst and A Type Primer by John Kane. These texts should help in understanding the different classifications of type as well as their historical significance. The other readings will help with grasping the concepts of Type Anatomy.

To view the reading please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

GD1_READINGS - Principles of Design

Here are selected readings from Wucius Wong's, Principles of Two-Dimensional Design. These readings should help with the 500 project. The subjects of the readings are as follows...

Anomaly

Contrast

Form

Radiation

Repetition

Space

Texture

To view the reading please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

Some More Interesting Type Links

Here are some more interesting type links that I find useful. I am a frequent visitor of these sites. Enjoy!

TYPOTHEQUE

DAVID THE DESIGNER

DESIGN OBSERVER

Cheese or Font?

Another interesting find by Andrea Zagata, a student in the Graphic Design 1 Class.

CHEESE OR FONT?

Interesting Typography/Logos

A very interesting typography find by Kristina Moore, a member of

the Typography 1 Class.

MYINKBLOG

TYPE 1_LECTURE 2: Types of Type

This lecture introduced the students to the different parts of letterforms or the anatomy of type as well as type classifications. This lecture was to help them begin a project where they will be studying the nuances and details of several different typefaces. The diagrams used in this lecture were borrowed from Ellen Lupton's Thinking with Type.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

GD1_LECTURE 2: Introduction to Symmetry

Now that the students have begun their first long term project and have been sketching their 500 thumbnails. I felt it was a great time to introduce symmetry. This lecture covers the different types of symmetry as well as asymmetry.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

TYPE 1_LECTURE 1: What is Typography?

Our first lecture in Typography 1 was an introduction to typography and interesting happenings within the discipline. We were able to study different alphabets, different expressions of type as well as different typefaces. Students were then asked to go into the community and campus to find different examples of typography, which they found interesting. This assignment was to lead into a more detailed look at typography.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

GD1_LECTURE 1: Balance, Repetition & Rhythm

Our first class lecture for GD 1 was an introduction to Balance, Repetition and Rhythm. After this lecture the students began work on a project called "the 500" borrowed from the Form and Communications Course at the Rhode Island School of Design. Each student began to sketch 500 thumbnail sketches with the themes of anomaly, balance, contrast, rhythm and texture.

To view the lecture please visit the ANGEL page corresponding to our class

Welcome!

Welcome to the Spartan Graphic Design and Type Blog! This will be a site for students in the Graphic Design 1 and Typography 1 Classes at Michigan State University. My hope is that the students will use this as a forum to post interesting links about graphic design as well as a place to share information about what is going on in our classes.