GDES314Otis

<Agenda>
Semester kick-off
Project 1 kick off
Demo-Adobe Illustrator

<Assignment>
Create one grid system templates.
Using the grid, draw the following letters in at least three iterations:
HANDGLOVES
handgloves

*Think about how your templates can be more flexible to fit all letterforms. Consider where you draw your templates—your grid can also function as a pattern inspired by life, such as landscapes, perspective lines, or objects...

*Your letters can take on different styles: serif, sans serif, blackletter, or graffiti.

Save your work as a JPG, upload it to your Google Drive folder, and print it out on seven 11×17 sheets. Bring both prints to class.

/six sheets/
one for each word.
one sheet for grid.

<Download>
Robo Font with license

WK 2
<9/01>

!!No Class!!

WK 3
<9/08>

<Agenda>
Lecture <Type Anatomy>
Critique

<Assignment>
By narrowing down your directions, you will revise your grids and letters to follow one of the two phases below:

You will continue with your direction by adding more letters to HAMBURGERFONSIV (both uppercase and lowercase).
You will revise your grid and redesign HANDGLOVES.

WK 4
<9/15>

<Agenda>
Workshop <Beach Calligraphy>

Where we meet:
Playa Del Rey Beach Walking Bike Trail
7053 Trolleyway S, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293

When we meet:
19:00 PM on Monday 9/15

What you should bring:
/What makes you comfy/ jacket/ coffee/snacks
A stick with a self-made tip as a ground calligraphy tool that allows you to wirte/draw on the beach.

<Beach Lecture>

<Assignment>
You will pushinh your modular type to a full alphabet, include all upper and lower cases + number from 0 to 9
Print it in 3 sheets of 11x17 paper:
one for all upper cases
one for all lower cases
one for all numbers

WK 5
<9/22>

<Agenda>
Critique

<Assignment>
You will revise all of your letters and numbers.

Create a Type Specimen Poster (using only your typeface).
Your poster must be 12x18 inches, double-sided.

Front side should include (can be either upper or lowercase):

Your name
Course instructor name: Jaylen Wang
Your TA: Lauren Scheide
Otis College School of Art and Design
GDES 314 Experimental Type Design
A quote or a title for your typeface
Anything else you want to add
Reference images/item (you may use photography, images, lines, or shapes, but your type should take center stage and occupy at least 75% of your poster)

Back side should include:

Your lowercase alphabet
Your uppercase alphabet
Your numbers
A short paragraph of your type statement/description (type only, no images)
Your grid!

Submission requirements:

Print 5 double-sided copies for next week
Upload your poster PDF file <here>
Upload your type illustrator PDF files <here>:

One page: lowercase
One page: uppercase
One page: numbers

/How to save your illustrator file as pdf/

You are welcome to print using digital, risograph, screen printing, or any other printmaking technique.

WK 6
<9/29>

<Agenda>
Critique
Kick-off Narrative Typeface

<Assignment>
Roll a dice!

An action / a movement / a behavior
A cultural phenomenon
A social phenomenon
A material / a scientific phenomenon
A relationship / a metaphor
A code

Create <Handgloves> sketches for 3 versions

WK 7
<10/06>

<Agenda>
Critique
Demo: Robofont

<Assignment>
Pick one direction base on the feedback you received from the class
And create HAMBURGEFONTSIV and hamburgefontsiv.

WK 8
<10/13>

<Agenda>
Guest Designer Lecture
<Aliona Solomadina> 19:00-20:00
1-1 critique

<Assignment>
Revise your letters
Add WXYQEK and wxyqek and .,!?

<Mid-term>
Upload all your files under the project 1 folder.
Continue to digitalize your project 1 type file and upload here by 12/01

WK 9
<10/20>

WK 9
<10/27>

<Agenda>
Guest Workshop
<Mankun Guo> 19:00-21:00

<Assignment>

WK 9
<10/20>

Experiemntal Type Design
Otis College of Art and Design
Jaylen Wang