Thursday, December 3, 2015

Final

Each student will create a hypothetical company. You will then choose a peer as your designer. Once you have "hired" them you will work with your partner to create a company identity.

You will create a brand for your partner’s company. They are your boss so you need to listen to their ideas or they will fire you.

I do not want simply a company logo but a brand. What I mean by this is that you create an identity for the company. You need to consider your audience and how you will market to them.

You need to create a logo in black and white, and color. This should be thought of as a whole presentation. I would like the logo to stand alone, as well as with well thought out and designed text.

You also need to create a layout that shows a letterhead and a business card for your client.



Things to consider:


What does it do?

Audience/ Customers? Are they middle class teenagers? Upperclass elderly?

You are the CEO? You are in charge of this company.

Create a logo, letterhead, business card, and one additional design...

What kind of company image do you wish to create? How do you want it to be viewed by the public?

What do you sell? How do you hope to make money?

Are you an investment firm? a soda company? A publishing company? A Consrtuction Company? What are the different needs of these companies how do they need to best be addressed?

What will you ask your designer to create for you? Why?

Do you need a mascot? A color scheme? How do you develop customer recognition?

Write a mission statement or business plan

Who is your competition? How do you get customers to focus on your business.



LInk to Student Examples of final

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Class Tomorrow Canceled Due to Papal Visit

With my commute to and from Philadelphia in question as well as other concerns expressed by other students I am canceling class tomorrow Friday 9/25. We will resume a week from tomorrow ready to go. Let me know if you have any questions. Have a good long weekend.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Questions

What is your computer experience?

What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

Do you have a computer at home? If so does it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

What is your major ?

What do you hope to get out of this class?

Who is your favorite artist?

Who is your favorite musician? 

Tell me something interesting about yourself?

Write a five line story?

Post an image on the blog.

Project #1

Link to first project

Hmwrk #1

How to Ruin a Great design

read and respond to the above article

Syllabus Fall 2015

Fall Syllabus 2015


Friday, April 17, 2015

Final

Each student will create a hypothetical company. You will then choose a peer as your designer. Once you have "hired" them you will work with your partner to create a company identity.

You will create a brand for your partner’s company. They are your boss so you need to listen to their ideas or they will fire you.

I do not want simply a company logo but a brand. What I mean by this is that you create an identity for the company. You need to consider your audience and how you will market to them.

You need to create a logo in black and white, and color. This should be thought of as a whole presentation. I would like the logo to stand alone, as well as with well thought out and designed text.

You also need to create a layout that shows a letterhead and a business card for your client.



Things to consider:


What does it do?

Audience/ Customers? Are they middle class teenagers? Upperclass elderly?

You are the CEO? You are in charge of this company.

Create a logo, letterhead, business card, and one additional design...

What kind of company image do you wish to create? How do you want it to be viewed by the public?

What do you sell? How do you hope to make money?

Are you an investment firm? a soda company? A publishing company? A Consrtuction Company? What are the different needs of these companies how do they need to best be addressed?

What will you ask your designer to create for you? Why?

Do you need a mascot? A color scheme? How do you develop customer recognition?

Write a mission statement or business plan

Who is your competition? How do you get customers to focus on your business.



LInk to Student Examples of final

Thursday, April 9, 2015





Pen tool

The Game

Hmwrk

Pick a favorite logo, on your blog write about that logo. Break it down in a visual way and tell what it is that you respond to about it. Don't tell that you like the Sprite logo because you like the way Sprite tastes.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Syllabus Spring 2015

Syllabus Spring 2015


PROJECT#1

Function/ Non-Function

Questions

What is your computer experience?

What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

Do you have a computer at home? If so dose it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

What is your major ?

What do you hope to get out of this class?

Who is your favorite artist?

Who is your favorite musician? 

Tell me something interesting about yourself?

Write a five line story?

Post an image on the blog.

Hmwrk #1

How to Ruin a Great Design

Read the above article, write a paragraph response then do 10 sketches for the first assignment. 5 for the functional product, 5 for the nonfunctional.