Spring 2025

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VC224

Course Calendar

COURSE WEEK ::

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11

Week 01 | Course Orientation / Elements of Design

Monday :: 03.31.2025

Welcome Course Introduction and Welcome
Review of Course Syllabus and Calendar
Lecture Creative Process & Design Research Revisited
Design Lab Orchard Heights Dog Park
Resources Class Notes: Creative Process & Design Research
Design Lab: 01 Orchard Heights Dog Park Flyer

Wednesday :: 04.02.2025

Due Orchard Heights Dog Park Design Lab
Critique Orchard Heights Dog Park Design Lab
Lecture Elements of Design: Line, Shape, Texture, Space, Size, Value, & Color.
Design Lab Typographic Expression of the Elements of Design
Resources Class Notes: The Elements of Design
Desigbn Lab: 02 Typographic Expression of the Elements of Design

Week 02 | InDesign / Principles of Design

Monday :: 04.07.2025

Due Typographic Expression of the Elements of Design Design Lab
Project Introduction to Restaurant Menu Design Project
Lecture InDesign Revisited: Character & Paragraph Styles
Advanced Typography: Tabs & Glyphs
Lab Menu Content Creation
Working with Tabs
Design Lab Weekly College Activity Flyer
Resources Class Notes: Paragraph & Character Styles Revisited & Tabs
Design Lab: 03 Weekly College Activity Flyer
Lab: Working with Tabs
Project: Restaurant Menu Design

Wednesday :: 04.09.2025

Due Weekly College Activity Flyer Design Lab
Critique Weekly College Activity Flyer Design Lab
Lecture Principles of Design: Balance; Emphasis, Rhythm, & Unity
Lab Finding the Elements & Principles of Design
Resources Class Notes: The Principles of Design

Week 03 | Hierarchy

Monday :: 04.14.2025

Lecture Emphasis, Hierarchy, & Contrast
Demo Progressive Application of Hierarchy to Content
Lab Finding Hierarchies
Design Lab Creating Hierarchy with Shape
Resources Class Notes: Emphasis, Hierarchy, & Contrast
Lab: Finding Heirarchy
Design Lab: 04 Creating Hierarchy with Shape

Wednesday :: 04.16.2025

Due Initial Version of Restaurant Menu Design Project
Creating Hierarchy with Shape Design Lab
Critique Initial Version of Restaurant Menu Design Project

Week 04 | Typography / Grids

Monday :: 04.21.2025

Due Completed Restaurant Menu Design Project
Project Introduction to Calendar Creation Project
Design Lab Classical Music Concert Poster
Resources Project: Calendar Creation
Design Lab: 05 Classical Music Concert Posters

Wednesday :: 04.23.2025

Due Classical Music Concert Poster Design Lab
Critique Classical Music Concert Poster Design Lab
Lecture Introduction to Grids: Creativity within structure.
Design Lab Grid Explorations
Resources Class Notes: Introduction to Grids: Creativity within Structure
Design Lab: 06 Grid Explorations

Week 05 | Manuscript, Column & Modular Grids

Monday :: 04.28.2025

Lecture Manuscript Grids: Shaping the page.
Lab Creating Manuscript Grids in InDesign
Design Lab Portland is Weird Booklet

Wednesday :: 04.30.2025

Due Grid Explorations Design Lab
Critique Grid Explorations Project
Lecture Column & Modular Grids: Combining columns & flowlines to create layouts.
Lab Creating Modular Grids in InDesign
Design Lab Working with Modular Grids

Week 06 | Calendar Project

Monday :: 05.05.2025 No In-Person class

Due Portland is Weird Booklet Design Lab (12:20 PM)
Working with Modular Grids Design Lab (12:20 PM)

Wednesday :: 05.07.2025

Due Initial Version of Calendar Creation Project
Critique Initial Version of Calendar Creation Project
Project Visual Timeline Design

Week 07 | Advanced Type / Proportion

Monday :: 05.12.2025

Design Lab Soapbox Poetry Poster
Review Design Labs 07 & 08
Demo Visual Timeline Example
Lab Open lab time to work on Projects and Design Labs
Resources Design Lab: 09 Soapbox Poetry Poster

Wednesday :: 05.14.2025

Due Final version of Calendar Creation Project
Lecture Proportion: Fibonacci & the Golden Ratio.

Week 08 | ProjectS

Monday :: 05.19.2025

Due Initial/Rough Draft Version of Soapbox Poetry Poster Design Lab
Critique Initial/Rough Draft Version of Soapbox Poetry Poster Design Lab
Project Introduction to Toy Catalog Project
Design Lab Digital Menu
Resources Project: Toy Catalog Design
Design Lab: 10 Digital Menu

Wednesday :: 05.21.2025

Due Initial Version of Visual Timeline Design Project
Criqitue Initial Version of Visual Timeline Design Project

Week 09 | Projects

Monday :: 05.26.2025 | No Class — Memorial Day

Wednesday :: 05.28.2025

Due Final Version of Visual Timeline Design Project
Revised Version of Soapbox Poetry Poster Design Lab
Folding Dummy & Grid Review for Toy Catalog Project
Critique Revised Version of Soapbox Poetry Poster Design Lab
Project Individual Reviews of Folding Dummy & Grid

Week 10 | Catalog Project

Monday :: 06.02.2025

Due Initial Spread of Toy Catalog Project
Presentation Client Presentaion of Soapbox Poetry Poster Design Lab
Critique Initial Spread of Toy Catalog Project
Lab In-class time to work on Toy Catalog Project

Wednesday :: 06.04.2025

Lab Open class time to work on Toy Catalog Project

Thursday :: 06.05.2025 | Portfolio Show 2025

Week 11 | Finals Week

Wednesday :: 06.11.2025 (2:00 PM – 3:50 PM)

Due Final Toy Catalog Project
Critique Class Critique of Toy Catalog Project