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 (12:00 PM – 1:50 PM)

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