Course Calendar
COURSE WEEK ::
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 Menu Design Project |
| Lecture | InDesign Revisited: Character & Paragraph Styles Advanced Typography: Tabs, Punctuation, & Numerals |
| Lab | Menu Content Creation |
| Design Lab | Weekly College Activity Flyer |
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 | Identifing the Elements & Principles of Design |
Week 03 | Hierarchy
Monday :: 04.14.2025
| Lecture | Emphasis, Hierarchy, & Contrast |
| Lab | Progressive Application of Hierarchy to Content Finding Text Hierarchies |
| Design Lab | Creating Hierarchy with Shape |
Wednesday :: 04.16.2025
| Due | Initial Version of Menu Design Project |
| Critique | Initial Version of Menu Design Project |
Week 04 | Typography / Grids
Monday :: 04.21.2025
| Due | Creating Hierarchy with Shape Design Lab Completed Menu Design Project |
| Project | Introduction to Calendar Project |
| Lecture | Advanced Typography: Columns, Alignment, Lines, & Spacing Utilizing Type Scales to Create Hierarchy |
| Design Lab | Classical Music Concert Poster |
Wednesday :: 04.23.2025
| Due | Classical Music Concert Poster Design Lab |
| Lecture | Intro to Grids: Freedom in structure. |
| Lab | Revealing Visual Grids in Design |
| Design Lab | 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 |
Week 06 | Calendar Project
Monday :: 05.05.2025 No In-Person class
| Due | Portland is Weird Booklet Design Lab |
| Design Lab | Modular Grids (Due by 12:20 PM) |
Wednesday :: 05.07.2025
| Due | Initial Version of Calendar Design Project |
| Critique | Initial Version of Calendar Design Project |
Week 07 | Proportion
Monday :: 05.12.2025
| Due | Final version of Calendar Design Project |
| Lecture | Proportion: Fibonacci & the Golden Ratio. |
| Project | Introduction to Toy Catalog Project Introduction to Proportions Research Presentation Project |
| Lab | In-class time to work on Proportions Research Presentation Project |
| Design Lab | Volleyball Team Flyer |
Wednesday :: 05.14.2025
| Due | Volleyball Team Flyer Design Lab |
| Critique | Volleyball Team Flyer Design Lab |
| Lecture | Advanced Typography: Kerning, Tracking, & Character Width Techniques for Long Document Design |
Week 08 | Proportion
Monday :: 05.19.2025
| Due | Folding Dummy & Grid Review for Toy Catalog Project |
| Design Lab | Extended Series Design System Creation |
| Critique | Extended Series Design System Creation |
| Project | Folding Dummy & Grid Individual Review |
Wednesday :: 05.21.2025
| Presentations | Group Proportion Research Presentations |
| Design Lab | Digital Menu Design |
Week 09 | Catalog Project
Monday :: 05.26.2025 | No Class — Memorial Day
Wednesday :: 05.28.2025
| Due | Initial Spread of Toy Catalog Project Digital Menu Design Design Lab |
| Critique | Initial Spread of Toy Catalog Project |
Week 10 | Catalog Project
Monday :: 06.02.2025
| Lab | In-class time to work on Toy Catalog Project |
Wednesday :: 06.04.2025
| Due | Revisions to Toy Catalog Project Spreads |
| Critique | Revisions to Toy Catalog Project Spreads |
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 |