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 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 |