01 Course introduction –
DL03_graphic syllabus
Class Slide
02 Required Material:
- A laptop with Adobe Illustrator (Even better with Rhino)
- A large sketchbook
- Drawing materials
- Pushpins
04 Self – Introduction
Student Presentations
- OMA / CCTV
- OMA / Seattle Library
- OMA / Casa da Musica
- OMA / PRADA LA
- OMA / Prada NY
- OMA / Dee + Wyly Theatre
- Delugan Meissl / EYE Film Institute
- BIG / Air+port
- BIG / ST7
- BIG / DRY LINE
- BIG / PHO
- BIG / ZOO
- BIG / NYPD
Pictograms
Lecture on pictogram graphics
Download Slides from here.
Category discussion
Discussion on appropriate iconography subjects. Find a family of things that can be translated to iconographic graphics.
- Airport Signage
- Olympic Sports
- Cities in a country
- Product range of Apple
- Your Friends
Sketchbook Exercise
Based on your theme, start drawing parent icon and 10+ child icons.
Assignment 1.0
Based on your in-class sketch, create 1 parent icon and 10+ child icons, using Adobe Illustrator. Lay them out in a 11×17” sheet of paper, print it out, and bring it to the next class. Do not add any text to the layout. Also, upload the image to your page of this website.
Important things to consider are:
- Simplicity
- Clarity of meaning
- Consistency among family
Assignment 1.2
A diagram of you (Print 11×17″ color)
Create 1 diagram of who you are. You can choose to combine following criteria:
- Friends / Social circle
- Places you have lived / visited
- Musical / Filmic preferances
- Your hobbies
- Favorite designers
- Timeline of your life
- Transitions of your hairstyle