There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.
— Massimo Vignelli
Every designer follows a set of rules--the rules for communicating a message effectively. When you look at a layout, there are hundreds of conscious decisions made regarding the size, placement and selection of lines, space, shapes, color, and value of each element comprising the message.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Designer's Notebook
The Designer’s Notebook is intended to help students learn hands-on design skills in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Each group will also maintain a physical notebook that houses sought out professional designs for brainstorming and idea development.Design Terminology
Just like the magazine terminology, students must be familiar with terms used in the world of design.
Basic Rules of Layout Design
We will spend time looking at magazine layouts and why specifically they work. Students will learn how elements come together on a page to meet the goals of design principles.
Typography
The importance of typefaces is overlooked in our society. A typeface is used specifically to create a certain emotion within the interpreter. We will take a look a fonts and the role they play within designs.
Color
Like typography, color is one of the most important things to get right on a layout or design. Let's learn a bit about the role color plays in communicating a message.
Logos
Every magazine has a logo and your group will be no exception. The logo of a magazine is its name, and when branding your magazine, there are important things to consider.
Layout Rubric
Logos
Every magazine has a logo and your group will be no exception. The logo of a magazine is its name, and when branding your magazine, there are important things to consider.
Layout Rubric
This document will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the layouts designed for your magazine.
Photo Basics
Photo Basics
While you won't be learning tons about photography, there are a couple of things you need to know about using photography in your layouts, since having a dominant image or piece of art is extremely important in any layout.
DESIGN PROGRAMS
Illustrator
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Shortcuts
Basic Tools
Logo Creation
Shortcuts
Basic Tools
Logo Creation
AUDIO PROGRAMS
Audacity
Audacity
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Shortcuts
Basic Tools
Shortcuts
Basic Tools
