Graphic_Design_in_London_and_Berlin
Specifics of the Graphic Design in London and Berlin course will be discussed at an information session in Room 104, Design Building on Wednesday, October 10, 11:30 a.m. (See above link.)
Course Objectives:
This course will provide a thorough grounding of perceptual and problem solving skills to graphic design, with emphasis on the selection and communication of appropriate pictorial images, symbols, and typography. The study of methods and procedures used in the practice of graphic design will be taught in relation to the culture of England and the cultural diversity of London and Berlin.
The course aims to provide you with a cultural experience. It will offer an intensive and exciting activity in a specific area of Western graphic design. Sessions will focus on several areas through in-class projects: music graphics, theatre poster design, concept book, and the history of graphic design withparticular emphasis on the contribution and influence of graphic design work by British and German born artists. The impact of technology on the visual arts will be examined and discussed from contemporary and historical perspectives. In addition, each student will learn the fundamental and complex interactions of visual elements as manifested through a variety of digital media using a computer.
Behind the scenes design studio visits to:
Why Not Associates • Vaughan Oliver • Spin Studio–Tony Brook • Eye Magazine • Baseline Magazine • Pentagram • Design Studio Fernando Gutiérrez • Bibliothèque Design • Typographic Tour of London • V&A Museum • Tate Modern • Tate Britain The National Gallery, London • Saatchi Gallery • Kemistry Design Gallery • Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising • Intensive workshop at Akademie für Illustration and Design Berlin, Justus Oehler: Pentagram Berlin, and Henning Wagenbreth.
For more information about this course, please contact Richard Doubleday, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, 322 Art Building, 225-578-7842, rdoubleday@lsu.edu.
For more information on Academic Programs Abroad, please contact Jill Clemmons, 103 Hatcher Hall, 225-578-6801, jclemm1@lsu.edu.
Academic Programs Abroad
http://ocs-web2.ocs.lsu.edu/apa/default.asp
RichardB. Doubleday Design
http://richarddoubleday.com/
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