Lonelystreets

We spent the week working with Bob Swinehart, an information designer by trade. Bob assigned us the task of redesigning the US Post Office’s Change of Address form, a paid project he had personally worked on several years ago. We spent our first day in small groups wandering around campus with the current form, accosting …

We all brought in our final Posters/Books/Websites today for a final look-see and critique. I was unable to do as much on mine as I had anticipated due to a little snafu on Saturday. Kyle called me up (thank God) to let me know that Kinko’s, where I had planned to get my poster printed …

Friday again, and our final day of process on the grid/typographical hierarchy project for Stacy. Kyle and I brought in 50% scale versions of our posters, and other folk brought in digital and print copies of their own projects. Obviously, another critique ensued. Everyone’s work is looking very good, many of us are moving straight …

We critiqued each other’s sketches today. It looks like we have 5 people doing websites, 5 doing books, and just Kyle and I tackling the posters. Everyone made a good showing – I know now that doing a book or website would in no way have been easier. If anything, the poster, while it contains …

Our second day of class with Stacy Rohrbach found us getting into the grit of our assignment. We are to take a badly written 11 page “Brief History of Type,” and create either a poster, website, or book to contain it. Most importantly, we are to use typographical hierarchy to make the essay as readable …

Today was our first day with Stacy Rorbach, and a really interesting day it was. Stacy has a background in design (she’s actually a graduate of our program from back-in-the-day), but has focused most of her career on teaching, and I have to say it shows. Stacy has an easygoing and involving manner in the …