NM 344 ROUGH PROJECT CALENDAR
The following course schedule will change. This should be interpreted as a general guideline only.
1. exam 1 = 25%
2. exam 2 = 25%
3. position paper on design & culture = 25%
4. constructivism project, deconstruction project, response writings, critique paper, quizzes, drafts, daily grades = 25%
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Week 1
Introduction
Discuss Paper Assignment
(Writing, Alphabets, Early Roman and Asian Design)
Chapter 4. Illuminated Manuscripts
Week 2
Chapter 5. Printing Press
(History of Typography)
Week 3
Chapter 9. Victorian Design
Chapter 10. Arts + Crafts Movement
*design critique [opinion] paper (September 1)
Week 4
Chapter 11. Art Nouveau
Week 5
Chapter 12. Glasgow School, Vienna Secession, Peter Behrens
Chapter 13a. Cubism, Futurism
*3 rough ideas for position paper
Week 6
Chapter 13b. Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism
Chapter 15. Constructivism, De Stijl
* constructivism project
Week 7
Chapter 14. Art Deco
Mid-Term Exam Review
* Thesis sentence. Individual consultations.
Week 8
* Mid-Term Exam (October 6)
Week 9
Chapter 16a. Bauhaus
Chapter 16b. New Typography
Chapter 17. Modernism in America
Week 10
Chapter 18. International (Swiss) Typography Style
Chapter 19. New York School
*thesis paragraph and rough bibliography for position paper (October 18)
Week 11
Discuss Draft Best Practices
Chapter 21. Conceptual Image (Polish Posters / Hippy Posters)
Week 12
Chapter 22. "Postmodern" Design
* deconstruction project
* outline and revised thesis paragraph for position paper (November 8)
Week 13
Chapter 24a. Vernacular and Grunge Design
Week 14
Chapter 24b. Contemporary Design
* optional draft of position paper (November 17)
Week 15
Final Exam Review
Exam Day
Final Exam (non-cumulative)
* final position paper due
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