The final project for this course should present an opportunity to challenge your knowledge and design sensibilities, through collaborating on an original publication. The parameters for your group’s finished product are open-ended. But it must clearly represent substantial commitment to developing an idea and producing a finished product throughout a six week period.
1. MINIMUM of 16 pages.
2. MINIMUM size of 8.5″ x 5.5″ i.e. surface area of 374 square inches, i.e. 4 folded sheets of 8.5″ x 11″ paper
3. Maximum page size of 11” x 13”
4. The overall design must incorporate multiple colors.
5. Must be designed using desktop publishing software.
6. Can be printed on any variety of substrate, but must be flexible and bound in some shape or form. (It cannot be a set of coffee mugs. It can be a set of postcards that come in a box.)
7. Must be commercially printed.
8. Must be designed around a concept agreed upon and developed by your entire group.
9. Must utilize a coherent design strategy not only on individual pages and spreads, but throughout the overall project.
10. Must use “original” artwork throughout. (If you find or steal an image, you must transform it into something new and unique.)
11. Must demonstrate a knowledge of concepts discussed in class.
12. Must incorporate input from every member of your group.
You will be expected to continue posting weekly responses, all of which will pertain to your final project. You will also be responsible for submitting the following:
Nov 21: Technical Project Brief, with printing specs
Dec 12: Final PDF and a handmade dummy of your project
Dec 19: Final printed object
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