week 5: infographics

This week we need to finish up with our typography work and get it all posted to our portfolios, then we will be ready to move on to infographics.  Students will be looking at some examples of infographics and will find where they are all used in the business world.  We will then research a topic of our choice, and put together an infographic that summarizes our findings.  We are at mid-term grade posting time, so students need to be sure they have everything in their portfolios and turned in.

week 4: Typography

Graphic design students have finished up with their business stationery, and are getting ready to put together their branding guides to wrap up our identity design units.  The next thing we will start learning about is Typography.  Students will look at some examples of well-known typography designers, then will put together several small projects of their own.  We will wrap up this section with the creation of creative word art.

Logos, Portfolios, and More

Graphic Design class has finished up with the first part of their identity designs.  This included the creation of a digital version of their logo.  Next, students will create a portfolio using PortfolioGen.  Students will then upload their logo and a reflection to their site.  This portfolio will then be used to add work throughout their technology classes at NPHS.  Once we have all of our logos uploaded, we will move on to creating a brand with our logo.  We will make business stationery, and finish up with a branding guide or identity standard.

Week 2: Design Process

Students will be turning in their career research papers by the end of class on Monday, then we are ready to start our first designs!  We will start off with the design process, and use this as a way to create our first project which will be a logo for an identity design project we will be working with later.  We will look at examples of effective identity designs, sketch ideas, collaborate in groups, then will have a final drawing of what we want to use for our logo designs.  Once we get our drawings finished, we will learn how to use our digital tools in our class, then will ultimately create our drawings on the computer and will publish our work to a digital portfolio.

2017 term 1 graphic design (week 1)

Welcome back to school everybody!  Graphic Design is a great class that allows you to use creativity, art, technology, and problem solving to become visual communicators.  We will start off learning about ourselves and becoming familiar with our classmates then will spend some time learning about career opportunities and the role in our world for visual storytelling.  Students will include their findings in a report that they will turn in at the end of the first week.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Advanced Graphic Design: term-project progress (week 5)

Advanced graphic design students are still working on their term-projects.  Students have been having their weekly conferences with me, and they have been putting together the components outlined in their project proposals.  Also, a reminder about the field-trip we will be taking to Pro Printing in North Platte, Nebraska.  Students need to have their forms in by the end of April in order to go.  It's going to be a great learning experience!

graphic design: typography and infographics (week 5)

Next week graphic design students will finish up their typography work.  Below are a few examples that were turned in that I really liked.

Not only did these students turn in good work, but they also really demonstrated how to effectively use our design process that we follow in class!

Once we finish up our typography work, we will learn about infographics and will create one of our own.  This class continues to impress me with their work ethic, and it has been a lot of fun to see how their work has improved with each project!