The Typography class is finally over. Some people described the class as a boot camp, and it’s totally true. By far, this class is the most intensive class I have ever attended. During last quarter, I have made numerous sleepless commitments in order to complete my projects. Here, I would like to share some of the interesting projects with you:
1. Personalities of Types Project
In this project, we were required to use different font, size, color, and composition to express six emotions, actions, holidays, and countries, respectively. The whole point of this project is for students to better understand the characteristics of various fonts, so that we would know how to pick a font for a design in the future.
I have fallen in love with this project. After this project, I started observing and analyzing every font I came across in daily life.
2. Page Layout Project
This was a page layout project which required students to incorporate what we have learnt about Typography into a one-spread magazine design. This project gave us hands-on experience on how to create and organize different elements on a page. The challenge of this project is to create three different concepts by using the exact same elements. Irene wanted us to have a taste of the real world experience where clients always prefer a designer to provide more than one concept for them to choose from.
3. Book Cover Design Project
My final project is to design a book cover for the Typography and Composition class. Interestingly, no requirement or specification was given to the students in this project. Irene said that it was harder to work with a client who doesn’t have any preference than a client who can outline what he/she exactly wants. Therefore, I had to do my own research on potential audiences and industry trends before I could start the project. Finally, I was able to create a trendy looking book cover design that caught the eyes of the whole class.
Throughout this class, I have not only learnt typography, but also how to conquer difficulties as a professional designer.
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