Justin Molloy: EGD lecture Thursday, Oct 25

Great lecture happening this week, Thursday, October 25, 2012, 5:00pm in TLC40.

Justin Molloy is a designer and educator who has worked for various Architecture Studios and Environmental Graphic Design firms in New York, Connecticut, Seattle, and Cincinnati. Currently the Director of Education and Professional Development for the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), Justin Molloy will be sharing ways in which Environmental Graphic Design (EGD) encompasses the full spectrum of design, including branded environments, wayfinding, and navigation apps.

**Those who attend the lecture have the option to write up a 1 page summary about your experience and what you learned from Justin. Submission of lecture summary can result on make up points/extra credit toward Studio Practices portion of course grade (via Visual Journal Entries). Summary must be printed and submitted to instructor no later than Tuesday, Oct 30.

Week 10 Day 2 - Wednesday, Oct 24 - Homework

1. Create a Mood Board for Project 2. Save as  PDF and upload on your class site by start of next class, Monday, Oct 29. Mood board should consider inspirational design elements that will represent your visual language to be used in your layout design (to be started next week).

2. Continue visual journal blog entries.

Mood Boards

Mood boards are an important and essential step in designing a website. It allows you take into consideration how typography, color palettes, photography style, textures choices will provide ways to effectively communicate an appropriate tone and message in a website.

Download lecture PDF

Why Mood Boards Matter (via webdesignerdepot.com)

Create Mood Boards with these 20 Pro Tips (via creativebloq.com)

Pinterest

6 Things Designers and Illustrators should be doing with Pinterest (via creativebloq.com)

Mood Board App for iPad (by A Tiny Tribe)

Week 10 Day 1 - Monday, Oct 22 - Homework

1. Complete flowchart and wireframe for Project 2 (Portfolio or Informational Website). Both process files will be reviewed at start of next class session.

2. Modify Javascript Demo to include:

1. Image Gallery that includes as least 6 thumbnails and large images using Image Map javascript
2. 4 background color or background image links that fit with the image content of your image gallery
3. 10 possible random image thumbnails (all same size 300x150) that load at bottom of your page, created with random image javascript

Javascript Exercise due on your class website by start of end of next class session.

Project 2: Portfolio Site/Informational Site

Download Project 2 specifications

Objective:

 Design and develop either a 1) portfolio website to showcase your work to potential employers/clients or 2) an informational

site for a topic of your choice.

Specifications:

+ Project scope should include a minimum of six finely tuned “pages”

 + Design layout should meet usability standards and current web design best practices.

+ All art work and media assets must be original and/or copyright free. Imagery should be optimized via Fireworks.

+ All web pages are to be generated with Dreamweaver or a text editing application.

+ Scripting languages to be used: HTML, CSS (external document), and JavaScript. No table, td, tr tags allowed.

+ If using other programmer’s code, please cite author and source

+ Your code (CSS) should work (be browser compliant) in at least Mozilla Firefox.

Deadlines:

Concept Phase: PDF of Wireframe, Flowchart due Wednesday October 24, 2:30pm.

Design Concept Phase: PDF of Moodboard due Monday, October 29, 2:30pm.

Layout Design Phase: PDF of final design specs due Wednesday, November 7, 2:30pm.

Development Phase: Week 13-16, Final project review due Monday, December 10, 2:30pm.

Grading criteria:

Design Aesthetics  —30% of project 1

Technical Skill —30% of project 1

Usability —20% of project 1

Accuracy in Project Requirements —10% of project 1

Process (Flowchart, Wireframe, Sketches, Research) —10% of project 1

Week 9 Day 1 - Monday, Oct 15 - Homework

On Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012, instead of meeting in Admin 221, each of you are scheduled to stop by my office (AA North Rm 306) to review your Midterm Grades.


2:00-2:10 Kate Murdock
2:10-2:20 Emalee Long
2:20-2:30 Robin Lopez
2:30-2:40 Sierra Spain
2:40-2:50 Tara Wimer
2:50-3:00 Lindzey Grasmick
3:00-3:10 Lydia Williams
3:10-3:20 Andrew Jensen
3:20-3:30 Becca Derry
3:30-3:40 Tanner Riles
3:40-3:50 Kyle Richards
3:50-4:00
4:00-4:10 Whitney Bell
4:10-4:20 Daniel Johnston
4:20-4:30 Christian Sanchez



It is expected that you spend the remaining of the class period revising (on your own) your CSS Zen Garden Projects according to feedback given at today's class critique.

Extended Office Hours this Thursday + Friday

Available for office hours

Thursday Oct 11, 2012 @Art & Architecture Rm 100
11:30am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:45pm

Friday Oct 11, 2012 @Art & Architecture North Rm 306
(You must make an appointment if stopping by Friday)
1:30-3:30