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Course Introduction >> COMD 212 is a studio-based graphic design course where students explore how graphic styles—both historical and contemporary—can be appropriated and transformed to develop a distinctive design voice. Through studio projects at the intersection of visual design and typography, they translate conceptual ideas into concrete visual outcomes across packaging, poster design, book graphics, logo design, film title sequences, and other print applications. By re-adapting, re-interpreting, and re-contextualizing existing graphic styles, students create conceptual projects that visualize new creative possibilities and contribute to their own personal design approach.
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Project #1 Introduction: Horror Movie Poster Design (Design a a set of three horror movie posters that portray extreme violence in a visually palatable, symbolic way — inspired by Saul Bass’s minimalist graphic style and the dramatic aesthetics of German Expressionism)
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Project 1 Workday/Process Review
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Project 1 Workday/ Final Critique
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Project #2 Introduction: Promotional Items for Punk Rock Shows (Design a series of publicity materials—posters, flyers, and related visual assets—for a Punk Rock music band, by combining the raw, rebellious ethos of Punk Rock with the clarity and structure of Swiss Modernism)
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Project 2 Workday/Process Review
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Project 2 Workday/ Final Critique
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Project #3 Introduction: Book Cover and Spread Design for a Fairy Tale for Adults (Design a book cover and introductory spread for a classic fairy tale — using Surrealism and Psychedelic Style to create dreamlike, fluid, and fantastical imagery that reimagines and reinterprets the story for an adult audience)
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Project 3 Workday/ Process Review/ Final Critique
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Project #4 Introduction: Typographic Poster and Title Sequence Design for a Nexflix Series (Design a typographic promotional poster and title sequence for an existing Netflix series — inspired by the clarity and structure of the International Typographic Style and the geometric abstraction of De Stijl)
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Project 4 Workday/Process Review
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Project 4 Workday/ Final Critique
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Project #5 Introduction: Identity Design for a French Vintage Café (Design the visual identity—logo, signage, menus, dinnerware, packaging, business cards, coasters etc—for a café/restaurant with a vintage French bistro theme, inspired by Ornamental and Victorian Styles)
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Project 5 Workday/ Process Review (Submission Date TBA)