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GRA 201

Graphic Design I

Graphic Design I is where you stop thinking of design as decoration and start treating it as visual problem-solving — turning a brief into a concept, and a concept into something that actually communicates on the page. The semester runs as a studio: you keep a process sketchbook, work through a sequence of projects (starting with a page redesign and building toward a term project), and spend most of your time at the desk getting critiqued rather than listening to lectures. It's the foundation studio for the rest of the GRA track, where gestalt, color theory, and the analog-to-digital workflow you drill here become the assumed vocabulary for every later course.

Credit6ECTS8.5FacultyFaculty of Art, Design, and ArchitectureBölümGraphic DesignPreFA 106MüfredatY2 Güz

Değerlendirme 100% — 7 adım

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In-class attendance Attendance, Participation & Performance Grade 10%
Project 5×Page Redesign 60%
Term project Nursery Rhymes (Final) 30%

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 1
Introduction to Weekly Schedule, Course Content and Requirements. The framework of syllabus is based on concept development in addition to idea generation, fundamental principles of graphic design, visual thinking, the execution of digital and analog techniques and color theory in particular through lectures, demonstrations, extensive studio classwork, critique and feedback sessions.
Hafta 2
Lecture: Expressing yourself in Drawing. Creative Process Sketchbook and Project 01: Page Redesign. The sketchbook is going to be a record of the student’s effort and dedication throughout the semester. The preparatory drawings and artworks which are regularly created by students each week, particularly along with research, experiments, thumbnails, written assessments and ideas, will make up the content of sketchbook.
Hafta 3
Lectures: Design Process, The Principles of Design. These lectures will be the key considerations for the design process in terms of composing a successful graphic design project throughout the fall and spring semesters. The case studies which will be conducted in related practices are: Define – analyzing the source of problem, Research – collecting background information, Ideate – creating potential solutions, Prototype – resolving solutions, Select – making choices, Implementation– creating the visual medium, Learn - obtaining feedback. Work in Progress: Project 01: Page Redesign.
Hafta 4
Lectures: Idea Generation, Creative Ideas. Project 02: Pictograms. Demonstrations such as Spider Diagrams, Mind Mapping, Brainstorming, Sketching will be undertaken to advance the student's experience in notion and idea generation. The topics providing key strategies, methods for generating ideas are composed of wide range of disciplines to produce innovative graphic design solutions.
Hafta 5
Lecture: Semiotics in Graphic Design. The Study of Signs and Symbols as Elements of Communicative Behaviour. Icon, Index and Symbol. Work in Progress: Project 02: Pictograms.
Hafta 6
Project 03: Alphabet 101.
Hafta 7
Work in Progress: Project 03: Alphabet 101.
Hafta 8
Lecture: Visual Thinking. Project 04: Typo Portrait. The lecture and assignment are going to examine the importance of harmony between image, typography, color and visual diversity of combinations to fortify the effectiveness of message.
Hafta 9
Work in Progress: Project 04: Typo Portrait.
Hafta 10
Lecture: Color Theory. Assignment 05 - Color Studies. The lecture and assignment consist of the fundamentals of color perception, color interaction and unity in addition to color meanings, color systems in Art and Design History and practising on digital and print mediums.
Hafta 11
Work in Progress: Project 05: Color Studies.
Hafta 12
Term Project: Nursery Rhymes (Final).
Hafta 13
Work in Progress: Term Project: Nursery Rhymes (Final).
Hafta 14
Work in Progress: Term Project: Nursery Rhymes (Final). Extra Classes.

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2022-2023 Fall 2.96 2 sec · 39 öğr
2021-2022 Fall 3.29 2 sec · 25 öğr
2020-2021 Fall 3.03 2 sec · 34 öğr
2019-2020 Fall 3.26 2 sec · 22 öğr
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2017-2018 Fall 3.98 1 sec · 12 öğr
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