Intertemporal Design

About the workshop

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Intertemporal describes any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions. We will take this term and give it a design perspective through typography and iconography for a digital or printing end product. During this course the student will work independently and decide on his/her choosing of final presentation.
The course investigates

• Through practice and seminare design esthetics and design principles

• The course introduces students to design history, design esthetics, iconography

• Type of class: are hybrids of lecture, seminar, studio work, peer reviews, and presentation.

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Objectives

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After completing the course, you are expected to have:

• A knowledge and understanding for what defines a font typographic principles in different digital situations

• Account for how history, tradition and cultural context are reflected in the typography

• A skill and ability to master the basics of a font editor (editing path, metrics and app navigation)

• A skill to set up an representative iconographic set of communicative symbols for digital or printing methods for a practical usage

• A judgment and attitude through reflection and feedback evaluate own and fellow students' work with the course literature as a starting point.

 

 

Content

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• class lectures

• class watching/studying and discussions on relevant material to selected topics presented in lectures, and case studies.

• class discussions on student-generated content of learning portfolio, and critique of student generated content

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Outcomes

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The goal of the task is to gain a better value ability by practicing critical reasoning and clear argumentation in the choice of iconography based on different approaches such as readability and aesthetics. Writing is a good tool, as writing creates structure and clarity, which helps the designer to formulate himself, choose appropriate language and in the final stage communicate clearly with a specific target group.