MMEDIA 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Negative Space, Noodle, Chip Kidd
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Thursday (oct. 25) at midnight is the deadline for exercise #2. Exercise #2 grades will be returned via a2l two weeks after submission. Static is dull: look at history but don"t repeat it, symmetry is the ultimate evil. Finish this sentence: a book designer gives form to ____content______________?" in bodyment of the story. Why does chip kidd call a book cover a haiku of the story"? distillation. When books are distributed on kindle, what is lost? (he mentions four things). Comfort of a thing, tradition of a book. Students will produce an original book cover (8. 5-in by 11-inch). The purpose of this exercise is to provide a visual representation for a written work. You therefore should create a work that communicates the content/theme/style of the book. The book cover must contain imagery created by you whether photograph(s), text, graphic element(s), drawing, painting, or any combination (digital or analogue) thereof.