COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LAYOUT DESIGN I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRS 2015 LAYOUT DESIGN I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR EMRE DUYGU

Offered to

Graphic
Visual Communication Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Graphic Design

Course Objective

Teaching how to edit an effectively visual hierarchy for visual communication; how to organize the visual elements on any graphic design product; the basic principles of page lay-out; how to design creative surface lay-outs using text and image.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to develop the correct lay-out approach to different graphic design surfaces
2   To be able to organize the correct hierarchy and legibility of the texts
3   To be able to design publications containing typography, images and typography and image combinations
4   To be able to generate files in Adobe InDesign

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

TEM 3021 - Philosophy of Art I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Grid System
3 Body Text
4 Marking Paragraphs
5 Hierarchy
6 Using Image
7 Long Lists
8 Text-Image Combinations
9 Examples
10 workshop
11 Doublepage Spread and Multi Column Grid
12 Doublepage Spread and Multi Column Grid
13 Doublepage Spread and Multi Column Grid
14 Final Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Thinking With Type, Ellen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong, Espas Kuram Sanat Yayınları, 2012
Experimental Layout, Ian Noble
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop, Timothy Samara
Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs), Kimberly Elam
The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type, Alexander W. White
Görsel Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, T. Fikret Uçar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 COM COMMITEE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + PAR * 0.10 + COM * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emre.duygu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Appointment after class 6 0,5 3
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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