COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLISHING DESIGN I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRS 3033 PUBLISHING DESIGN I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

EMRE DUYGU

Offered to

Illustration and Printmaking
Graphic Design
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

By analyzing the standards of the publication design industry; to develop a structured and creative approach by transferring the basic principles of single and multi-page document design; establishing the visual-text relationship in the context of content and readability; To teach the design integrity and continuity in periodicals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to design typesetting in multi-page documents,
2   To be able to organize long texts with the correct hierarchy and legibility,
3   Using creative typography on the page and establishing a relationship between visuals and text with the correct hierarchy
4   To acquire application and design skills for periodicals,
5   To be able to apply in Adobe Indesign program

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information about the course schedule
2 Project 1: Bulletin Design
3 Project 1: Assessment
4 Project 1: Assessment
5 Final Presentation
6 Project 2: Periodical Design
7 Project 2: Page Layout-Draft Assessment
8 Project 2: Page Layout-Draft Assessment
9 Project 2: Page Layout-Draft Assessment
10 Project 2: Page Layout-Draft Assessment
11 Project 2: Cover-Draft Assessment
12 Project 2: Cover-Draft Assessment
13 Project 2: Cover-Draft Assessment
14 Final presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Thinking With Type, Elen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong, Espas Kuram Sanat Yayınları, 2012
Görsel Grafik Tasarım Sözlüğü, Helen Armstrong, Espas Kuram Sanat Yayınları, 2012
www.thinkingwithtype.com
www.smashingmagazine.co

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing (seminar), on the presentation and discussion of the project workshop, the workshop also sketch work inside and outside,
Project follow-up workshop and discussion, the physical presentation of the project and the narrative critics on the project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.80 + ATT * 0.20


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Powerfull sketching, Suitability, Creative idea, succesfull application, efficient presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emin.sonad@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
Studio work 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5