history of graphic design - Warm Up: Principles & Elements of Design

Overview

Let's try our hands at critically thinking about art and graphic design! Make sure you go over class Writing Guidelines.

- Make sure you have watched the review lecture on the Elements and Principles of Art/Design - Open up your textbook, leaf through, and select any work that you find interesting. Don't spend too long on this part––just pick what catches your eye. If you do not have your text yet, you can use WikiArtLinks to find a work related to graphic design history. - Study the piece. Find what you can about it online. At the very least, get all the basic citation information (Title or Description / Artist / Year). Other things to potentially discuss are movements the work is associated with, media, and surrounding societal/cultural considerations. - Write a one-page paper describing the work and applying your knowledge of the formal elements of art and design to it. Which elements and principles did the designer utilize? Why do you think they did? - Discuss at least 2 elements and 2 principles. - Watch out for stagnant writing ("I like ______" "This piece is ______" "It makes me feel ______"). Create considered writing that showcases your graphic design vocabulary. - Include an image of your chosen work.

[Image unavailable: new york branding sports graphic design agency] Koichi Sato, Poster Design

RUBRIC: Word count 350+: / 5 points Syntax: / 5 points Application of knowledge from lecture and experience in writing: / 8 At least two elements: / 5 At least. two principles: / 5 Image: / 2 TOTAL: 30 points

Writing Guidelines

Instead of traditional exams, this course asks for students to display their knowledge of graphic design history and concepts through writing. Cite all sources and properly label images. Please use Chicago Manual style or MLA. A great guide on CMS: https://uca.edu/art/files/2017/01/ART_HISTORY_STYLE_GUIDE.pdf

• Upload a file with your writing as a PDF. This allows for markup.
• Double space, use a practical typeface/font, and pay attention to word counts as listed.
• Be careful of too much quoting or straight copying from your readings. I want you to practice translating the concepts we read about into your own language. Papers with the bulk of their content quoted will lose points.
• I do grade for syntax, and it will be factored into your rubrics.
• Do NOT write in first or second-person perspective for your reading responses and essays; discussion posts are fine. There is a time and place for either of those, and academic writing is not it––I would love to see your voice and personal flair implemented in other ways.
• Include images when giving examples, and cite according to your chosen style.
• Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Do not use AI to generate your writing. Modern design concepts and trends are based on the history we learn in this course; logic follows that if you phone in your work, your eye for design will suffer.

Ive attached a copy of a previous assignment ive done to see my writing style. nothing too sophisticated or wordy.