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IAT 102: In this course, students will learn the foundations of visual communication through lectures and exercises in typography, image production and meaning making.

Through several design processes, they will develop the ability to conceptualize, take into account target market, stakeholders, differing media forms, contexts of communication and evaluation.

Visual skills will be augmented with verbal skills in the form of verbal presentations. Skills in critical thinking will be stressed through discourses of contemporary design issues, the range of design disciplines and regional and international design contexts.

(before) 1970′s photography magazine 2-page spread discussing manual re-touching skills

Always seek criticism

Work within the grid

Be prepared to use as many or as little columns/rows as possible

Focus on different sections (squares) that are created within the grid

Justify, kern, and crop

Usage of complimentary colors is important

Do not be afraid to make it look unrecognizable from the original

there is a difference between whitespace and deadspace

add color blocks, use a variety of fonts

Keep It Simple, Stupid

and… there is good and then there is good & simple

use borders/bars of color or white spaces to distinguish/emphasis/division focus of interests (text, images, etc)

cohesion and juxtaposition do not go hand in hand

be PLAYFUL: break up text, center, and intersect

(after) 2009′s photography magazine 2-page spread discussing manual re-touching skills

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