SDES2198 – Advanced Typography &
Publishing Design has been an overall rewarding experience this semester. As a
graphics major (B.Design), it allowed me broaden my skills (letterpress), and
also have a lot of creative freedom (online publication), which is sometimes
restricted with more specific briefs.
Although we did a small amount of
letterpress printing in 3rd year Graphics Media, I found it really
good to have the opportunity to freely experiment over the 6 weeks, and really
strengthened my skills. However, whilst this was a positive experience, I feel
that the expansion of COFAs letterpress woodblock type collection would be
immensely beneficial, because there was a lot of time wasted waiting for other
students to finish using letters.
In terms of the online publication, I
really enjoyed how the entire class was given the chance to contribute to a
single publication. It was an interesting process of voting on grids, layouts,
colour palette and content, and I really think it gives us an idea of working
in the real world – compromising, time management and sharing work, rather than
just doing projects alone. In saying that however, I feel that one spread per
student was an extremely light workload, and the entire publication could be
strengthened with increased input from each student.
As for the online lectures and blog
participation, although I don’t mind posting a discussion point each week, I
would personally prefer face-to-face lectures, rather than reading a document
online. I find it hard to become engaged with the topics when Im at home
reading them alone, and I think the course wouldn’t feel so disjointed
(lectures / tutorials) if the lectures were presented in class.
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