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Monday 3/13

Typography Landmark ~ Brainstorming Stage

You will be doing some brainstorming and then starting your design today. 

Agenda

1. What is the difference between Typeface vs Fonts?

2. Review Project and Rubric

3. Brainstorm (10 mins)

4. Demo Using Reference Images (2 mins)

5. Start to Design

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Friday 3/13

Typography Proint Design ~Revise & Finalize Stage

Projects are due today. Follow the directions correctly, which also includes submitting your AI file to this form below in order for products to be ordered. 

Submit AI Files for Orders Here

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Wednesday 3/11

Typography Print Design ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting together with partners for a critique and projects are due next class. 

Critique Protocol

1. The designer shares concepts, what product they are creating and feedback questions they have. (1 min)

2. Group discusses together to share suggestions and feedback (~5 mins)

3. You will reflect in your Do-Now in Schoology for your next steps.

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Monday 3/9

Typography Print Design ~ Design Stage

Next class will be your critique and the following class projects will be due. 

Exit Ticket

Submit your AI file for Mr. Wiant Feedback.

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Friday 3/6

Typography Proint Design ~ Design Stage

Review your Typeface video reflection’s grade and comments. Then continue working on your design. Mr. Wiant will give you feedback at the end of next class.

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Wednesday 3/4

Typography Proint Design ~ Design Stage

We are going to watch a Netflix show about typography and then you will reflect on it, which is for a grade. You will then continue with your designs for the last portion of class. 

Agenda

1. Abstract: Typeface Printed Note Catcher

2. Written Reflection 

3. Design

Monday 3/2

Typography Design ~ Brainstorming Stage

We will review the project and then you will complete your brainstorming for your project today.

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Agenda

1. Review Project & Brainstorming

2. Image Trace

3. Complete Brainstorming

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Wednesday 2/25

Design Process & Portfolio Finalization

Today you will update your portfolios to prepare you for your final portfolio presentations. 

Update Steps

1. Add in 2 more designs from this year so you have at least 4. 

2. Add 1 more design cycle project from this year so you have at least 3. One of these needs to be from this year. 

Design Cycle Requirements

1. You need to have at least 3 design cycle projects. At least 1 is from this year. 

2. Included elements are:

• Project Title

• A paragraph about what your original goal and what type of inspiration were you using in this design. Look back at what you wrote for your objectives. 

• Images of your sketch and inspiration pieces. Title these sections so the viewer knows what they are looking at.

• An image of your final design. 

• Write a reflection on your final design. Discuss what you like about your design and why, what struggles you may have had in your design and how you created your design. 

Final Portfolio Rubric
 

Student Example Sites

Adama's Website

Albert's Website

Juana’s Website

Tru's Website

Wiant's Sample Site

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Monday 2/23

Branding ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Projects are due today. Make sure to read through the directions on how to turn all of your files in for this project. If you get your project turned in early, there will be extra credit you can work on.

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Friday 2/20

Branding ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Continue with your designs considering the steps you need to take to finalize your designs next class.

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Wednesday 2/18

Branding ~ Critique Stage

We will be having a critique today before moving. These will be due in two more classes.

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Wednesday 2/11

Branding ~ Design Stage

Everyone should be starting on your second design to be on track with your project. You will be meeting with Mr. Wiant for feedback today. When it is time, upload your JPG to the link below. Next class will be your critique. 

Mr. Wiant Feedback Survey

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Monday 2/9

Branding ~ Design Stage

Next class you will be having 1 on 1 feedback with Mr. Wiant. You should be done with your first design today to be on track with your due date.

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Friday 2/6

Branding ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs. Your first design should be wrapped up for the next class.

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Wednesday 2/4

Branding ~ Design Stage

Review the project help below to get a better sense of how to create successful package design. The first design will need to be completed on Monday.

Agenda

1. Packaging Redesign Movie

2. Design Ad or Packaging

Project Help

Designing a Product Label & Packaging + Mockup Video

Packaging Design Process Video

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Exit Ticket

YellowDog Career Visit

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Monday 2/2

Branding ~ Brainstorming Stage

We will review some slides around what makes a successful print ad. Then you will complete your brainstorming today. Everyone will start to design next class at the latest.

Agenda

1. Print Ad Slides & Do-Now

2. Complete Brainstorming

Wednesday 1/28

Branding ~ Brainstorming Stage

We will discuss what branding identity is and then you will get started with your brainstorming. 

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Agenda

1. Review Project

2. Brand & Visual Identity Slides

3. Brainstorming

4. Creating a Brand Identity (0-7:50 mins)

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Monday 1/26

Monogram Logo Production & Portfolio Updates

Mr. Wiant will be working with you to get your logos laser cut today. If you are waiting for him you can be finalizing your self-evaluations for the monograms if you havn't yet or starting to make edits from the last round of feedback on your portfolios.

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Friday 1/23

Monogram Logo ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Finalize your designs today and turn them in correctly according to the directions. Do not delete any of your logos! Just put them on a different layer and turn the visibility off if you have a bunch of versions. Your final logo should be filling the entire artboard to create a balanced and professional design. So enlarge your design. 

Laser Cutter Directions

1. Copy your logo and create a new file that you paste it into. 

2. Create some sort of shape you want to have cutout like a square, circle or get creative. 

3. Make sure this outline shape has no fill and you set the stroke to .001

4. File>Save As>Format SVG and on the next screen change the type of SVG with the +.

5. Upload to your Drive.

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Wednesday 1/21

Monogram Logo ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

After getting some feedback you will continue with your designs working to turn these in the next class. You will be able to turn in your projects at the start of next class and prep your logo for the laser cutter. If you need the entire class to complete the logo you have that as well. 

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Wednesday 1/14

Monogram Logo ~ Design Stage

Continue moving forward with your design. Don’t get stuck on one idea if it isn’t working for you. Move onto the next. You will get peer feedback next class. 

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Agenda 

1. Laser Engraver Options - Email Mr. Wiant with what you want

2. Continue to Design

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG for Feedback

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Monday 1/12

Monogram Logo ~ Design Stage

Move forward with your designs today. 

Agenda 

1. Review Project Rubric

2. Design

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Friday 1/9

Monogram Logo ~ Brainstorming Stage

Complete your brainstorming today if you haven’t. Tutorials need to be completed as well before moving onto your designs. 

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Agenda 

1. Review Sketch to Vector Demo

2. Complete Sketches & Peer Feedback

3. Start Design

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Wednesday 1/7

Monogram Logos & Tutorial

We will start by learning about what a monogram logo is. Then you will work on an Illustrator tutorial today, which will show you some new techniques in Illustrator. 

Agenda 

1. Monogram Logo Slides (15 mins)

2. Tools Demo (5 mins)

3. Pencil Tool Exercise (20 mins)

4. Review project and complete brainstorming

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Exit Ticket

Interest Survey

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Monday 12/15

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

You need to wrap up your designs today. Make sure you follow the directions to turn your files in correctly and complete your self-evaluation to a high degree. 

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Friday 12/12

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

As you work today, use your alignment tools and guides to accurately align your elements and create successful flow. A critique will be next class.

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Wednesday 12/10

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Mr. Wiant will be giving you 1 on 1 feedback today to help make sure you are on track with your designs. You will submit your InDesign below when it is time to go through feedback. 

Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

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Monday 12/8

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Critique Stage

Today you will complete a critique. The remainder of class will be spent revising and improving your designs.

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Friday 12/5

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

As you work today, use your alignment tools and guides to accurately align your elements and create successful flow. A critique will be next class.

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Wednesday 12/3

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs and think about how you can improve your design principles that you wrote about in your Do-Now. A critique will be next class.

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Monday 12/1

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Today you will complete a quick demo on how Character Styles work, which is a requirement for this project. You then will continue to work on your designs. You need to complete your personal project objective if you didn’t from last class too.

Demo Files

Character Styles Demo Video

Character Styles InDesign Demo File

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Friday 11/21

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Today you will start your designs. Setup your designs correctly according to the directions on the project page and how many pages you need to create. Setup your columns and margins according to your design needs. Use your sketches as a reference while designing your menu.

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Wednesday 11/18

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Brainstorming Stage

Your next project will be to create a menu for a restaurant of your choice. You will complete your brainstorming today and then begin to design your menus next class. Mr. Wiant will be grading and giving you feedback for your Magazine Covers today as well.

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Monday 11/17

Magazine Cover ~ Revise  & Finalize Stage

Wrap up your designs today and complete/submit the checklist in Schoology. We will start our final next class and brainstorming will be due.

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Friday 11/14

Magazine Cover ~ Critique Stage

You will be getting some peer feedback and then wrapping these designs up for the next class.

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Wednesday 11/12

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Next class will be your critique. If you would like feedback from Mr. Wiant you can submit your InDesign file to the folder at the end of class. 

Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

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Monday 11/10

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Work on improving your design principles as you are moving forward with the design. The critique is next class.

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Friday 11/7

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Continue moving forward with your design.

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Wednesday 11/5

Magazine Cover ~ Brainstorming Stage 

Before we start our new project, we will be reviewing some slides on magazine cover design and then you will begin to brainstorm your projects. 

Agenda 

1. Magazine Cover Slides & Notes (10 mins)

2. Review Project (5 mins)

3. Brainstorming Due

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Monday 11/2

Magazine Layout ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Mr. Wiant will give you another round of feedback before you finalize and submit your designs today.

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Wednesday 10/30

Magazine Layout ~ Critique Stage

You will be getting feedback at the project wall today. Once you get your feedback, put a sticky up with what your next steps will be to begin to finalize your projects. 

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Monday 10/27

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Next class will be a critique session. At the end of class we will go through how to save the spread correctly as JPGs and then submit them for the critique. 

If you want additional feedback from Mr. Wiant today submit your InDesign file below. Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG for critique

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Friday 10/24

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Mr. Wiant will be giving you 1 on 1 feedback today. Next class will be a critique session. 

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG for critique

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Wednesday 10/23

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs thinking about how to correctly use design concepts in your design to create a successful layout. Adjust body copy size now if need be. Next class Mr. Wiant will give you 1 on 1 feedback.​

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Career Visit Survey

Exit Ticket

1. Embed all of your images. 

2. Upload your InDesign file for feedback next class.

Monday 10/20

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs after we talk about pull quotes. Make sure you are placing your images in a logical manner to maintain balance and flow too. 

Demo - Pull Quote & Drop Cap

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Wednesday 10/15

Magazine Layout ~ Brainstorm & Design Stage

Continue to work on your sketches. You need to be turning these in by halfway through the class and then be starting the design in InDesign. You will start your designs by working off of your sketches. 

Demo - Wrap

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Friday 10/10

Magazine Layout ~ Brainstorm Stage

We will take notes about magazine layout so you better understand how to create a successful layout. You then will complete your brainstorming today. 

Agenda 

1. Magazine Layout Slides

2. Review Project

3. Brainstorm 

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Wednesday 10/8

Wix Portfolio Website

Today you will add to your portfolio and revise your website following the steps below. 

Steps

1. Add in your top 2 designs to a new page for this year.

2. Add 1 more design cycle project from this year. This means that you have a total of at least three design cycle projects on your page. One of these should be from this year. 

3. Remove any images that are not your own. 

Design Cycle Requirements

1. You need to have 3 design cycle projects. At least 1 is from this year. 

2. Included elements are:

• Project Title

• A paragraph about what your original goal and what type of inspiration were you using in this design. Look back at what you wrote for your objectives. 

• Images of your sketch and inspiration pieces. Title these sections so the viewer knows what they are looking at.

• An image of your final design. 

• Write a reflection on your final design. Discuss what you like about your design and why, what struggles you may have had in your design and how you created your design. 

Student Example Sites

Adama's Website

Albert's Website

Juana’s Website

Tru's Website

Wiant's Sample Site

Last Year’s GD2 Final Rubric

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Friday 10/3

Calendar ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Wrap up your designs today. If you are done early, you can complete the extension for your project on the Project page. Once you are done with that, you can open up your Wix portfolios and begin to revise and improve them.  

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Friday 10/3

Calendar ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Projects are due next class.​

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Wednesday 10/1

Calendar ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting and giving peer feedback to help revise your designs to make them more impactful. You will have a printed design and your digital design to share with your partners. 

Critique Steps

1. Designers share your concept and questions you may have. (1 mins)

2. Discuss as a group so you can reflect clearly on your next steps in order to improveand finalize your designs. 4 mins

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Monday 9/29

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Make sure you are using margins correctly. Adjust the size if you need to and make sure you are using guides too. Critiques will be next class.

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG For Print Here

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Friday 9/26

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs after we go over a demo together.

Agenda 

1. Guides, margins and columns Demo - Download

2. Design

Wednesday 9/24

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Everyone should be moving forward with their design today. You can’t move forward without finishing your brainstorming though.

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Exit Ticket

Open your creative brief and complete the Personal Project Objective.

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Friday 9/19

Calendar ~ Brainstorm Stage

Brainstorming will be due today and you will be moving onto the design cycle next class.

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Agenda 

1. Review Project & Brainstorm

2. Select Months

3. Brainstorming Due

Wednesday 9/17

Postcard ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Revise and finalize your designs today. Make sure you turn your work in correctly and complete the checklist in Schoology at the end of class.

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Monday 9/15

Postcard ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting and giving peer feedback to help revise your designs to make them more impactful. Projects are due next class.

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Friday 9/12

Postcard ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs and be prepared for the critique next class.

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Wednesday 9/10

Postcard ~ Design Stage

Everyone should be moving forward with their design today. You can’t move forward without finishing your brainstorming though, which puts you behind on this project. In two classes you will have a critique.

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Exit Ticket

Complete the Flyer Project Feedback Survey.

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Monday 9/8

Postcard ~ Brainstorm Stage

You will first do a quick presentation for your flyer designs. We will go over the project and then you will brainstorm today, which will be due.

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Agenda 

1. Flyer Presentations

2. Review Project & Brainstorm

3. Visual Identity Slides

Friday 9/5

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Revise & Finalize

You will wrap up your designs today and turn in your flyers. Be prepared for a quick presentation next class and then brainstorming for our Postcard Project. We will go through the directions on how to turn your InDesign files in correctly at the end of the project before you complete your self-evaluation and checklists in Schoology. 

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Wednesday 9/3

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting into small groups to critique our printed work so far. You will then work to wrap up your projects in two more classes. 

Agenda 

1. Demo How to turn hyphens off

2. Critique

3. Design

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

Friday 8/29

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

We are going to look at how to create better layouts and compositions using your prior design knowledge. We will work on an exercise in order to improve your current designs. 

Agenda 

1. Proximity and Alignment Refresher

2. Pet Flyer Exercise

3. Continue Designing

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Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Wednesday 8/27

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your projects. If you need additional help check with each other, check Google and check with Mr. Wiant to support yourself. 

Agenda

1. Design

2. Demo - Embed Images 

3. Design

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Monday 8/25

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

Brainstorming should be wrapped up already. Everyone needs to begin in InDesign in order to stay on track with the project. 

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Friday 8/22

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Brainstorming Stage

You need to wrap your tutorials up in the first part of class and then start your brainstorming. We will review the brainstorming to get started with. Brainstorming should be wrapped up when you walk into the next class.

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Wednesday 8/20

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Brainstorming Stage

You will work through a tutorial in order to gain a better sense of InDesign and then you will begin brainstorming from there. 

Agenda

1. InDesign Flyer Tutorial

2. Review Project 

3. Complete Tutorial and Start Brainstorming

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Tuesday 8/18

Welcome Back

We will review a few slides and start to work in InDesign today. Next class you will have your brainstorming due for the first project. 

Agenda

1. Welcome Slides & Drive Setup (15 mins)

2. Software Slides (5 mins)

3. Intro to InDesign with Mr. Wiant - Download Image (10 mins)

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