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Timothy Bruce

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BFA, summa cum laude, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993. University of Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Exhibitions: South Shore Arts Center. Bibliography: The Best of Annual Report Design; The Best of Brochure Design; The Best of Business Cards; Breaking Designer's Block: 501 Graphic Solutions; Business Graphics: 500 Designs That Link Graphic Aesthetics And Business Savvy; Color Graphics: The Power of Color in Graphic Design; Creative Annual Report and Newsletter Design; Design Secrets: Layout; Direct Response Graphics; Graphic Design in America II; Graphic Design Solutions; How to Understand and Use Design and Layout; Logotypes; Stationery Systems; Visual Identity; On Edge; Breaking the Boundaries of Graphic Design; Then is Now: A Handbook for Contemporary Design. Collections: American Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum; USA. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany. Awards: 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition; American Center for Design 100 Show; Applied Arts Award Annual; Art Directors Club; Black Book Annual Report 100 Show; British Design and Art Direction; Communication Arts; Dynamic Graphics; GD USA; Graphic Design USA; Graphis Annual Reports; Graphis Brochure; Graphis Design; Graphis Logo; Graphis Posters; HOW Magazine; International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards; Mead 60 Show Medal of Excellence; Mead Annual Report Show; Photo District News; Print Regional Design Annual; Step inside Design; Sappi Ideas that Matter; Type Directors Club.

 

Courses

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Description

This course explores the power and beauty of typography as a delivery mechanism for information, narrative structures and alternate forms of expression. Working with form, space and meaning, students can expect to learn how to organize complex verbal information into cohesive typographic systems and hierarchical configurations; how to create sophisticated grid systems and enhance functionality through navigation and structural consistency within a multiple page/screen environment; how to work with intertextuality, non-linearity, dramatic pacing and experimental typography as an emotive voice.

Suggested readings and screenings vary and may include Thinking With Type (Lupton, 2010), Letter Fountain (Pohlen, 2015), The Elements of Typographic Style (Bringhurst, 2004), The Complete Manual of Typography (Felici, 2012), Typographic Design: Form and Communication (Carter, Day, Meggs, 2012). In addition, students will examine the application and effects of typographic design in historical and modern-day contexts with a primary focus on print media.

Students will work on assignments of varying complexity and duration. Assignments are structured to build skills, understanding and confidence in typographic manipulation, and are designed to yield valuable components of the student?s portfolio.

Class Number

2083

Credits

3

Description

This course explores the power and beauty of typography as a delivery mechanism for information, narrative structures and alternate forms of expression. Working with form, space and meaning, students can expect to learn how to organize complex verbal information into cohesive typographic systems and hierarchical configurations; how to create sophisticated grid systems and enhance functionality through navigation and structural consistency within a multiple page/screen environment; how to work with intertextuality, non-linearity, dramatic pacing and experimental typography as an emotive voice.

Suggested readings and screenings vary and may include Thinking With Type (Lupton, 2010), Letter Fountain (Pohlen, 2015), The Elements of Typographic Style (Bringhurst, 2004), The Complete Manual of Typography (Felici, 2012), Typographic Design: Form and Communication (Carter, Day, Meggs, 2012). In addition, students will examine the application and effects of typographic design in historical and modern-day contexts with a primary focus on print media.

Students will work on assignments of varying complexity and duration. Assignments are structured to build skills, understanding and confidence in typographic manipulation, and are designed to yield valuable components of the student?s portfolio.

Class Number

1795

Credits

3