This course is an intensive immersion in Photoshop, building on the introduction provided in GD 230 Digital Page. The course focuses on production issues, enabling designers to take charge of constructing and manipulating images for digital output, from screen to color proof to printing press. Fall and Spring. Photo Imaging Working with Photoshop, students deal with scanning images, manipulating color and black and white, and digital editing. In addition, students learn hands-on darkroom techniques including liquid emulsions and Polaroid transfers.
Students explore the appropriate photo-imaging technique for the content of the individual image.
Fall and Spring. This course aims to make designers literate about their own discipline as well as helping them understand the overlaps between design and a broader history of objects and ideas. Students are exposed to a wide array of images as well as a broad range of reading materials, including primary texts by designers and cultural critics. The course focuses on twentieth-century design in Europe and the United States. I Students prepare to enter professional practice with a series of intensive projects aimed at portfolio development.