Examination arrangement

Course content

Multichannel publishing is a theoretical-practical course with focus on the design process, prepress, printing, binding and finishing, as well as digital publishing. Students work individually with reframing, exploration, analysis, conseptualisation, sketching, embodiement and realisation of a project across different platforms. During an iterative design process, students become familiar with techniques and tools within digital and print design.

Prepress:

Students become better acquainted with processes around and knowledge about digital source material and formats, image editing and preparation for print, basic colour management, page makeup, optimisation for print, digital workflow and proofing.

Printing, binding, and finishing:

The course will provide the student with knowledge of printing, binding and finishing, including imposition, printing substrates and paper qualities.

Digital publishing

Through the course, students will learn about file formats and standards for digital publication, including basic planning for e-book publication

Sustainability

In addition to the students being assigned a task that requires reflections on sustainability on a more general basis, the theme of sustainability will be addressed in relation to paper production and how this compares to the footprint left by comparable digital media.

Learning outcome

The students shall know current methods used for producing printed matter. They shall know the modes of operation and the capacity of machinery used for prepress and printing. They shall also be able to recognize production processes and suitable materials for specific end products and specific production processes.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and workshops. Formative/iterative tutorials for portfolio assignments.

The practical design projects will be included in the individual student's work portfolios. The project may eventually, by students at Bachelor in graphic design's choice, be included in the individual student's presentation portfolio at the end of the third and final year.

Compulsory assignments

• Seminar presentations

Further on evaluation

The portfolio contains design solutions for nine touchpoints, printed and digitale, as well as a process diary. Additionally an oral presentation is held. The presented works are founded in a developed idea and concept. The development process and reflectation upon this is shown in the process diary. Final presentation of the project is carried out towards the end of the semester.

Tutoring is carried out in groups, but individual tutorials can be offered by demand.

Summative evaluation at the end of the semester: Pass / fail.

If the course is failed, a new portfolio must be submitted through the next regular run-trough of the course.

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

IDG1101Typografi 1

Required previous knowledge

The course is limited to students in the program Bachelor in Graphic Design

Course materials

Johansson, Kaj, Peter Lundberg og Robert Ryberg (2011). A guide to graphic print production. 3. utg. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley.

Smith, K. and Melanie Ramdarshan Bold (2012). The Publishing Business. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Support litterature

Kipphan, Helmut (red.) (2002). Handbook of print media: technologies and production methods. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Skarsbø, Sven Erik (2012). Trykking i den digitale tidsalder. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. Skjegstad, Leif Espen (2005). Industriell bokbinding og ferdiggjøring. Drammen: Vett og Viten.

Credit reductions