Course content

Editorial design II consists of two extensive and complex design projects e.g. redesigning a newspaper and designing a series of book covers where the student will further develop her/his techniques and skills in editorial design. The course particularly builds on knowledge and skills acquired in the courses Typography I, Typography II and Editorial design I.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

• The student will after completing the course have expanded their knowledge of editorial design i.e. for newspaper and book cover design.
• The student have gained knowledge about concept development, adherance to genre conventions, communication, legibilty and readability, structuring of information and other important aspects of editorial design.

Skills:

• The student have furthered their skills og proficiency of tools for planning and executing graphic designs in a editorial context.
• The student have developed theirs skills related to genre adaptation of designs, tool excellence, detail typography, design for readability, and effective communication.
• Necessary technical skills for developing and implementing design solutions both for paper and screen based media are slowly, but surely refined and internalized.

General competences:

• The student will after yet another course with practical design project(s) have continued developing as a researcher, concept developer and graphic designer.
• The student has established a continually expanding repertoire of solution types and topical lingo. As a developing designer the student are familiar with a growing number of typical genres in both paper- and screen mediated communication and interaction solutions.
• As such, the student develops a good foundation for creating high quality and creative communication solutions as a proficient designer.

Learning methods and activities

Two individual project, with weekly supervision (formative-iterative evaluation). Sketches, the work process, and the end result must be documented.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Admission to a programme of study is required: Graphic Design (BMED)

• IDG1101 Typography 1
• IDG1010 Typography 2
• IDG2012 Editorial design 1

Course materials

Franchi, Francesco (2013). Designing news. Berlin: Gestalten. SUPPORTIVE LITERATURE: Birdsall, Derek (2004). Notes on book design. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Hochuli, Jost (2002). Printed matter: mainly books. Zurich: Niggli. Mendelsund, Peter (2014). Cover. New York: Powerhouse Books. Willberg, Hans Peter (1994). Handbuch der Einband-Gestaltung. Mainz: Hermann Schmidt. Errea, Javier. 2018. Newspaper design: Editorial design from the world’s best newsrooms. Berlin: Gestalten Munk, Ole. 2018. Visuel journalistik. Århus: Forlaget Ajour

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