Current presentation schedule is here!

Thurs : 5/10 Reading Day- no classes
Monday: 5/14 Reading Day - no classes
Tuesday: 5/15 T/Th class exams
Weds: 5/16 Final Project Presentation! 9:20

Monday:

Topic: Postmodern Design, p. 466 (Josh G.)

"Maddeningly vague and overused, 'postmodern' became a byword in the last quarter of the twentieth century." (p. 466)

• We've looked at her work in other classes, but Louise Fili has a fun website.
• Michael Graves comes up in Chapter 23. These days, most people know him by his product design.
• Marshall "the medium is the message" McLuhan gets another nod in this chapter
• Swatch ads from the 80s
• A profile of Neville Brody

Wednesday:

Topic: The Digital Revolution and Beyond, p. 448 (Kayla and Franchesca)

• Susan Kare: icon designer
• Specs on vintage Macintoshes
• Emigre magazine and font foundry - Rudy Vanderlans and Zuzana Licko
• Ed Fella - poster innovator
• David Carson - the former Ray Gun magazine art director

etc. etc.

Weds, 5/16

Final project due, 9:20

To Do:

• Answer reading questions on forum, by the end of this week!
• Work work work on your term project - Due next Weds!