Welcome Summer 2010 Class - First Assignment

Your first assignment is to design a Type Specimen Book.
A 16 pg signature or the equivalent in motion if you want to do motion.
The type specimen will be comprised of 3 serif text, 3 sans-serif text, 3 serif display, 3 sans-serif display and 3 decorative typefaces.


For this assignment this week do research:

• Create your own content.
  A short story, an essay, some content you relate to. Do not use song lyrics or poems of famous poets
• Collect swipe for inspiration.
  Aesthetic, typography, color palette that inspires you. Check out our inspiration links on the blog.
• Create color palette in swatches.
  Use Kuler.com or take color form images you like
• Post everything on your blog and print and bring to class.

For inspiration check out:
AIGA Design Archives
Non-format
Poster Cabaret
M/M Paris
Hatch Show Print
Aesthetic Apparatus
Mucca Design
Luise Fili
Grain Edit
Swiss Miss
April Greiman
ffffound.com
Smashing Magazine
Vignelli Associates
Typographic Posters

have fun,
a.