description:
we use type on a daily basis without ever knowing much about its origins
and craft. in this course we study the history and traditions of typography
and their continuation into the digital domain. weekly studio problems will
be given where students shall develop an intimate knowledge of typography
and explore new directions in applications of digital technology in the
context of typographic design.
instructor:
prof. john maeda, e15-448, x3-3133, maeda@media.mit.edu
meeting times:
lecture: tuesday 1:30-2:30pm /// friday 1:30-3:00pm in e15-095
required text:
the elements of typographic style (ordered and in stock)
robert bringhurst
enrollment is limited to 15. preliminary class list.
term schedule:
tuesday (lecture) |
friday (design review) |
9.5 introduction. PS1 handed out. Solutions. typographic codes | |
9.9 maeda lecture history of typography 1 |
9.12 PS1 review. PS2 handed out. Solutions. living page substrates/neighborhoods |
9.16 maeda lecture history of typography 2 |
9.19 PS2 review. PS3 handed out. Solutions. interactive page substrates |
9.23 maeda lecture typography and me |
9.26 PS3 review @interval. PS4 handed out. Solutions. phototypography |
9.30 maeda lecture difficult typography |
10.3 PS4 review. PS5 handed out. Solutions. concrete typography |
10.7 designer talk (ori kometani) mit press design |
10.10 PS5 review. *no* PS handed out. Designer talk: Hara Kenay |
| 10.14 * mas962 h o l i d a y * |
10.17 quiz 1. maeda lecture. PS6 handed out. Solutions. digital ink |
10.21 maeda lecture representing form |
10.24 PS6 review. PS7 handed out. Solutions. handmade type |
10.28 designer talk (matthew carter) typographic traditions |
10.31 PS7 review. PS8 handed out. Solutions. unstable type |
11.4 maeda lecture kinetic typography |
11.7 design activity 1. PS9 handed out. dynamic legibility |
11.11 dsmall lecture (maeda europe) dynamic typography |
11.14 dsmall PS9 review. (maeda europe)Solutions. travelling type/type on vacation |
11.18 designer talk (suguru ishizaki) webcastable typography |
11.21 PS9 review. PS10 handed out. Solutions. poetry book |
| 11.25 review of PS1 to PS9 | 11.28 * h o l i d a y * |
| 12.2 Creating a Tool | 12.5 PS10 review. |
| 12.9 exhibition meeting. | 12.12 MAS962 EXHIBITION. |
computer facilities:
all problem sets will be done in java. please specify at the beginning
of the term how you will personally find access to java language facilities.
handouts:
provided at class.
exams:
1 quiz
grading:
your grade will be determined as a weighted average: 90% studio (homework+class
participation), 10% quiz.
obligatory policy statement:
working together on problem sets is an efficient way to complete them,
but your originality will suffer greatly.
late homework:
since the problem sets build upon each successive installment, late
homework will not be accepted. under no circumstances will you receive credit
for a problem set that is turned in late.