Create flat plans to see your page-to-page relationships

Horizontal edges can usually be organized to fall on regular FLOWLINES (horizontal grid lines) to create harmony and rhythm. Use master pages to draw horizontal guidelines for every document page.

V A R I A T I O N S

Change font
Change point size or scale
Change color of text or highlight text with color
Change style: Bold
Change style: Italic or roman
Change style: kerning, tracking
Change leading
Alignment: FL, FR, Justify, etc.
Alignment: with column, with grid units, with page margins
Orientation: Slanted, tilted, curving
Caps or lc
Set off with **punctuation**
Underline
Put in boxes, rule lines, cartouches, etc.

Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies card deck

TRIZ 40 principles like Segmentation, Removing, Local Quality, etc. The TRIZ40 were developed with engineers in mind.

Rise up, get mentored!

AIGA is thrilled to announce the 4th round of Rise Up, AIGA Atlanta’s Mentorship Program. Each year, AIGA Atlanta selects mentee and mentor pairs to participate in an exclusive mentorship program that promotes community, design education, and personal and professional development. This year, we are accepting applications for mentees and mentors. The program is open to students, emerging designers, and seasoned design professionals with 5-20+ years’ experience. To apply, please fill out the online application by December 15th at midnight. Details here

Muji, Japanese minimalism in one store

Mocking up foil on printouts

Thermoweb | iCraft Deco Foil
They don't talk about adhering the foil to Laser printouts until 7:15.
This will NOT work with inkjet - only lasers. It sticks to the toner.

Donate your posters to the GRD Club's Poster Sale

Link to Club's Poster Submission Folder

Salinna Phon, the club's president, posted:

Hello, designers! The Graphic Design Club will be having its first poster sale of the semester. Below is the Google Drive link to submit posters to any of the months available, and there's a template located in the folder to download and follow. If you have any questions, please email: grdclubatgsu@gmail.com.

Represent Georgia State at Maker Faire Atlanta

GSU at Maker Faire

EXLAB at Georgia State University wants to welcome all GSU students, faculty, and staff to  showcase their innovative and creative projects at the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth! They are actively seeking to coordinate with all departments and organizations to represent the variety of communities (such as technology, science, and art) at GSU. Show off what you are making and share what you are learning.
Date: Sunday, October 22 

Historic Georgia Freight Depot

65 M.L.K. Jr Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Let me know if you'd like to participate - Liz

unofficial printer recommendations

These are not my endorsements, just comments from  students in the program. The links are to the Best Buy website, but shop around for the best deal.

 

Canon Pixma Pro 100: use the rebate. senior says it works fine with non-Cannon inks

Cannon Pixma iX6820 has good quality but the inks are very expensive

A recent graduate recommends the Epson Artisan 1430

Another recent graduate recommends the Epson WF 7620 “No professor ever called us out on print quality, only for not showing up with a finished project. Get the stuff you need to succeed.”

Cassie Hester Experimental Typography workshop

Great job -- I didn't know you all were capable of that kind of work!  BTW here is Cassie's blog, Experimental Typography.

Brotherman: Revelation exhibition

This is right by campus!

Brotherman Revelation

"Unleashing the Black Imagination” 

Fine Art Exhibition by Dawud Anyabwile 

August 24. to September 24.

 

The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with Big City Entertainment, will host Brotherman: Revelation “Unleashing the Black Imagination” by renowned artist Dawud Anyabwile, the creator and illustrator of the Brotherman graphic novel series. This immersive exhibition is the multidimensional manifestation of the alternative black mythology and cultural symbolism that anchors the Big City comic universe. This exhibition also celebrates the release of the long awaited graphic novel, Brotherman Revelation, a story that reaches back through the generations to set the foundation for the future.

For information call 404.613.4001

FastCo covers local design project

Matchstic is helping Atlanta's brand

Artist Jenny Holzer provokes thinking with words

Holzer on DesignBoom

Holzer's work in MOMA Collection

John D. Berry's website
Berry has designed book covers and book interiors, written about type, and is a past president of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale). In short, a true typographer.

Berry's essay is largely a recap of Carl Dair's classic book, Design with Type. Carl Dair was one of the first fellows of the Graphic Designers of Canada. More about Dair here.

Treasure trove of menus

New York Public Library 
is sharing menus from all over, going back to 1850s.
A bit slow to load but fascinating.

Flow, type, flow!

How InDesign justifies type

Rags over Rivers about Kindle reading devices

Smashing has a number of interesting articles on type

Smashing Magazine : How type is used on websites today

Very helpful for sketching out ideas.

Mark Making when Designing

Top 10 Helvetica Alternatives

-  on Jeremiah Shoaf's Typewolf

What other alternatives fonts are you aware of?

Jessica Hische explains her Mailchimp logo update

Checklist for your essays

~ Check spelling errors.
~ Check for unnecessary changes in typefaces, type sizes, etc. Remember you want a unified feeling.
~ Make use of PARAGRAPH STYLES and CHARACTER STYLES.
~ Space from headline to paragraph should be consistent. Space from paragraph to paragraph should be consistent. Use Styles to do this automatically.
~ Do not both indent and skip a line between paragraphs.
~ Bullet points are too far from the text. Do not rely on the default setting for this.
~ Do not ever use FRRL unless there is an extremely good reason! And do run flush type to the edge of your page when you can set a margin - unless you want edgy, barely-readable text.
~ While your text should be unified, watch out for monotony. Don't do exactly the same thing too many times – employ few tricks in many combinations.
~ Images should be unified by placement, color, scale, etc.
~ Modify initial layouts based on your TEXT. For instance not all columns will be the same depth (vertical measurement) if you pay attention to paragraph breaks.

Color Palette Picker

Easy way to choose the color palette of your website design.

Click Here

Awwww!

http://inspirationhut.net/inspiration/60-beautifully-modern-and-inspirational-magazine-book-layouts/

Pantone to CMKY chart

Here are some sites with Pantone to CMYK value charts. (remember though, everyone has their own way of deciding what is the CMYK equivalent) 

http://www.excaliburcreations.com/pantone.html

http://www.crigitalmedia.com/article-pantone-conversion-CMYK-RGB-Hex12.html