Digital Typographic Design Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This course gives you a sound introduction to creating typographic designs with Adobe Creative Cloud applications, predominantly Illustrator and InDesign, in a Mac-based digital studio.
You'll develop practical skills and explore digital techniques within the context of contemporary graphic design, with an emphasis on the experimental and the exploratory. The course will also introduce you to the history of 20th century type, and typographic designers.
By the end of the course, you will have a series of designs to enrich your portfolio, with new confidence and skills to develop for your own practice.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for students, professionals and enthusiasts with some related creative experience who love typography and want to improve their digital typographic practice.
You should be at an intermediate level of practice and able to use a Mac and have some experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).
Key information
Topics covered
- Micro-typography
- Typographic abstraction
- Type as image
- Exploring negative space with form and counter-form
- Modular type design
- Bespoke typography
- Logotype
- Exhibition catalogue and poster design
- History and critical analysis of 20th century type, and typographic designers
Learning outcomes
- Create new typographic designs in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
- Understand the history and theory behind current typographic design
- Have the confidence and skill to develop your own practice
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
- A notepad and pen
- Laptop
Tutor
Dominic Dyson
Dominic Dyson originally studied Painting at Chelsea School of Art, and Fine Art Film and Video at St. Martins. After a decade working in the music industry and as an artist’s assistant, he returned to study Digital Design at The London College of Printing, followed by an MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins.
He has over twenty years of experience teaching at the London College of Communication Design School, whilst concurrently running his own independent graphic, media, and communication design practice under the studio name typeandline working primarily in the educational, cultural, and public sectors. See example projects at: typeandline.com
Clients have included major contemporary art museums in Basel and Cologne, the London boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Merton, the University of the Arts London, the University of East London, and the University of Derby, as well as a range of artists projects.
Dominic is a cultural omnivore, with a passion for film, a diverse range of music, contemporary art, and pop culture, and is an occasional electronic music producer.
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