Media Practices: Design
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Level: Undergraduate, Graduate
Division: The New School for Public Engagement
School: School of Media Studies
Department: Media Studies
Course Number: NMDS 5426
Course Format: Studio
Location: NYC campus, Online
Permission Required: No
Description:
Through exploring the principles of visualization, graphic design, typography and color theory, students will learn to create designs that have visual impact and communicative power. Instruction and class activities cover composition techniques, image editing, graphics creation, and file preparation for distributing projects using current professional software. The core focus is the creation of designs for advocacy, branding and digital art. This course provides the basis for more advanced courses in interactive design, motion design, publishing and inter-media applications. Students are expected to research and solve weekly design problems and participate in regular critiques while building a digital design portfolio, including a final professional-quality visual presentation.
Course Pre/Co-requisites:
Media Practices: Concepts or instructor permission.
Restrictions:College
Open to New School Public Engagement students.
Level
Open to Graduate students.
Major
Open to Documentary Media Studies students.
Open to Media Studies students.
Open to Media Management students.
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