Schedule
This course will be offered on a hybrid model. We will conduct workshops and larger group critiques in-person, with smaller group or individual crits and screen-based technical exercises remotely over Zoom. Regardless of the modality, we will begin each class meeting together for a discussion of the week’s reading and to exchange any new discoveries.
(Readings and materials are subject to change.)
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Website as Medium
in-personClass
- Introductions
- Overview of class website & syllabus
- Discussion: What is the internet?
- Project 1 Kickoff
- In class exercise: Getting Started
- Remember to sign up for project 1 topic by Monday
Exercise
Project
Reading
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J.R. Carpenter: A Handmade Web
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Container as Content
Class
- Discusssion: Handmade Web
- Review Project 1 next steps
- A note on images, introduce in-class exercise
- Project 1 progress, small groups review
- (optional) In-class exercise review
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Frank Chimero: The Web’s Grain
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Variation as Response
in-personClass
- Discusssion: The Web’s Grain
- Review Project 1 next steps
- Introduce in-class exercise, media query demo
- Project 1 progress, small groups review
- (optional) In-class exercise review: responsive layouts
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Bo-Won Keum: On the Letterform of the Age
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Typeface as Programme
Class
- Discussion: On the Letterform of the Age
- Exercise: Modular Letters
- Presentation: Gabriel and Valia
- A talk on Type & Tools
- Introduce Project 2
- Begin preparing project 2 proposal ideas and sketches
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Jürg Lehni: Typeface as Programme
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Typeface as Interface
Class
- Discussion: Typeface as Programme
- Presentation: Jacob and Max
- Talk on Interpolation, Transitions and Animations
- Project 2 next steps
- Exercise: Change over Time
- Individual meetings
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Erik van Blokland: The Cube
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Typeface as Information
in-personClass
- Discussion: The Cube
- Presentation: Dan
- Project 2 next steps
- Exercise: Dark mode
- Individual meetings
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Dexter Sinister: Letter & Spirit
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Function as Narrative
in-personClass
- Presentation: Arayla
- Discussion: Letter & Spirit
- Talk on Type and Code
- Project 3: Type Specimen Kickoff
- Variable Font Group Review
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Weiyi Li: Function as Narrative
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Tools as Poetry
Class
- Presentations: Kareno and Jessica
- Discussion: Function as Narrative
- Type Specimen Small Groups Review
- JavaScript / jQuery Q&A (optional)
Project
Reading
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Mindy Seu: Poetry of Tools
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Diagram as Question
in-personClass
- Variable Type Specimen Final Review, Full Group with Guest Critic Cem Eskinazi
- Presentations: Ursula and Kim
- Project 4 Kickoff
Project
Reading
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Ryan Kuo: Speaker Series Talk
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Software as Architecture
Class
- VF Final Crit Review
- Discussion: Ryan Kuo Speaker Series
- Presentations: Emily and Kat
- Exercise: Introducing APIs
- Project 4 progress review, small groups
Exercise
Project
Reading
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Jack Balkin and Dan Michaelson: Interview
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Software as Ideology
in-personClass
- Discussion: “Sometimes it looks like a duck, sometimes it looks like a rabbit: Governance structures in graphic design, decorative form in law, and schools in the public sphere”
- Presentation: JJ
- Technical Q&A
- Final Documentation review
- Project 4 progress review, individual meetings
Project
Reading
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SFPC with American Artist: Software as Ideology
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What is a website?
in-personClass
- Course evaluations and Class Survey
- Discussion: Software as Ideology with American Artist
- Project 4 Final Crits
- Submit all final work via your class site by May 19
Project
Reading
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Laurel Schwulst: My Website is a shifting house...