SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Wk1 ︎︎︎ FEBRUARY 13, 2021 —
INTROS & COURSE OVERVIEW
Activities
- Introductions
- Review Syllabus & Course Overview
- Lecture: Publishing History 1450-1968
- Introduce Project 1 & show examples
- Community Discussion Guidelines & Agreement
Homework
(for week 2)- Digital Platforms onboarding: Are.na, Slack, Zoom
- Exercise: Defining Publishing
- Project 1 Proposals
- Introduction & Chapter 1 - The death of paper (which never happened) in Post-Digital Print. Ludovico, Alessandro; download from http://postdigitalprint.org/
- Chapter 2 - A history of alternative publishing reflecting the evolution of print in Post-Digital Print. Ludovico, Alessandro. ACCESS
- “Chapter 1 - The Problem of Publishing,” in The Content Machine. Bhaskar, Michael. ACCESS
- Farewell, Etouin Shrdlu on Vimeo
Readings
Watch
Wk2 ︎︎︎ FEBRUARY 20 —
PUBLISHING HISTORY 1968-2020 & AUDIENCE
Activities
- Potlatch Exchange: cycle 1
- Visual Lecture: Publishing History 1968-2020
- Discussion of readings within context of lecture topics
- Project 1 Proposals Presentations
-
Ticket to Leave
Homework
(due week 3)- Potlatch gifts
- Project 1 Draft 1
- Defining Audience Exercise (in pairs)
Readings
Wk3 ︎
FEBRUARY 27 —
TYPOGRAPHY & DESIGN WORKSHOP︎
Activities
- Potlatch Weekly Review
- Visual Lecture: Typography
- Project 1 Proposals Review Draft 1 in breakout rooms
- Ticket to Leave
Homework
(for week 4)- Potlatch
-
Exercise: Graphic Treatment
- Project 1 Draft 2
Readings
- Ulises Carrión, “The New Art of Making Books” [1980] ACCESS
Resources
- Bringhurst, Robert, The Elements of Typographic Style (Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1992) ACCESS
- Hochuli, Jost, Detail in Typography (London: Hyphen Press, 2008) ACCESS
Wk4 ︎ MARCH 6 —
BOOK DESIGN & PRINT-ON-DEMAND
Activities
- Potlatch Weekly Review
-
Design Workshop: Graphic Treatment exercise
- Project 1 Draft 2 Review one-on-one and small group discussions
- Ticket to Leave
Homework
(due week 5)
- Potlatch
- Project 1 Final
Readings
- Chapter 3 – The mutation of paper: material paper in immaterial times inPost-Digital Print. Ludovico, AlessandroACCESS
Resources
Bulletins of the Serving Library ACCESS