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Download graphic design curriculum PDFDownload graphic design curriculum PDFAbout Introduction to Graphic Design 2D Design Basics Design Process Typography References; Glossary Handouts RubricsAll the training curriculum is now available to download for interested high school teachers. Click on the links below to access the PDF files.
Created by AIGA Minnesota with support from AIGA Innovate.
Unit 1: Introduction to Graphic Design
Students are introduced to the industry, what designers do, and what graphic design actually is. Students will get a taste of what is to come in Units 2 and 3 by learning and practicing the creation of thumbnail sketches, rough sketches, and comprehensive design, the building blocks of the design process.
Unit 2: 2D Design Basics
Students learn the fundamentals of two-dimensional design, the foundation of art, graphic design, and visual communication. This unit focuses on how through simple, yet intentional visual manipulation, points, lines, planes, gestalt, and color can communicate and create meaning.
No results foundUnit 3: Design Process
Students will learn and practice the design process and explore it through a simple five-step plan. Designers practice the design process in order to find solutions to the visual problems they take on. Students will be able to identify each step in the design process, understand the importance of each step, and implement them.
No results foundUnit 4: Typography
Students will be introduced to the power of words through typography. After a brief but important history of the alphabet, students learn to use typography as a communication tool—not only to make artful design, but to organize and communicate the meaning of an idea. Students will understand how type can be used to make text more readable and understandable and how it can organize content for ease of use and comprehension.
References; Glossary
A list of the participants who helped create the curriculum, references used in its creation, and a glossary of terms for easy reference.
Handouts
The handouts are supplementary documents linked directly to the specific unit sections. They are referenced specifically in those sections.
Handout 1A.1-ThumbnailsHandout 1A.2-RoughsHandout 4A.1-History of the AlphabetHandout 4B.1-Elements of ArtHandout 4B.2-Principles of DesignHandout 4C.1_Font PagesHandout 4C.2_My Name IsHandout 4C.3_Typeface AnatomyHandout 4C.4_Pica RulersHandout 4C.5_AlignmentHandout 4C.6_Star Tribune SportsHandout 4D.1_Guide to Font PairingNo results foundRubrics
These customizable rubrics are are meant as examples of how to assess this curriculum. There is one available per unit; unit 4 includes additional rubrics for use within that unit.
Unit 1A RubricUnit 2B RubricUnit 3D and 3E RubricsUnit 4B Rubric-Typography In ActionUnit 4C Rubric-Language of TypeUnit 4D Rubric-Font Pairing and HierarchyUnit 4D RubricNo results foundTags education graphic design
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