Information Design (Spring 2007)


Required Texts

These texts are available at the Rutgers University Bookstore on Albany St:

Cohen, InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows
Williams, The Non-Designer's Design Book, 2nd Edition
Tufte, Beautiful Evidence
If any of the books is sold-out or otherwise unavailable you might try a trusted online vendor.


Course Requirements:

Class participation & homework10%
Design scripts10%
Smaller projects20%
Midterm project10%
Final project50%

The three smaller projects are a trifold brochure, the reference article on an important designer, and an informational (explanatory) poster.

The midterm group project this semester will be a multi-section illustrated encyclopedia article.

The genre of the final project of your own choosing but must be approved by the instructor.

A design script is due with each of the five main projects.

Complete and keep all course work in a portfolio submitted with the midterm and the final.


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