17 Aug 2017

'Art Publications: Design It Yourself' Online Course by Node Center

ART PUBLICATIONS: DESIGN IT YOURSELF
An Online Course by Node Center


This course will give you the tools to design your own book, catalogue or art publication and make it ready for print. From collecting and editing material (text and images), to using design tools, to choosing printing methods, binding and finishings, this course will allow you to create your own publication from scratch.

With step-by-step guidance and through a series of inspiring examples and exercises you will be able to organize, structure and develop your personal project. At the end of the course you will have selected, edited and designed your publication contents in order to prepare artwork files ready for production.

'Art Publications: Design It Yourself' gives you the skills to design your own book or catalogue. This is a complementary course to Art Publications from Start to Finish, which focuses on how to get your book published and distributed. It is not necessary to have completed this course beforehand or to have prior design experience.

We will use the following software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat


*Video conferences every Tuesday at 7pm CEST. Recordings will be available in case you miss a live session!


- Duration: Sep 12 - Oct 10, 2017
- Application deadline: Sep 9, 2017
- Lecturer: Priscila Clementti
- Participation fee: 148 EUR


FULL INFORMATION AND ENROLLMENTS: goo.gl/6hRW8W

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PROGRAM

Week 1: Introduction to editorial design

Brief introduction to the editorial design process
Publication formats
Print vs digital publishing
Exercise: Imagine and define my publication


Week 2: Production

Printing techniques
Binding
Finishing
About content: publication structure and content developing
Defining production for estimated budget
Exercise: Create publication index (order) and selection of material.


Week 3: Content preparation

Layout and grid
Text: basis of typography
Design tools: photoshop and indesign (part I): preparing image files (resolution, format, etc)
Exercise: Create page grid of your publication


Week 4: Design and layout

Design tools: photoshop and indesign (part II): Editing Text, paragraphs, columns, text box and frames
Exercise: Format the layout and content of one part or chapter of your publication


Week 5: Final steps and production

Templates for design
Proofreading: Adobe reading basic mark-up
Preparing files for printing
Group discussion on final proposals


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CONTACT
www.nodecenter.org
info@nodecenter.org

*Course Image: Volkan Olmez