Visual Identity for Art Projects with InDesign
Visual Identity for Art Projects with InDesign: Business Cards, Brochures, Signage and More
Online course by Node Center with Iohanna Nicenboim
Application deadline: October 17, 2015
Duration: Oct 21 – Nov 11, 2015
This hands-on course is tailored for anyone who wants to acquire skills in graphic design, especially applied to cultural events and spaces. With this course, you will learn how to create your own visual material, manipulate text and images and translate your ideas into a cohesive and powerful visual language.
While you learn Indesign, you will have the chance to create different formats – such as invitations, brochures, vinyl exhibition titles and information panels, acquiring also basic notions of visual communication and cultural branding.
PROGRAM
WEEK 1:
- Introduction
- Branding for cultural events
- Visual identity system
- Design principles
- Indesign, basics
- Tutorial: create your own business card
WEEK 2:
- Web vs. Print
- Resolution, image formats and color modes
- Composition
- InDesign, part 2
- Preparing material for print
- Tutorial: design a flyer/invitation for an event
WEEK 3:
- Graphics design for a space
- Wayfinding
- Colors and Materials
- Typography I
- Indesign, part 3
- Tutorial: Design a vinyl title
WEEK 4:
- Publication design: binding, book layout, cover design
- Typography II
- Text, paragraph and the grid
- Indesign, advanced
- Tutorial: Layout a
For further information, please visit: https://www.nodecenter.net/course/indesign
