Design School Confidential

Book description

Every great design school in the world is defined, in part, by the work of its students at any given time. The various project challenges given to a class determine the success of a school’s pedagogy, but also the ingenuity of its faculty and students.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. A: INTRODUCTION THE GOLD STANDARD
  5. 1 ANATOMY OF A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
    1. The Teacher’s Perspective
    2. The Student’s Perspective (1/2)
    3. The Student’s Perspective (2/2)
  6. 2 THE PROJECTS
    1. 1. Helvetica Nation: Maryland Institute College of Art
    2. 2. VCUQatar 10th Anniversary Publication: Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts in Qatar
    3. 3. Cradle to Grave: London College of Communication
    4. 4. Visual Identity for the 25th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design
    5. 5. On Trial: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
    6. 6. Product Identity: Alberta College of Art and Design (1/2)
    7. 6. Product Identity: Alberta College of Art and Design (2/2)
    8. 7. Locale: American University of Sharjah, School of Architecture and Design (1/2)
    9. 7. Locale: American University of Sharjah, School of Architecture and Design (2/2)
    10. 8. Turning Data into Information: Art Center College of Design
    11. 9. Sacral Design: Berlin University of the Arts
    12. 10. New Identity for the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna: Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna
    13. 11. Boston and Suzhou: A Cultural Concept Book Study: Boston University, School of Visual Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Suzhou Art and Design Technology Institute
    14. 12. Water, Politics, and Hope: Brigham Young University (1/2)
    15. 12. Water, Politics, and Hope: Brigham Young University (2/2)
    16. 13. Town of Split Workshop: Arts Academy of Split, Department of Visual Communications
    17. 14. My First Political Poster Design: Chile, the Other September 11th: Maryse Eloy School of Art, Paris, France; University of Art and Design Helsinki
    18. 15. To Die For: Fabrica, the Benetton Group Research Center
    19. 16. South African Stories: Red and Yellow School of Logic and Magic, Cape Town, South Africa
    20. 17. The Formal Language of a Display Typeface: Iceland Academy of the Arts
    21. 18. Visualizing Various Information Types across Multiple Channels: Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design
    22. 19. X Box: Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Visual Communication Design (1/2)
    23. 19. X Box: Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Visual Communication Design (2/2)
    24. 20. Breaking the Rules in Interactive Media Design: Yildiz Technical University, Department of Communication Design
    25. 21. Medical Information Design: University IUAV of Venice, Department of Art and Industrial Design
    26. 22. Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    27. 23. Illustrating a Fiction Spread: Missouri State University, Department of Art and Design
    28. 24. Prague Souvenirs: North Carolina State University, College of Design
    29. 25. User-Centered Communication: The University of the Arts
    30. 26. Creating Meaningful Graphics: Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Faculty of Industrial Design, Department of Visual Communication
    31. 27. Make a Chair: Portfolio Center
    32. 28. Books for Travel: Folkwang University Essen
    33. 29. Collage Poster Workshop: Rhode Island School of Design
    34. 30. Research Project: RMIT University, The Works, Communication Design
    35. 31. Undaunted Courage: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
    36. 32. Development of Type Families for Magazines: Senac University Center, Santo Amaro Campus
    37. 33. Type as Metaphor: State University of New York, Purchase College, School of Art and Design
    38. 34. Horsepower: School of Visual Arts
    39. 35. What Happened?: School of Visual Arts, MFA Designer as Author (1/2)
    40. 35. What Happened?: School of Visual Arts, MFA Designer as Author (2/2)
    41. 36. Think: The Credibility of Information in the Digital Age: Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Design
    42. 37. Listen Carefully: Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Design
    43. 38. Interactive Music or Musician’s Website: Temple University, Tyler School of Art
    44. 39. Beyond the Surface: Royal College of Art (1/2)
    45. 39. Beyond the Surface: Royal College of Art (2/2)
    46. 40. Pattern Magazine: University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts
    47. 41. Color y Carnaval: University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
    48. 42. The Transparent Cover: Autonomous Metropolitan University, Azcapotzako Campus
    49. 43. Reading the Urban Landscape: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Graphic Design Program
    50. 44. Comic Sequence: University of Technology, Sydney
    51. 45. Senior Degree Project in Graphic Design: The University of the Arts
    52. 46. Modular Type: University of Ulster, School of Art and Design
    53. 47. Communication Design Program: University of Washington, School of Art, Division of Design
    54. 48. Major Design Project: University of Wollongong, Faculty of Creative Arts, School of Art and Design
    55. 49. Graphic Design with Any Media: Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany; University of the Applied Arts, Institute of Design
    56. 50. The One: Hongik University, Department of Visual Communication Design
    57. 51. Stop Global Warming: Kookmin University, College of Design
    58. 52. Ways of Seeing (Sequential Image Making): University of Nicosia
    59. 53. Beatrice Warde and You: School of Visual Arts
  7. Directory (1/2)
  8. Directory (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: Design School Confidential
  • Author(s): Steven Heller, Lita Talarico
  • Release date: October 2009
  • Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781616736286