Assignment 01
Collection: Catalog

Type Lock-up Refinements
From your first round of type lock-up designs, select one and create 3 new variations that further explore its central idea and refine its visual expression. Explore compositional variations, subtle changes in type size and weight, and consider the benefit of adding color (color is optional). Don’t select 3 wholly new fonts for your 3 new variations at this stage (this would make them too different). Work with the one you have chosen or something similar if you haven’t quite found what you’re looking for.

Collection Catalog
Create a collection catalogue, 8.5×11 inches. Your collection catalog should include a cover design, a table of contents and category title pages (if your collection is organized by categories), page numbers, and a short statement introducing your collection (approx. 200 words) – either at the beginning or end of the book, and 10 of your 50 objects represented. For next week, bring your catalog to class, full scale and trimmed to size, printed and hang your work as spreads.

To recap, your catalog must include:
• 10 of your 50 documented objects
• cover design
• contents page & category title pages (if applicable)
• page numbers
• collection statement






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