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Close Looking

Look closely at the images on the next two slides and consider:

What are some of the choices the graphic designers made in these two examples?

What do you notice about how the artists used size and scale?�What do you notice about the placement and the character of the letters?�How are the letters arranged?

How do these choices add meaning to the images?

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Close Looking: Magazine Design

This is a design created for a special edition �of The Atlantic magazine.

Rick Grifiths for The Original Champions of Design, Martin Luther King Jr. special edition, The Atlantic, March 1, 2018

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Close Looking: Poster Design

Rick Griffith, �Black Lives Matter poster project, 2020

Rick Griffith (@rickgriffith). �I For Fine Acts

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Sketchbook

Think about the word you designed that expresses something about you.

What other ways could you change it to add impact?

Would you repeat it? Would you group the letters in a special way? �How would you place it on a page?

Use your sketchbook as a place to experiment and play with more ideas.

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Writing

Write about one choice that you made.

How would you explain the reason for this choice to someone else?

Pretend you are making a proposal for a poster design and need to convince your fellow artists to use your idea.

Describe your thinking and why your design is effective.

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Anne-Marie McIntyre Josef Zutelgte Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Jamie Powell Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson