A1 format poster (594 × 841 mm or 23.39 × 33.11").
Project guidelines:
As designers, how we curate content and orchestrate visual hierarchy inherently embeds meaning and narra- tive. You will design a poster that reauthors, reframes or redirects a timeline, creating a counter-narrative to traditional graphic design history (commonly referred to as “the canon”). The poster must function as both a source of information (name/title, date, location, short captions) and as a visually engaging expression of the framework by which you author your timeline. In your research you will communicate a position or stake a claim in designating one alternative lens for design history and your design should reinforce this message.
You may use two families of type. You will need to develop a grid and a typographic system that is flexible and accommodates the various types of content, therefore making the navigation of the materials easy and supporting an expressive and effective delivery. Number of colors is for you to determine with final approved by your instructor.
Typography and copywriting should be the central drivers of the design and vehicles for messaging. Sourced imagery can be used and manipulated. One image can be used per entry on your timeline (though an image is not always required). You may not generate your own images or illustrations.
Your project should include a total of 20 entries. You will use the worksheets attached to research and assemble content for your poster.
14 entries that are design related: A designer or studio, work of design, design-related event, or relevant exhibition
6 entries that establish context
Social, political, and cultural conditions that relate to or impacted your topic, were a catalyst for work, or set the stage for a development in design history. This can also include technological innovation that affected the designers and how they work(ed).