Project

Project 05 Step 04
Grid Book: Second Draft

What are we doing?

Design the second draft of the Grid Book.

Why are we doing it?

To continue to develop a functional knowledge of grid base design.

How are we going to do it?

Save a new version of the first draft and begin working on the second draft.

• Save a new version of your working document.
• Seek your teams feedback.
• Produce a draft that includes all elements, including page numbers.

Links showing examples of grid-based design:

• The Grid System.org
• Lundgren+Lindqvist
• gridness.net/

Links showing examples of editorial design. When searching for examples, pay close attention to the design that is type only:

• Images from a Google search for “editorial design”
• abduzeedo.com/taste-editorial-design-inspiration
• Editorial-Design-Bluszcz-Magazine
• Moving-Buildings-On-sustainable-office-buildings
• gridness.net/
• the-grid-editorial-design-for-wired-by-christy

Process Blog Post

After you have completed all of the steps listed above for this lesson, you are ready to complete your process blog post. Blogposts should be structured like a presentation with a beginning, middle and end. Each step will involve it's own process and its own unique challenges and successes. Introduce the assignment, talk about what worked for you and what didn't, explain which of your solutions are working using design principles to back it up. If you have specific questions about how to move forward, you can ask them in the blogpost.

Please include the following in your blog post:

• Write a 200-word blog post that includes a JPEG image of your second draft exported from Adobe InDesign.
• Copy the text from the blog post and paste it into Project 05 workbook.
• Include paragraph breaks, subheads or other typographic elements to make the post visually accessible.
• The post should be designed and encourage a reader to engage.

• Why it is important to use a grid when designing multiple page layouts?
• Include a featured image

Once the Process Blog Post is complete, submit a link to the post in I-Learn. To submit the link in I-Learn, click P5S4 link in the left navigation and then click on the Open button at the bottom of the I-Learn window.

After you have submitted your assignment in I-Learn, you will need to provide feedback to your team members in WordPress. Your feedback to team members will be on the following areas:

• Idea: Rate the uniqueness of the overall idea. Is it ordinary and expected or original and unexpected?
  • 1–3 pts: unimaginative – confusing
  • 4–6 pts: ok – great
  • 7–10 pts: great – amazing
• Formal design choices: Rate how well the design principles are used.
  • 1–3 pts: unimaginative – confusing
  • 4–6 pts: ok – great
  • 7–10 pts: great – amazing
• Typography: Rate font choice, size, kerning and spacing, add to the communication of the concept.
  • 1–3 pts: not at all
  • 4–6 pts: doesn’t help or hurt
  • 7–10 pts: significantly adds to the overall communication
• Portfolio: Would you put this in your portfolio? Base this on the quality of the work, not whether it would be appropriate for your personal portfolio.
  • 1–3 pts: no
  • 4–6 pts: maybe with changes
  • 7–10 pts: yes with no changes – absolutely
• Blog Post: Rate the quality of blog post.
  • 1–3 pts: messy, unclear, major errors
  • 4–6 pts: understandable, organized, rambling, spelling or grammar errors
  • 7–10 pts: clear, thoughtful, engaging, free from errors

You should list the item, your rating, and any comments you had to help your team member improve. Your feedback on process blog posts will not be used as part of their grade but will help you to teach one another to improve their work.