SART 17.23 Book Publication Lab
This special topics studio course will provide students an opportunity to engage in research, conceptualization, design thinking, and execution of collaborative print projects. Strategies in design research, investigation, form-making will all be discussed along with techniques in page layout, typography for book and editorial layouts, risography, zines, self-publishing, and bookmaking. It will function as a creative laboratory, providing an opportunity to be immersed in and mindful of a range of collaborative creative processes. Through fast-paced exercises, readings, and studio projects, students will develop skills to create with others and test the boundaries of ways to give form to new ideas and strategies to generate content. Outcomes will include both digital and analog print methods. This course is designed as an interdisciplinary exploration for students in studio art and from other departments such as english and creative writing, music, languages, and the sciences. Supplemental course fee required. Enrollment limited.