PROJECT 1 - THE LIBERATED PAGE
Welcome to the first major project! The WORDS exercise – with the development and feedback from students – has helped the class to use words to visually communicate the action of the word’s meaning. This has helped build communication skills for the LIBERATED PAGE project. BACKGROUND The printed page is the product of 500 year old technology. The organization of type and graphics results from the physical limitations of the printing press and the financial constraints imposed by the publisher. Historically, metal type and rectangular images are presented most economically when condensed into narrow columns and arranged in a grid. Design has thus been influenced by these limitations. Yet even as technology has afforded the designer more freedom in the use of text and visual imagery, print media continues to reflect tradition. Even Web pages mimic the form of the book. How to explore the potential of digital technology? Designers are still restricted by the frame of...