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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: August 2009
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Tuesday, 25 August 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Contextual and Theoretical Studies. Level 5 (Year Two). Level 6 (Year Three). CTS Moodle Level 4 (Year One). BA (Hons) Graphic Design. Contextual and Theoretical Studies.
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: January 2010
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Tuesday, 19 January 2010. Choose one of the essay questions below and produce a preliminary bibliography (in Harvard) of 5 books, from the Leeds College of Art library, that you think may be useful. Include a library reference also (e.g. MIL 709.12). Is it possible to describe any aspect of graphic design today as post-modern(ist)? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: Portfolio Task 2- On Popular Music
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Friday, 19 November 2010. Portfolio Task 2- On Popular Music. Quickly read Adorno's (1941) article 'On Popular Music' (links below). In no more than a few paragraphs, summarise his ideas on pop music, concentrating on key points such as 'standardisation', 'psuedo-individualisation' etc. If you are struggling, here's an example I found to get you thinking.
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: Portfolio Task 5- Sustainability & Capitalism
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Wednesday, 9 March 2011. Portfolio Task 5- Sustainability and Capitalism. Read the text- Balser, E (2008) 'Capital Accumulation, Sustainability and Hamilton Ontario'. We have copies in the CTS office, 115. Write a 500 word critical summary of the text which explicitly adresses the following questions. How is sustainability defined in the text? Level 5 (Year Two).
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: Portfolio Task 6- Theory Into Practice
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Wednesday, 9 March 2011. Portfolio Task 6- Theory Into Practice. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contextual and Theoretical Studies. Level 5 (Year Two). Level 6 (Year Three). CTS Moodle Level 4 (Year One). BA (Hons) Graphic Design. Portfolio Task 6- Theory Into Practice. Portfolio Task 5- Sustainability and Capitalism. Portfolio Task 4- Communication Theory.
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: March 2010
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Monday, 1 March 2010. Portfolio Task 4 (Semiotic Analysis). Write a semiotic analysis comparing 2 similar images (or texts. To use the correct semiotic terminology) of your choosing, ideally a piece of graphic design. The analysis only has to be about 250-500 words but you must attempt to use key semiotic language such as denote, connote, signify.
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: Portfolio Task 4- Communication Theory
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Wednesday, 9 March 2011. Portfolio Task 4- Communication Theory. Use Shannon and Weaver's model of the communication process to write a 300-400 word analysis of a work of Graphic Design. Comment on the ways in which the piece of Graphic Design attempts to communicate to a specific audience, using techniques of redundancy, entropy or noise. Level 5 (Year Two).
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12: November 2010
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BAGD CTS LEVEL 05 (Year 2) 09-12. Contextual and Theoretical Studies, Graphic Design Level 5 (Year Two)- Seminar tasks, links and Student Blogs. Friday, 19 November 2010. Portfolio Task 2- On Popular Music. Quickly read Adorno's (1941) article 'On Popular Music' (links below). In no more than a few paragraphs, summarise his ideas on pop music, concentrating on key points such as 'standardisation', 'psuedo-individualisation' etc. If you are struggling, here's an example I found to get you thinking.