Teaching Graphic Design: Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

"Glad this book exists" according to Jenny Ng. Am I glad there is a book like this out here in the graphic design world. I'm teaching advanced Graphic Design for the first time and to be honest, I only had a slight idea on how to get started. The sample syllabus at first seems a little thin, but then you realize that its sole purpose was to present how other teachers approach courses in a linear, step-by-step manner. They not only serve as guidelines around how you can build your sessions during the semester but also inspire and clarify what you have in your own mind for the class. This book is tremendously helpful t. Goofymini said Four Stars. Fun examples of projects.. Did not meet my expectation! No. I got the book under the impression it is helpful for high school level. But found out it is not, it is more suitable for college level. Which was disappointing!

Highlights featured in Teaching Graphic Design include * "Flash Intensive" by Natalie Zee, Susan Harris, Anna McMillan, and Josh Ulm * "Corporate Culture and Alternative Visions" by Maud Lavin and Sol Sender * "Music Design" by Stefan Sagmeister * "Service Learning: Connecting Community and Design" by Elisabeth Charman and Susan Agre-Kippenhan * Graphic Design Thesis: A Survivor’s Guide by Michael Vanderbyl, Leslie Becker, Jennifer Morla, Karen Fiss, Bob Aufuldish, and Mark Fox * "Professional Practices in Design" by Terry Stone "Knowing how other designers teach" is one of the most frequently expressed needs among today’s design educators. Heller, who sifted through several hundred syllabi before making his choice, praises educators for their cooperative attitude: "When asked to submit to this volume not one teacher balked. With Teaching Graphic Design, designers have the opportunity to see how their peers across the U.S. manage to teach demanding subject matter, enga

Teaching Graphic Design, Second Edition, contains syllabi that are for all practicing designers and design educators who want to enhance their teaching skills and learn how experienced instructors and professors teach varied tools and impart the knowledge needed to be a designer in the current environment.This second edition is newly revised to include thirty-plus new syllabi by a wide range of professional teachers and teaching professionals who address the most current concerns of the graphic design industry, including product, strategic, entrepreneurial, and data design as well as the classic image, type, and

He is the recipient of the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement and the Smithsonian National Design Award for “Design Mind.” . The author or editor of more than 170 books on design, culture, and satiric art, he writes the Daily Heller (printmag/daily-heller) for Print magazine and contributes to Design Observer, Eye, Wired, and the Atlantic. Steven Heller is cochair