Jason's Design E-Portfolio

Week 1 - Week 5  Jason Ong Ngie Min (0324104) Publishing 2 : Mass Communication  Project 1: The Book. (Part 1 : Content Generating) Lecture 1 : Format  The first lecture of the module talks about introduction of formats, understanding of typography, sense of space , details and good understanding of publishing software. The lecture then goes on with a brief study about historical formats through different civilizations. Outcomes from the lecture: Study history of publishing carefully  To create a book, it takes a long time (6 months- 1 year) Pick up typography and publishing book. Format is key!  New technology creates opportunity  Innovation always shadows technology  Lecture 2 : History of Print  The lecture was started with the history of prints that is started from China, Korea and Germany. Also, the lecturer gave a brief insight on how print has a large impact till this very day and explained the origins of movable typ...

Week 1 - Week 9 Jason Ong Ngie Min (0324104) Publishing 2 : Mass Communication  Exercises Instructions: Exercises   Individual Work  (20%)   The Brief Exercises. Duration of Assignment 8 Weeks (Briefing on Week 1) DEADLINE Week 9 (22 May 2017) Description Throughout the beginning and the middle of the semester, exercises will be prescribed at various phases of the module. These exercises will aid and benefit you in your quest to gain theoretical and practical knowledge in book design that will inform you whilst completing various phases of the modules projects. All exercises prescribed are to be completed and documented (labelled, clean, clear & concise) in your ePortfolio and Hardcopy portfolio respectively. The exercises are as follows: 1)  Text formatting  2)  Mock-up making  3)  Signature folding systems (8+8=16)  4)  Classical Grid structure...