• Instructor: Jo Lobdell
• Prerequisite: None
• Subject Number 4.s14
• Credits: 2-0-1
• Open to undergraduates and graduates.
• Software: InDesign

In this two-week series, students will learn to develop a design portfolio.

Week one will introduce skills for developing a complex graphic design project while prompting critical questions about how pages function as sites of organization and meaning. Students will examine principles of structure and composition as they begin shaping a framework to support the presentation of their design work. Alongside this, we will consider broader inquiries such as: What can a page be? How do designers construct relationships between text and image?

Week two extends these inquiries to the scale of the portfolio. Students will explore what a portfolio can be while working on sequencing projects and combining text and image to communicate ideas.

Students have the choice to participate in Week 1, Week 2, or both.

For more information contact Jo Lobdell (jlobdell[at]mit.edu).

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