Evaluation Of Newspaper Design Applications Made Within The Desktop Publishing Course Based On The Views Of Graphic Design Department Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (60) ◽  
pp. 1411-1418
Author(s):  
Ayşe Derya KAHRAMAN
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Desktop Publishing

Avoiding Desktop Disasters: Why Technical Communication Students should Learn about Mechanical Paste up Techniques

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-295
Author(s):  
Madelyn Flammia
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Technical Communication ◽  
White Space ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Desktop Publishing ◽  
Publishing Program ◽  
Principles Of Design ◽  
Page Design

Today many students learn how to use desktop programs such as PageMaker and Ventura in technical communication courses; however, few of those students are also learning the principles of graphic design underlying the production of mechanicals. The ability to use a desktop publishing program does not necessarily guarantee the ability to produce well-designed and effective documents. In fact, the growing use of desktop publishing software has led to a proliferation of documents that violate all the rules of good design. This article describes a technical publications course in which students gain a better understanding of the principles of design and layout by using mechanical paste up techniques. When required to use mechanical paste up in addition to desktop publishing software, students acquired a more thorough understanding of grids and white space as well as a greater confidence in their abilities to do page design.

ANALISIS VISUAL PADA SAMPUL DEPAN MAJALAH DESAIN GRAFIS “CONCEPT” EDISI ULTAH PERDANA (Sebuah Kajian Semiotika)

DeKaVe ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prayanto WH
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Content Information ◽  
Magazine Cover

Magazine is one of the forms of mass media that has fungsikomunikasi to convey information to mass audiences. The cover is an important element because it is through cover / cover one can guess the contents of the magazine, as well as further interested to know further information contained therein. On a magazine cover consists of drawings and writings are arranged in such a way that looks interesting and has meaning Press publications, especially magazines, today's not enough just to rely on the quality of news or manuscript, although verbal aspect is very important. It must be recognized that the visual aspects (design) as the cover / envelope has crucial role to capture the prospective reader. For the cover of a magazine is a window that shows the content information, can be either a text or photographs, illustrations, and design elements. The function of a magazine cover is to attract, dazzle prospective readers, by way influence the thoughts flow in a short time. So it's no wonder much current the magazine publisher who made the cover of such a way as to attract the attention of prospective readers. Thus the task of designers to magazine cover to create designs that attract the attention of the reader becomes increasingly severe. This study tries to analyze a visual on the front cover Magazine Graphic Design 'Concept' birthday inaugural edition by using the Roland Barthes' semiotic approach. As Roland Barthes (1984), any simple "design work (magazine cover)" continue to play in management of the sign. So that will generate a message (image) specific. Design cover, usually contains the elements of the sign in the form of objects, context of the environment, people or other beings who provide meaning to objects, and text (of writing) that reinforce the meaning.Keyword: cover, magazine Concept, semiotics

Peculiarities of the national Ukrainian culture in the artistic design of the publications of Kharkov cooperative publishing house «Rukh»

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Надія Подоляка
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Soviet Power ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
History Of ◽  
Graphic Elements ◽  
Visual Materials ◽  
Artistic Product

The purpose of the article is to investigate the peculiarities of the national Ukrainian culture in the artistic design of the editions of the Kharkov cooperative publishing house «Rukh». Research methods: Empirical-theoretical methods of analysis, synthesis, deduction are used. From the theoretical methods, a description and interpretation is applied. The use of these methods made it possible to prove that the publications of the Kharkov cooperative publishing house «Rukh» are a highly cultured artistic product, shrouded in the aura of the traditions of Ukrainian culture. It is proved that in the 20-ies. XX century. around the «Rukh» united a circle of like-minded writers, critics, editors, illustrators. Book covers were made by M. Samokish, S. Borovoy, V. Krichevsky. It is established that in the graphic design of the editions the editors used font ensembles, decorative elements and other visual materials created by the most prominent representatives of the artistic circles, in which the Ukrainian tradition is traced. In the design of covers used a variety of frames, ornaments of vegetable origin, stylized with letters. At the same time, minimalism of forms, compositions in a black and white version was quite common. Attention is focused on the works of the famous graphs of the era of the Ukrainian revival, created by the order of the Kharkiv cooperative publishing house «Rukh». The features of the national Ukrainian culture in the artistic design of publications are analyzed. Illustrations, graphic elements, style of execution and technique of the Ukrainian artists cooperating with the publishing house are characterized. The study significantly expands the view on publishing at the stage of the formation of Soviet power. The results can be used to write textbooks and teaching aids on cultural studies, the history of publishing and the history of Ukraine.

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