PSAM
3035

Communication Design Studio: Books and Archives

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
CD Studio: Books and Archives
Spring 2025
Taught By: Paul Carlos
Section: A

CRN: 5236

Credits: 3

This course explores how to design for a fixed set of images and words that are meant to last for a long period of time. Discussions on how to interpret and structure content, how to think conceptually about form and content, how to think about the context of the book within an archive, and how to think about the design of archives themselves (both physical and digital) will be interwoven with studio exercises and book projects.

Open to: Bachelors or Associates degree in Communication Design majors, Communication Design minors, and Photography minors; others by permission of the program. Pre-requisite(s): PUCD 2025 Core 1: Typography Studio, or PSAM 1070 CD Foundations: Typography, or PACD 1100 Core 1: Typography. Note: this course was previously offered under the title Book Design.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 11:42pm EST 11/23/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Monday
Times: 12:10pm - 2:50pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/27/2025 - 5/12/2025
CD Studio: Books and Archives
Fall 2024
Taught By: Gerardo Madera
Section: A

CRN: 12073

Credits: 3

This course explores how to design for a fixed set of images and words that are meant to last for a long period of time. Discussions on how to interpret and structure content, how to think conceptually about form and content, how to think about the context of the book within an archive, and how to think about the design of archives themselves (both physical and digital) will be interwoven with studio exercises and book projects.

Open to: Bachelors or Associates degree in Communication Design majors, Communication Design minors, and Photography minors; others by permission of the program. Pre-requisite(s): PUCD 2025 Core 1: Typography Studio, or PSAM 1070 CD Foundations: Typography, or PACD 1100 Core 1: Typography. Note: this course was previously offered under the title Book Design.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 11:42pm EST 11/23/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 9:00am - 11:40am
Building: Parsons 2 W 13th
Room: 1101
Date Range: 8/28/2024 - 12/4/2024
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