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Poster in InDesign

Design a poster series for a lecture about your translation animal/insect/plant.

Pick a Zoo
Your poster will be for a specific lecture at a specific zoo.

Choose a zoo that has your animal.

You must gather:

1. Full Zoo Name
2. Zoo Address
3. Zoo hours of operation
4. Time and Date of Event in the year 2017

Scholar
Find a real scholar who has written and lectured about your animal or insect or plant.

Write

The name of the lecture and the speaker

A blurb about the lecture that summarizes the subject of the talk —20-30 words.

Design

Design a poster that advertises your event. The poster must include all information about the zoo and event and the translation you choose to use from project #6.  The design should be colorful, exciting and dynamic.

The poster must include the following:

1. Information (see above)
2. Translation
3. 3 PMS Colors
4. Visual Texture: this is a background element that supports and informs the foregrounded elements. Can be abstracted, photographic, linear, translucent, etc.

Program
Adobe InDesign

Typefaces
Garamond, Baskerville, Didot, Century, or Helvetica

Colors

Three PMS colors from the Pantone Solid Coated collection

Dimensions
10″ x 16″ vertical, 16″ x 10″ horizontal, 10″ x 10″ square

Due Sunday, April 9 by 9pm

Blog Post
category: ‘translation poster text’

Post the complete text of your poster to the blog.
Your Name as Title, Your Zoo name, Address, Hours of Operation, Lecture name, Speaker, Blurb of subject of lecture, Date & Time

Due Tuesday, April 11

Create a 10″ x 16″ zoo poster using your text and translations.
Three colors only (tints are ok) + white
Consider overlaying translations for visual effect.
Consider your other translations tinted in the background.
No photographs.
Use only the five classic typefaces.
Let the type structure itself. Think of hierarchy of type.
Using InDesign only.
Print 11″×17″ color at Redball with crop marks and trim to size. Ready to crit on wall. Export as a PDF under the File Menu.

Due Thursday, April 13

Two other posters using all the same information.
Sizes are 16″ x 10″ horizontal and 10″x10″ square.
Use a different translation for each design.
Print 11″×17″ color at Redball with crop marks and trim to size. All three ready to crit on wall. Export as a PDF under the File Menu.

Due Tuesday, April 18

All three poster due ONSCREEN ONLY! All changes made for one last look in class. NO PRINT OUTS NEEDED!

Due Thursday, April 20

All three posters, printed, trimmed and in manilla envelope.
PDF to dropbox folder 08 Poster titled: 08_Postervertical_lastname.pdf, 08_Posterhorizontal_lastname.pdf, 08_Postersquare_lastname.pdf