• Inspirations (must include a minimum of TEN annual reports or booklets for inspiration – Pinterest board) due | Wednesday | Week 14. (12.3.14)
• Research (Delicious -10 tags) | due on Wednesday | Week 14. (12.3.14)
• Hand drawn wireframes | due on Wednesday | Week 14. (12.3.14)
• Photoshop wire frames of ALL your pages | due on Wednesday | Week 14.  (12.3.14)
• First complete layout in InDesigin | due on Wednesday | Week 14.  (12.3.14)
• IF YOU WANT MY FEEDBACK, SUBMIT YOUR SECOND COMPLETE ITERATION BY Wednesday | Week 15. (12.10.14)
• December 10: NO CLASS – Wednesday designated as a Friday – Wednesday | Week 15
• Project due on 12.17.14

12-page Booklet – The assignment is to create a booklet, to be used as a mailer for the  non-profit Charity Water OR any of the non-profits listed here.

• The project will incorporate InDesign, Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
• Project must be submitted with following items: Research, Inspiration, Conceptual Sketches (hand-drawn & Photoshop), Preliminary Comps, and Final Designs. You will be graded separately on each phase of your project. You will be submitting your final design as a digital files on your project page, and in your DropBox folder.

•  Incorporate all the skills you’ve learned this semester to create a 12-page booklet that highlights the non-profit Charity Water.
  Note: This document must include the following at a minimum:
  • Nonprofit name and logo
  • Images
  • Text
  • Graphics
  No two pages should be designed in the same layout. No images or headlines should be repeated. No dummy text should be used.
  Size: 8.5×11 vertical or horizontal format. Download the printer template here.
  Requirements
  Your Final Project combines all of the class lessons on creating an appropriate and functioning layout for a document. The InDesign project requires you to create a 12-page booklet for Charity Water or other non-profit. You may use Photoshop and Illustrator in this project, but the final layout must be in InDesign. You MUST also include a write-up of the project when turning in your digital files.
  Items to be Turned in
  1. Research/Inspiration
  2. Wireframes
  3. Thumbnails of each page layout. (All layout on ONE page)
  4. Full page layout of each page.
  5. Your written description on your project page and in your DropBox folder.
  6. All files in a folder with your name placed on your DropBox.
  7. The final project (in PDF and InDesign).
  Written Document – 600 word minimum
  A written description that summarizes the design concepts and work on the project is due at the same time. The Project Written Descriptions should include proper punctuation and grammar practice. You are highly encouraged to proofread your work.

  Your presentation and write-up should answer the following questions:

  • Describe the use of the document.
  • Describe the audience the document will be used for.
  • Describe the reasons for laying out the document the way you did and how its layout fits the audience it is intended for.

  • Discuss the following design principles and how you created them as part of your write-up:

  1. —center of interest
  2. —unity
  3. —contrast
  4. —balance
  5. —eye movement
  6. —other means you employed to make the document work and how it improved the your document’s communication and overall look.

  • Describe any problems you had in producing and formatting the document and how you solved them, or why you could not solve them.
  • Discuss how you would do this document differently, if you had time to do it over, and why.
  • Describe what you learned of significance while doing this project.

  PLEASE NOTE: The paper must be written in complete paragraphs. A list that gives the information asked for in the requirements for the write-up will not be accepted.  Written descriptions must adhere to rules of grammar and punctuation.

  NOTE: To review Punctuation and Grammar Rules, you might want to examine the Owl website, sponsored by Purdue University:

  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html.