Raeann Van Zee

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2D Compositional Form Exercises
 A series of iterative form-making exercises meant to introduce students to the fundamentals of graphic composition with an emphasis on observations, process, hierarchy, and abstration. The class concluded with a collaborative book and series of posters that documented their work, which we exhibited at the UIC School of Design Winter Show. 
Student Work
2D Form Studio - 100 level

Typographic Exercises
Various typographic exercises meant to explore both the expressive and legible potential of type. 

Student Work
Typography - 200 level

Typographic Terms Deck
Designing systems and familiarizing students with typographic terminology through card design.

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Typography - 200 level
Poster Project
Designing a tryptic of posters that responds to the work of one of the lectured upon designers. The tryptic should include a variety of information, such as biographical information of selected designer, and advertisement of said designer’s speaking engagement.

Project Document Student Work
Into to Graphic Design - 200 level

Publication Project
This project introduces publication design, and working with a large body of text/image. Students selected an article from AIGA’s Eye on Design, or Visible Language Journal, and created a short publication that housed the content of the article.

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Student Work
Intro to Graphic Design - 200 level

Information Design Project
Students are introduced to information design and data visualization through this project. After collecting data on a topic of their choice, students designed a collection of visuals that interpret that data in different ways, and finally designed a publication that combines their visualizations and a corresponding piece of text.

Project Document Student Work
Intermediate Graphic Design - 300 level

Collections Project
A freeform design project that begins with an exploration of what documentation means, and how to find forms that feel authentic to content. Students first identified a collection (of items, writing, memories etc) to spend time documenting, and then created a design form in which to house and represent that collection. 

Project Document
Student Work
Intermediate Graphic Design - 300 level

Websites and Application Design
Website and application prototypes that respond to the prompts of A: representing a family of people or items through the navigational wireframes of a website, or B: identifying a specific interaction that happens when humans seek to acquire food, and creating an app inferace that responds to it.

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Student Work
Interaction Design - 300 level

Design Research and Writing
This project serves to introduce students to design research and writing and consider how that integrates with a design practice. Through a series of shortform writing promopts, students identified a designer to spend an extended period of time researching, and wrote at length about that designer’s impact on the discipline of design, and the historical or social contexts they designed in. Students made connections to their own practices, and published their essays in a collaborative zine. 

Project Document Student Work
Intermediate Graphic Design - 300 level

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