Enthusiasms and EccentricitiesA passion for teaching and typographic i - PDF document

Enthusiasms and EccentricitiesA passion for teaching and typographic innovation are what €‚ƒ„ƒ …†€„ finds when she visits the Universit‡ du Qu‡bec ˆ Montr‡al. !"#$%"&%'(")*'+#",-("of"the"./0week"course"on"book"design"o1ered"to"third0year"students"in"the"graphic"design"program"at"the"Universit2"du"Qu2bec"3"Montr2al"456-789"Judith"Poirier"proposes"the":nal"assignment;"a"complete"book"ready"for"publicationTypically9"the"very"idea"is"formidable9"perplexing"and"seemingly"insurmountable"to"students"beginning"to"explore"the"visual"communication"of"ideas"through"type"and"print"in"book"formHowever9"rather"than"defeating"the"student9"the"intensity"and"enormity"of"the"challenge"fuels"the"creative":re=ere"is"no"safety"net"for"either"the"teacher"or"the"studentBoth"success"and"failure"will"endow"the"students"with"valuable"lessons"and"wisdom=e"assignment"propels"students"into"the"mindset"of"a"professional"book"designer"Students"are"forced"to"confront"the"uncertainty"of"the"unknown"as"well"as"their"own"individual"de:ciencies"in"knowledge"and"under0standing"Reliance"on"the"professor"as"a"guide"is"not"an"option"=eir"own"unique"creative"process"will"shape9"enlighten"and"inform"critical"inquiryImagination"is"stimulated"and"expectations"triggered"in"the"teacher"and"the"students"in"anticipation"of"the"result"at"the"end"of"termEach"project"is"personal"to"the"student"Various":eld"trips"such"as"to"the"rare"books"and"artists&#x-9.9;錗"books"collections"of"the"Biblioth?que"et"Archives"nationales"du"Qu2bec"4@-C689"lectures9"invited"guests"4bookbinder9"editor9"professional"book"designer89"suggested"readings9"hands0on"exercises9"individual"study"and"short0term"projects"transform"the"collective"experience"of"the"class"as"a"whole"along"the"way#$%"D-#$%'*!D" )"7('*-,"*,%-+=e"teaching"methodology"is"organic9"evolving"through"a"series"of"phases"=e":rst"task9"of"choosing"a"subject9"consistently"proves"to"be"the"most"diFcult"What"passionately"interests"the"student"and"will"sustain"their"interestG"=e"next"step"demands"rigour"in"the"gathering"of"information9"the"idea"being"to"ªexhaustº"the"chosen"subject"Kuring"this"phase"the"subject"may"be"re:ned"or"change"completely=e"students"quickly"learn"that"wriLen"texts"and"acknowledged"authorities"are"not"the"only"sources"for"comprehensive"research"=ey"are"encouraged"to"adopt"a"technique"of"uncensored9"non0judgmental"observation"and"information"gathering"in"a"variety"of"contexts"by"documenting"lived"experiences"in"words"and"images"Original"thoughts"and"ideas"surface"in"myriad"physical"and"emotional"responses"to"colour9"form9"shape9"temperature9"time9"space9"sound9"silence9"light9"dark9"smell"=e"creative"process"evidenced"by"Neorges"Perec"in"his"A!empt at Exhausting a Place in Paris"or"Raymond"Queneau&#x-9.9;阐s"Exercises in Styleis"the"aLitude"of"examination"and"enquiry"used" Judith Poirier. 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(Laurent Gu"rin photo) P‰x"Archive"Š"€orrespondanceby Emanuel Cohen.