David Barringer

David Barringer teaches MFA design students at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and college students at Winthrop University. He teaches design writing and criticism, thesis projects, and a seminar covering a range of topics related to design and design culture.

April 4, 2012

VCOM 487: Let’s Wrap Up the Term!

Congratulations on your projects and your presentations! I am proud of all of you! You are pioneers! Let’s wrap up the term! 1. Deadlines to note: Midnight April 6 | Midnight April 9 | Friday April 13 | Friday April …

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March 29, 2012

Design Show, Design Shop: March 30!

< Design Show, Design Shop Come see. Come shop. This Friday at 11:00 a.m. in Rock Hill, SC, my twelve students in graphic design and illustration at Winthrop University are putting on a show. The seniors will talk about their …

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March 25, 2012

487: Thesis Presentations!

THIS WEEK! March 25-29 This week, you should prepare for your presentation on Friday. Write your talk, learn it, practice, and then bring notes but no fully written-out speech. You want to talk by moving through your slides and holding …

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February 5, 2012

X BOOKERS_Winthrop 487 S12

X BOOKERS Some of you are behind. Some of you are doing great. I am tracking when you miss class, when your blog entries are late, and how you are and are not doing. I am not deducting points, but …

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February 2, 2012

Winthrop 487 + 3/4/501_Updates

X2 Book | 487 We meet this Friday, Feb 3, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will discuss timeline and make sure everyone is on track. You should have three blog entries by Friday: (1) Break Update (2) Prototype Update (3) …

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January 23, 2012

Winthrop VCOM 487 S12_Meeting Times

Instructor Meetings | Friday January 27 Please bring your project prototype so that we can look at it and talk about it. We will focus on your project itself and how to make improvements and resolve any issues. We will …

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January 5, 2012

Shock Books, Volume 1: Beauty Shock!

Beauty Shock: Shock Books, Volume 1 | The Collected Excerpts of the First Shock Books | Fall 2011 | Winthrop University | Full Color | Softcover | 7.5″ x 7.5″ | 64 pages | For Sale at Lulu | In the fall of 2011, students in a pilot seminar at Winthrop University wrote, illustrated and designed their own Shock Books. This book features excerpts of their wonderful, exceptional work. At the start of the seminar, students chose narrower themes, which I …

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December 29, 2011

Winthrop Seniors_Early Timeline for Spring

Thesis Seniors: I know you’re on break, but as you work on your thesis, don’t forget you can email me with questions or ask for feedback. You can also ask each other! Here are some dates for the spring term. …

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November 30, 2011

Last Day of Class for X Books & Shock Books!

Last Day of Class! 10:00 AM, December 2, 2011 X Books Please bring your white binders with a full printout of all pages of your X Book. Black and white is fine. Please also bring a PDF of the X …

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November 15, 2011

All My Winthrop Students_Fall 2011_Final Countdown

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 9 am: Thesis X1 Books > We will (1) discuss the X1 Summary (please have a draft ready for this Friday); (2) talk about writing and rewriting; (3) go over turning in the PDFs of your X1 …

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October 30, 2011

VCOM 301/401/501 Seminar_Shock Books

THIRD TO LAST PAGE: Display Your Lettering or Type Name it. Show it. SECOND TO LAST PAGE: Short Explanatory Essay Everyone titles it “Concept and Form.” For example, I wrote this about my robo-book. Concept and Form We have been …

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October 30, 2011

VCOM 486_X1 Book Download

 Here is the link to the PDF template of the X1 Book due this term. Note that the last three pages explain the grading for the spring term, not this term. VCOM 486_X Project Syllabus_Barringer        

October 12, 2011

VCOM 301/401/501 Shock Books_Timeline

10/14: I catch up on everyone’s work. Please bring things for me to look at and things for us to talk about. I will choose students to present their work in progress on 10/21. 10/21: You begin to present your …

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October 12, 2011

VCOM 486_X1 Books_Timeline

10/14: We’ll deal with X9/X10 Client Letters and X5 Instructor Meetings and discuss X3 Collections and X11 Presentations. I will also try and pass out the white binders for your X1 Books. 10/21: Presentations begin. You will present what you have …

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September 23, 2011

VCOM 486 Thesis: Blog Links & Projects

Here are links to everyone’s blogs. I use Google’s Reader to keep up with everyone. Erinn | Matthew | Corrie Christopher | Beth Anna | Tori Jen | Jacob | Jillian Jade | Laurel | Leigh You’ve picked it. Now stick with it. Here are the (wonderfully varied) …

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