Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Teaching Design Concepts through Letterpress

Kelemen, Robert Laszlo

Abstract Details

2013, MFA, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information / School of Visual Communication Design.
Teaching Design Concepts through Letterpress Are tactile and visual demonstrations using letterpress equipment useful in teaching basic design concepts to undergraduate graphic design students? College freshmen have grown up with the computer as a learning tool. While design programs teach software specific to the trade, most students arrive on campus having used the computer for research, writing, creative endeavors and social communication for most of their elementary and secondary education. But does this early introduction of technology into design curricula having an impact on the teaching of basic design principles? As an instructor in basic type and design classes, I have found that a visit to the letterpress lab helps students better grasp typographic terms. Could demonstrations on letterpress equipment help undergraduate students better understand and retain basic design concepts? Is there a place for old technology to coexist in a curriculum with current technologies? In order to understand if a tactile demonstration would be helpful in foundation design courses, this thesis includes a survey of freshmen design majors to discern their selfreportedlearning styles, art background and other pertinent information. Also included in this thesis is a survey of university and college design programs concerning how their letterpress facilities are being utilized. This thesis proposes and documents four projects demonstrating basic design concepts on letterpress equipment.
Jerry Kalback, M.S. (Advisor)
AnnMarie LeBlanc, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
David Middleton, M.A. (Committee Member)
62 p.

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Kelemen, R. L. (2013). Teaching Design Concepts through Letterpress [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1371736745

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kelemen, Robert. Teaching Design Concepts through Letterpress. 2013. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1371736745.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kelemen, Robert. "Teaching Design Concepts through Letterpress." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1371736745

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)