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Pratt Institute
Graduate Communications Design
Fall 2025
| Class Location | Steuben Hall, Room 409 |
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| Class Hours | 5:00pm -7:50pm, Every Tuesday |
| Instructor | Tanvi (she/her) |
| Instructor email | t[email protected] |
| Office Hours | By appointment only, email to schedule. |
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Each week, as you complete your readings, you should keep informal notes on each text in a reading log. Discuss what these texts mean to you and how they contribute to your understanding of textual form. You do’t hav to agree with everything! If you are critical of something, tell us why. You are free to experiment with formats until you find one that works best for you—but, as a guideline, each week’s entry should be roughly two pages in length. If you are going to use AI don’t bother. I don’t want to read AI slop. Please email me each week’s log entry by noon on Monday.
đź”— Project 1: Manifesto as System
| ✨ | In class crit |
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| Tool demo / code-along | Randomness & Conditionals. |
| Coding Train. 2.4-3.4 | |
| Further reading & resources | This weeks readings are mostly to give you a sense of what a Manifesto is, and how they pertain to Technology. |
- Stallman, R. GNU Manifesto. Skim, don’t have to read carefully. - Open Source Manifesto (Last page of GNU Manifesto pdf)
- Bliss, E. Time and Distance Overcome Content warning: Death.
Optional Reading: Skim these. I just want you to know about these as a resource.
| ✨ | Introductions! Getting set up. | | --- | --- | | Tool demo / code-along | 6:00 - 6:30: Workshop 1: Laser Cutting | | Tutorial Slides | 6:45 - 7:50: Tutorial | | Further reading & resources | - Reinfurt, David. 2021. A New Program for Graphic Design pg 19-42 pg 53-57. t as in tree.
Further Reading: https://www.instagram.com/p/C53MyGKLio4/. ice-cream typography. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0twn0UOKbG/. gestalt grouping. | | Assignment | Responsive Manifesto Line |