Sunday, August 23, 2009

Semiotics Lecture

In the semiotics lecture I learned that semiotics is about what things mean. It has to do with someone understanding symbols and the reasons they have the meanings that they do. The example of the symbol of a man meaning Restroom really showed the way in which people assign a common and universal meaning to a simple symbol. I found it very helpful the way the sign could be broken up into two separate parts, the signifier, or the form the thing being represented is in, and the signified, or the meaning given to that image. We are surrounded by signs all the time and it is fascinating to think of them in this way.

College Courses

I am a sophomore Graphic Design major. In my Freshman year I took Drawing 1, Design 1, Ideas and the Visual Arts, Drawing 2, Design 2, Painting 2, and Fundamentals of Printing Processes. This semester I am taking Intro to Graphic Design and Illustration, Typography, and Art History urvey 1.
These are the classes I plan on taking for the rest of my college career and when:
Sophomore-Second semester
Intro to printmaking
Art History Survey 2
Design 3
Logo/ Trademark Design
Junior- First Semester
Design for Advertising
Ceramics 1
Watercolor
Graphic Design elective?
Junior- Second Semester
Package Design
Contemporary Art and Design
Graphic Design elective?
Senior-First Semester
Publication Design
Art Elective?
Graphic Design elective?
Senior- Second Semester
Interactive Design
Studio Seminar
Artists in Contemporary society

Wednesday, August 19, 2009