Show you're not a robot. Introduction to poster design

The computer is fundamental to the work of a designer nowadays, but we often forget about our hands, and the infinite possibilities offered to us by drawing, trimming, gluing, smudging...Show you’re not a robot! We’ll design posters, drawing on manual techniques and materials, leaving the computer for the final phase of the process.

Workshop programme:

First session:

- Presentation: Estudio Primo
- Explanation of final stage of the workshop
- Introductory practical exercise: ways of making a circle
- Examples of posters and designs

Second session:

- Exercise 1: texture design
- Examples of use of textures
- Scanning of results from exercise 1

Third session:

- Exercise 2: poster design
- Discussion of variables to be considered when designing a poster
- Advice for subsequent scanning of designs
- Submission of materials and textures from exercise 1 in order to carry out exercise 2

Fourth session:
- Finishing exercise 2
- Scanning work and using computers to make finishing touches
- Summary and discussion

Note: the workshop will last four days, and it is strongly recommended to attend everyday in order to take advantage of the contents tackled. If you cannot come one of the days, please write here: ubik@tabakalera.eu