Abstract:
In this manuscript, the reflection of typographic expression training methods such as integration, resolution, transposition, disintegration, and lettering on students’ design and learning processes was strived to be analyzed. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used altogether. The study group comprised of senior year Azad University Graphic and Architecture Faculty Visual Communication and Art students (10) who took the “Project Appliance” course. The group consists of volunteering students with elementary typography knowledge and typography skills who have not previously brought out creative, original, and new typography works. Students have designed posters as products before and after the training of typographic expression ways, respectively. Three experts graded the posters using a scoring rubric and answer key prepared by analysts. Evaluation results were analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. A semi-structured interview was conducted after the training, and the data obtained were resolved by content analysis. By the research results, the products of students who have participated in the education of expression methods in typography were successful. Students have expressed to have progressed both professionally and personally. Themes such as creativity, feeling well, self-confidence, satisfaction appeared in content analysis consisting of interview notes.
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Typographic Expressions in Graphic Design Education Touradj Fashandakia*, Gülgün Alpanb aIslamic Azad University, Shabestar Branch, Department of Architecture and Art, Shabestar, Iran bGazi University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Ankara 06500, Turkey Received 29 July 2020; revised 20 August 2020; accepted 10 September 2020 Abstract In this manuscript, the reflection of typographic expression training methods such as integration, resolution, transposition, disintegration, and lettering on students’ design and learning processes was strived to be analyzed.
By the research results, the products of students who have participated in the education of expression methods in typography were successful.
The subject of this manuscript consists of the education of graphic design students to strengthening typographic expression and being more creative.
Literature surveying (Mesghali, 2011; Sarikavak, 2014; Skolos & Wedell, 2006; Tselentis, 2011; White, 2005; Willen & Strals, 2009) and the typographic expression ways determined and preferred by experts are integration, resolution, transposition, disintegration, and lettering.
This study investigates the effect of instruction of typographic expression ways to students on the students’ design and learning process.
The effects of creative typography practices in graphic design education on students’ metacognitive skills and products through experimental design were investigated by Tarlakazan (2011) using a control group.
The first author of this manuscript who teaches typography and graphic atelier courses in Iran at Azad University Art and Architecture Faculty has trained the students himself during this process.
3. Findings In this manuscript, the reflection of typographic expression training methods on students’ design and learning processes was analyzed.