TYPE AS IMAGE: FALL 24
Prof. Mary Banas
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at
Tufts University

Tu 8:30AM–2:00PM
230 Fenway: B211A

When contacting me, copy my personal email for best results:
mbanas01(at)tufts.edu
mary.banas(at)gmail.com

Office Hours: 
Fridays from 12–1pm, on zoom
203.641.5386

How to make an appointment:
https://calendly.com/mary-banas/office-hours
please book this by 9am on Fridays, email me to give me a heads up that you have booked it.

Graphic Arts Area Instagram
Permissions doc for GRA IG is here  Syllabus
01 Description
02 Learning Outcomes
03 Assignments
04 How We Work
05 Studio Culture

Tufts University Policies
CalendarBriefs01 Alphabet Book
02 Studio Experiments
03 Poster
04 Sequence Readings

Tutorials (including how to print!)

Resources

Review Boards: Advice

Talks Drive
Index

Type as Image

Readings  (and other cool stuff)


Most of the readings live here:
https://www.are.na/mary-banas/type-as-image-readings



The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Manual for Visual Communication (PDF)

Reading this whole book is great! Here is the recommended reading for the “STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: IMAGE” work:

Pages 66-76 in the PDF (it is set up as spreads, that’s why)
Page numbers in the book are 129-149
Chapter “SYMBOLS AND ICONS”Recommended blogs / websites:

The Creative Independent
https://thecreativeindependent.com

It’s Nice That
https://www.itsnicethat.com

AIGA Eye on Design (not posting new articles, but has an archive)
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org

Design Observer
https://designobserver.comPodcasts:

99% Invisible

The Design of Business | The Business of Design

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Scratching the Surface with Jarrett Fuller



PLACES IN BOSTON

https://ksmallgallery.com/



© Mary Banas,  Fall 2024School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Universitysmfa.tufts.edu