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Marrying Words and Design at Whitworth

Posted by Rick Hosmer on March 11 2010| 0 Comments

Yesterday had the opportunity to speak to a class at Whitworth University. These students are learning about designing and editing a literary publication or journal. The class is taught by Thom Caraway. Annie Stillar (who now works in the English Department at Whitworth) recommended to Thom that I speak with his class.

We had an interesting discussion about the relationship with design and writing... how the two must be married in order to convey a consistent and credible presentation to the reader. Using industry stories and examples from our website and sketches on a whiteboard, I explained different options for developing a personality of a publication and how design, layout, font, color, paper and other elements can attract readers and set the stage for the desired message of the text.

It was fun having this dialog with the professor and students. Hopefully, they left the class with a better understanding of the power and influence of design and how it should be an integral (and first-level) component of any written publication.

It was especially nice to see Annie again, have a tour of her new place of employment and laugh together like we did daily when she worked at Klündt | Hosmer.