The challenge:  In this course your teacher would like you to consider yourself as an entrepreneur, artist, or activist of some type. That is, someone who is in the process of producing a service to sell at a profit or an idea that needs communicating.  This will not override our artistic nature but instead guide it in a sustainable manner.  Successful artists and activists are also entrepreneurs! This will serve to establish a certain discipline, as an entrepreneur is very concerned about time, image, resources, cost and profitability and use of time. In this challenge we will produce a variety of stationary for business and personal use.

Use Publisher as a layout and print programme and PhotoShop as an image creating/editing programme. You might find inspiring images on the internet that may be of value to your creation and you will use PhotoShop to create some of your own graphics. You must not use templates in this course as they lead to less learning outcomes and bland generic looking productions.   Cards will be set up in PhotoShop as follows 3.5 inches wide 2 inches high  @ RES = 150 or 300 DPI The use of templates is forbidden as your work will look generic and your skill level will remain low. Your picture should not appear on your card in this project. We will make personal cards and use yourself in that project.  Ask the teacher for a camera! Cards will be set up in PhotoShop as follows 3.5 inches wide 2 inches high  @ RES = 150 or 300 DPI Procedure:  examine some examples that you can look at online - create a prospectus of your fictitious company - make pencil sketch designs on paper that would be suitable for your company - use the design matrix to decide which card is the best One that is a  personal card complete with a real or fictitious company name and logo to be given to clients and another that is strictly business card to be given out to friends and acquaintances. 2 types will be produced business (first) + personal (last) > use the design matrix for the business card They will be printed out first as a proof on paper and then after final editing printed out in the Avery system and posted to a table you set up on the internet. The Avery Card system will be applied to your work to allow printing 10 cards on specialty paper Check out the tool box for goodies to help in design

Expectations > be sure to include 3 contacts such as phone / fax / email / cell / web address (URL) on the business cards (not needed on the personal cards) 1) You will draw up a new company prospectus before starting your business stationary it will short on one page of paper with a small sketch.  2)  The business card will be designed in 4 various ways (they don’t have to be radically different) and then after application of the design matrix one will be chosen for final printing ( this option depends on the amount of time in the course we might just create 1 card )  3)The business card should look professional and appealing to the clients in your market niche, which should be apparent in the design and name of your company. 4) The business card will be printed up using the Avery 8371 system. 5) The personal card is your own card, we will: a) print  up 10 hopefully in color, b) laminate it in plastic, and c) attach it to a magnet. > you will make four variations on your company cards print them out and and select one for final production using the design matrix.  Proofs (1 of each style…… proofs are not finished drafts …… but mid production cycle copies to demonstrate you are on task and available for critique) >>>> print out biz card  proofs to the class network  laser jet printer!!! post your business cards to your web portfolio   >>>> your Personal Cards will be printed out in colour laminated and magnetized post your business cards to your web portfolio > Cards will be set up in PhotoShop as follows 3.5 inches wide 2 inches high  @ RES = 150 or 300 DPI Evaluation click to view evaluation print and staple a copy to your hand ins for evaluation please make sure that your name is on each sheet of paper. Expectations Internet examples     vista prints                                       andreoni biz cards                                       http://www.bizbooklets.com/                                        http://careercards.com/                                       http://www.will-harris.com/biz-cards.htm