BBFA553

Advertising Art-III

L-T-P0-1-4 Credits2 Session2026-27 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

BFA Applied Arts · Sem 5 (Lab)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Press Advertising — Typographical

8 hrs
  • Creating a press advertisement
  • Understanding the creative brief; copy-writing techniques for press
  • Technicalities of typographical press advertising
  • Reproduction techniques for press advertising
Unit2

Unit 2: Magazine Advertising — Typographical

8 hrs
  • Creating a magazine advertisement
  • Understanding the creative brief
  • Copy-writing techniques for magazines
  • Technicalities and reproduction techniques for typographical magazine advertising
Unit3

Unit 3: Press Advertising — Illustrative Approach

8 hrs
  • Creating a press advertisement
  • Understanding the creative brief
  • Illustrative approach techniques for press
  • Technicalities and reproduction of illustration for press advertising
Unit4

Unit 4: Magazine Advertising — Illustrative Approach

8 hrs
  • Creating a magazine advertisement
  • Understanding the creative brief
  • Illustrative approach techniques for magazines
  • Technicalities and reproduction of illustration for magazine advertising
Unit5

Unit 5: Outdoor Media Design

8 hrs
  • Creating outdoor media design
  • Understanding the creative brief
  • Outdoor media design approach
  • Technicalities and reproduction of outdoor media design

Practical Work

  1. Suggested ASSIGNMENTS
  2. Assignment 1: Create a typographical and an illustrative advertisement for the same brand/product for comparison. Assignment 2: Design an outdoor hoarding advertisement considering scale, viewing distance and legibility.
Course Objectives4 points
  • Typography is a powerful medium of expression.
  • This module develops the finer points of typography through forms, colours and display design.
  • It teaches typographical and illustrative approaches for press and magazine advertising.
  • It introduces outdoor media design as a large-format communication tool.
Course Outcomes (COs)4 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. •Create typographical press and magazine advertisements applying appropriate creative briefs.
  2. •Create illustrative press and magazine advertisements with appropriate reproduction techniques.
  3. •Design outdoor media advertisements considering scale, distance and legibility.
  4. •Understand the technicalities and reproduction techniques for various advertising media.
Text Books & References7 books

TEXTBOOKS

  1. Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type, Princeton Architectural Press.
  2. Robin Landa, Advertising by Design, Wiley.
  3. Robyn Blakeman, Advertising Campaign Design, M.E. Sharpe.

Reference Books

  1. Mario Pricken, Creative Advertising, Thames & Hudson.
  2. Pat Matson Knapp, A Designer's Guide to Business and Careers, Allworth Press.

Online Resources

  1. https://www.adsoftheworld.com
  2. https://www.typeroom.eu

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