Design to Communicate
Semantic rhetoric: referential variants
A course by Leire y Eduardo , Professors of Graphic Design
About the video: Semantic rhetoric: referential variants
Overview
“In this lesson we teach you the resources of semantic rhetoric of the referent. ”
In this video lesson Leire y Eduardo addresses the topic: Semantic rhetoric: referential variants, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design to Communicate. Learn to master visual rhetoric.
Partial transcription of the video
“After recognizing the changes that iconic references experience across different recognition variants. let's shift our focus to referential variants that don't have to be iconic or figurative. It's time to explore and review these referential variants in detail. The semantic rhetoric of the referent is relational. emphasizing the link between the signifier and its associated referent. highlighting their interconnectedness. This involves transformations the referent undergoes. which could be representation. comparison. substitution. relation. imagery. context... and ambiguity. In such situat...”
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Leire y Eduardo
A course by Leire y Eduardo
Leire Fernández has a doctorate in fine arts and is a professor of graphic design at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Among her subjects, she specializes in editorial design, visual identity, and design professionalization and management.
Eduardo Herrera has a doctorate in fine arts and is a professor of graphic design at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Among his subjects, he specializes in editorial design, typography, and visual identity.
Together they co-direct the graphic design and typography research group Letraz at the UPV/EHU. Both have published multiple books, most notably Diseño de cubiertas de libros: Recursos de retórica visual (Editorial Síntesis), Un proceso creativo en el diseño gráfico de carteles (Servicio Editorial - UPV/EHU), and Historias que marcan: Origen y significado de 50 marcas gráficas (Editorial GG).
Throughout their careers, they've collaborated on graphic design projects in a variety of fields, mainly in publishing, typography, poster design, and corporate visual identity, which have earned them awards such as the Klap Platinum award for the best font design, the Anuaria de Oro for the best design of an editorial publication, the Juan de Yciar Award for editorial quality, and the Letra de Plata in visual and graphic communication for the best coverage of an event.
They also organize and teach numerous courses, workshops, and conferences, including the Taller de Diseño Gráfico de los Cursos de Verano at the UPV/EHU in San Sebastián, as well as the Congreso de Diseño Gráfico and the Jornadas de Caligrafía in Arantzazu.
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