Mini Research topics for "student-generated openings"
Your mini-research will come to fruition as an "opening."
An "opening" is a brief presentation during an appropriate class session that sheds light, ideas, and information on
whatever we are doing that day. All openings should be accompanied by a typed hand-out (that you make) of good stuff.
texts:
Any of our textbooks can be fuel for more searching, the result being a presentation at one of the seminars related to that text.
artists:
many of the artists mentioned in our books (book artists, poets, designers) are worthy of investigation.
organizations:
any single or many similar organizations may be fun to explore: "centers for the book" academic "book arts" programs, bookbinder & artists associations, and so on.l
hypertext & digital media:
what's going on? is the future here yet?...how about now?
children's books:
of course!
typography:
infinite!
.... you get the idea.