Monday, April 3, 2017
Monday, July 1, 2013
How about some design inspiration?
Look at what I found wandering the streets of NYC today:
This guy could use some Dr. Scholl's. Mixed media: spray paint, newsprint and permanent marker. |
The original posters were torn off leaving the most incredible texture. I'm willing to bet the texture is way cooler than the original poster designs. |
Lightening strikes twice: this shot and the one below are another series torn poster textures! |
This sign is found directly above the one below. The haphazard collage keeps the viewer engaged. There is much to discover in the image layering. |
How about blackletter type mixed with some tagging? |
Put your history of design thinking caps on... what movement does this remind you of? |
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The evolution of digital type
Discuss
the evolution of digital type, from early experiments to more recent designs.
Include at least three designers and discuss their typefaces. Include names of
influential foundries and identify relevant software.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Cultural influences in graphic design
Regardless
of how rapidly technology shrinks the world community, cultural influences will
likely be identifiable in graphic design. Defend this statement, offering
examples of national styles. Can you identify graphic elements, principles and
ideals that connect design works to their national style?
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Conceptual images
In the
decades following World War II, the creation of conceptual images became a
significant design approach in Poland, the United States, Germany and Cuba. Conceptual imagery demonstrates the designer/illustrator interjecting their voice into their work. One doesn't have to use someone else's words, thoughts or ideas to develop and communicate a message.
Describe the characteristics of conceptual images and the circumstances that
influenced the emergence of the conceptual image in graphic design beginning in
the 1950s.
Discuss the needs to which designers responded and cite a specific
example of a designer and a design solution from one of the countries
mentioned.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
New-wave typography, the Memphis and San Francisco schools and retro and vernacular design
Discuss the following three directions of
postmodern graphic design: new-wave typography, the Memphis and San Francisco
schools, and retro and vernacular design. Describe characteristic elements of
each and offer examples of work by specific designers.
New-wave Typography
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The Memphis Group
http://www.deconet.com/blog/home/entry/post_modernism_at_utopia_oslo |
San Francisco School
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Retro and Vernacular Design
http://www.frenchpaper.com/csa_and_french.asp
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
MTV
In 1981, Music Television (MTV) went on the air. Describe MTV’s unique approach to visual identity, including cultural context and influences, and the design firm and designers who designed its identity.
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