Feb. 24_LectureBlog

• Modern Design
• DADA
• Kurt Schwitters
• De Stijl
• Peter Oud
• Gerrit Rietveid
• The Bauhaus
• Moholy Nagy
• Herbert Bayer
• El Lissitzky
• Tschichoid

In tonight's class we discussed modernism and the transition into sans-serif typefaces being the basis of modern design. The modern movement was led by the Bauhaus and their inspiration from expressionism and handicraft. The Bauhaus is also the model for most art schools in the 20th century. Type and image play a major roll in modern graphic design and the preliminary colors. Another strong influence was Jan Tschichold and him bringing 20th century graphic design expression into full realization. He also gave whitespce a new roll.

Feb. 24_LectureBlog

• Modern Design
• DADA
• Kurt Schwitters
• De Stijl
• Peter Oud
• Gerrit Rietveid
• The Bauhaus
• Moholy Nagy
• Herbert Bayer
• El Lissitzky
• Tschichoid

In tonight's class we discussed modernism and the transition into sans-serif typefaces being the basis of modern design. The modern movement was led by the Bauhaus and their inspiration from expressionism and handicraft. The Bauhaus is also the model for most art schools in the 20th century. Type and image play a major roll in modern graphic design and the preliminary colors. Another strong influence was Jan Tschichold and him bringing 20th century graphic design expression into full realization. He also gave whitespce a new roll.

unit 2_lecture 2

• Russian suprematism
• Kasimir Malevish
• Constructivism
• Suprematism
• Revolutionary discipline
• Rodchenko
• Kandinsky
• Communism
• Cubism
• El Lissinzky
• Photomontage
• Soviet propaganda
• Film
• Typographic grid
• The Steinberg Brothers
• De Stijl

El Lissizky was probably the most influental designer we have covered yet in this class. From establishing the grids in his work to the photomontage that he addapted from rodchenko. He embodied ideals not only as functions. Also Lissizky used architecture to help structure his designs being that this is what he studied in Darmstadt. Another powerful group was the Steinberg Brothers who brought in a fun characteristic to graphic design and also took a lot of influence from film and the use of a light source.

• Bernhard
• Nazi
• Futerism
• Dada
• Typographic materiality
• Un Coup de Des
• John Heartfield
• Kurt Schwitterl
• Merz
• Salvador Dali - Rene Magritte
• Surrealism

Tonights mostinteresting topics for me would have to be the surrealist movement and the work of salvador Dali. Dali revolutionaized the ability to market Art and for that he is one of the most influential people in the art world. Also Kurt Schwitters with his one man art movement is very impressive. He was able to reject one of the largest graphic design movements and he did it for a non political reason.