March 3, 2010 refection

• Sabon
• Tschichold
• Dutch Modernism
• Paul Shoeterna
• Hendrick N Werkman
• Piet Zwart
• Dada's still here
• Chrysler Building
• Abraham Garmes, Jean Carlu, Herbert Bayer
• Post Cubism
• AM Cassandre
• Bold Designs
• E McNight Kauffer
• Joseph Binder
• Synthetic Cubism
• Schulz Neudamn
• Ludwig Hohlwien
• Hitler
• Propaganda
• Herbert Matter

Tonight's lecture included many instances of propaganda and still included a lot of influence from the DADA movement. One instance I found interesting was the references to the Chrysler building being of Art Deco influence which is powerful to me because graphic design, art, and architecture are very similar in how they evolve through time. Art Deco uses geometric shapes and DADA influence to create strong images that are still used in design today. AM Cassandre was a very prominent designer in the Art Deco time-period using two dimensional iconic symbols and big bold designs which have obvious relation to cubists art work. War propaganda are by far the most powerful examples visual communication through all of human history. These ideas of using text and image to convey a message of hatred or patriotism is astounding. Adolf Hitler regrettably is the most influential person in the history of propaganda with his illustrious images and powerful speeches. He was able to convey messages in a way that people wanted to follow which is key in graphic design, but preferably for good purposes. A lot of propaganda has the connotation of being bad because in most prominent cases it is, however there can be good propaganda like the posters depicting "the new victory bonds". Propagnada in America begins to use slang and racial slurs as a way to push a group of people into doing something negative.