Reading Response 2- JD

Warde, Beatrice. The Crystal Goblet, or Why Printing Should Be Invisible Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. Pages 39-43., Kepes, György. Language of Vision: Painting, Photography, Advertising-Design, Paul Theobald, 1949. Pages 200-221

Select a design or design object created after 1971 in which the influence of the theories considered thus far can be seen.

Begin with a brief description of the object, the designer who created it, and the historical circumstances under which it was made.

Your goal is to provide a critical examination, not an account of historical details.

The design I chose was a jazz poster made by Niklaus Troxler. The design uses 4 different colors to create a design within a design. First, there are two figures in the design, one behind the other. One is green and the other is red. Both are holding instruments. There are also strips going across the design t. A piece of each figure appears inside of the strips. The red figure appears inside the white stripes and the green figure appears in the black stripes. This creates two different images inside the strips. The designer Niklaus Troxler is a swiss designer and created this design as a poster for the Willisau Jazz Festival he also created others for this same Festival since1975. His work seems to use both text and images in very unique ways. Sometimes using letters and numbers to create images. Sometimes fusing two images of objects together to create a very odd shape. The Jazz Festival is a music event that has been held in Willisau Switzerland for five days since 1975.  The event was organized by Niklaus himself until 2009. The reason for its creation was due to Niklaus’s passion for both jazz and design and a desire to combine both his passions into one.