From what I got from both article is that Armstrong explains the early signs of post-modern graphic design , it was shown that early designer like El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Herbert Bayer, and László Moholy-Nagy did old art as very egotistical and demeaning as for modern art and truly believe design should be more functional. Over time art such as avant garde would be made to show the modern design as more of a neutrality based design. Armstrong did tell the designer of today that the ideal between neutrality and objectivity that is still impossible to find which one is better.
From this author’s viewpoint he wants much of a universal connection of design that the design done by the designer has an impact of universal language that needs to be expressed through the design itself, another role he wants in modern design is the social responsibility being held by the designer. The design has to impact other designers and the community around them to be considered a powerful design. While designs are shown to be more technology based the role us designer plays are based on the creative mindset of each individual designer , designer has to think for themself what they think is best for others.
Munari on the other hand believes that daily use of technology made the impact of design much more vibrant compared to the old traditional design from the past. The progress of time with design led to the result of technology used design that we use today, although past design has been used for the very purpose of influence to modern design. Which leads to what I believe would be the most universal issue with design today, which makes the problem that we modern designers have to solve that are not easily answered,but as an individual designer you have to figure out over time. What makes this a lot different compared to different fields would be the result of having to make a design for others without the drawback of following a strict rule , but be expressive and creative from the mind to create a powerful imagination of ideas for the design. If there is truly an problem with modern design is the limitation of originality of design and how to make such design much different from other. With so many design it would be soon in the future where there’s no originality with our design as a whole.
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