Assignment #4

              Design is always changing from generation to generation, new and fresh ideas of design principles is always being discovered, new methods and even new technology, but what I feel that is lacking in art from the past is the sense of free thinking. We cannot deny the fact that we still use methods from the past in the present day but that means we can also see the flaws in some of the methods as well. Art in past was majority the same and/or strict to their ideas of how art should be. There was a meticulous method on how art should be presented because someone who was wealthy with more available resources said so. If it is not deemed this way, it isn’t art and once it changes it usually become a revolution. Art had a strategic way. The more time past the more art itself becomes freer and more relaxed. The future of art is in good hand because it allows artist to be their selves without having to follow a strict quota. Art is becoming more expressive then the past ever has been, but we must pay homage to the ones that paved this path for artist of the future.

              Typography and photography in the present day play such a huge role in design and in the graphic design world. In Today era, type and photo is used to bring an element of communication. When you combine both type and photography its almost like your completing the story, It allows the people the visualize and understand what they are seeing quickly especially when we are constantly on the move, our brains are able to computing faster when both these elements are present in the composition. Not only does it bring a different element of communication, it also opens various stylistic ways you can combine the two. Type is always advancing, and different fonts tells a different story to the composition and photography is unlimited, so a composition of the two also brings an endless amount of ideas, styles, and narratives. When you are an artist creativity comes naturally and learning new or different principles of designs opens elements of one’s artwork to a new level. Education is essential to life and learning how to use certain elements especially the element of communication to the public or industrially. Type, color, photography, and shapes all play different roles when you are learning about the field (graphic design). Psychology and science also play a role in a design you wouldn’t think of just as an artist but when you a designer these roles play heavily in the field of graphic design. How the eye and brain perceive these elements of design.

              Throughout reading these articles the authors had a complete understanding on how design is going to change and advance in the future, almost everything they discussed still plays a role in design today. Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer were both spot on about the role typography and photography was going to play in the future, and me living in that future typography and photography plays an essential role in design and it is literally everywhere we go. The use of typography especially today is used in so many different ways to communicate a different message, in commercials, Advertisement poster/billboards, film and once again photography the use of the font in each one of these categories speaks differently. Also, the Bauhaus ideology still plays a role in the curriculum. Being able to learn about the field and still be creative at the same time but one thing that is different from today then back then is the freedom of expression we have on our art. Also being able to learn to aspect of graphic design and regardless what direction the designer goes all element of graphic design will play a role in ones career.