According to the three articles, each designer uses their own systematic ways by using different design elements when creating their own work. Josef Muller-Brockmann preferred working within the grid system which meant submitting to the laws of universal validity. His design elements were subjective, irrational, and chaotic. The use of the grid was a system that shows a designer and their work to be constructive and oriented. As for the designer’s work, it should have a clear objective, the functional and aesthetic quality of Mathematical thinking. As for Karl Gerstner, he went for a rational, systemic approach. He developed a comprehensive system that is capable of generating a broad range of design solutions related to computer programming. There was a grid included that was the ‘typographic grid’. It is a proportional regulator for composition, tables, etc. It worked well when creating but hard to find the balance and conformity to a rule with maximum freedom. Lastly, Jan Tschichold was a typographer that was influenced by the Bauhaus Exhibition. He then began his book ‘The New Typography’ which gave an essence of clarity. He was very big on asymmetry which gives an unlimited score for variation and also expresses the diversity of modern life apart from variations of the typeface.
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