Typography is the most common and effective way to communicate with others and get a message across, whether it’s used by graphic designers or other people.  From the reading, typography has gone through a lot of changes and technology has had a Porto to play over the years.  Typo-photo which is the incorporation of type and and photos to create a visual communication, was created by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and is used in graphic design almost like muscle memory today.  Moholy-Nagy was a photographer and painter, who was an advocate for technology to play a role in the arts and design and to help spread the news of what was happening in world.  The “technician and his machine” that was mentioned by Moholo-Nagy, that were meant to fulfill the needs that were need at the time, have paved the way to the graphic designer of today, who’s role today is similar the the technician where graphic designer use the typo-photo method a lot is their visual communication. The art of the past is missing variety and exploration of new concept, maybe due to limitations of technology at the time, Mohloy-Nagy also believed that the future of typographic methods are with new technologies.

When it comes to language, there’s a barrier due to so many different languages that are present and no universal way to communicate between the different languages.  Herbert Bayer believed science and art should come together and bridge the gap between.

 

Education is a need for artist, whether it’s self taught or in education institutions, it gives the artist the necessary tools, knowledge and community where they can grow and learn, however school and education alone isn’t enough for the artist to create and grow. Artist should create, make mistakes and improve, education helps but not without practice.  Art and design in the  21st century has developed with the help of technology and different ideas, in order for the Bauhaus ideas to remain relevant today, they would have to be more socially conscious about what’s happening around them and design messages that speak out for or about social issues today.