Category: Discussions (Page 2 of 3)

Type well used is invisible as type, just as the perfect talking voice is the unnoticed vehicle for the transmission of words, ideas

Beatrice Warde, The Crystal Goblet, or Why Printing Should Be Invisible

In 1930, Beatrice Warde, a … Read More

Why theory? Designers read about design in order to stimulate growth and change in their own work. Critical writing also inspires new lines of questioning and opens up new theoretical directions. Such ideas draw people together around common questions.

Ellen

“What is typophoto? Typography is communication composed in type.
Photography is the visual presentation of what can be optically apprehended. Typophoto is the visually most exact rendering of communication…. a precise form of representation so objective as to permit of

A manifesto is a declaration of intent — often the intent to bring radical change to the world. Throughout history, many art movements have written manifestos, and it’s always a sign that things have gotten real.

OBELISK – Art Manifestos

TOPIC: After reading Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That: A User’s Guide to Semiotics, Laurence King Publishing, 2012 (Chapters 1 & 2) and reviewing the videos from the Week 3 Agenda, consider the following questions.

Try to … Read More