Author: Kayla Williams (Page 1 of 2)
80s Design is Alive, Well, and Living in 2019” by Nadja Sayej, published in PRINT, March 6, 2019
Questions/Prompts:
- Find 1 example of work from a postmodern graphic designer from the 1980s and 1 example of work from a contemporary graphic designer from the
Misogynistic Advertisement of the 1940s
In this research paper I found an advertisement from the 1940s for Hardee’s restaurant that makes bold statements about women belonging in the kitchen, and men basically not knowing how to cook for themselves. In today’s time, this would be … Read More
How Designers Speak for What’s Important
In this project, I wanted to know how designers use the power they have with design to communicate to the world issues that are important. I found that issues that are often forgotten or ignored are what they communicate … Read More
Roland Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image“ essay from Image – Music – Text, Translated by Stephen Heath. Hill and Wang, 1977. (excerpt)
Questions/Prompts:
- How do images hold and convey meaning?
- What are they trying to say?
- How do they persuade and influence
Celebrating the African-American Practitioners Absent From Way Too Many Classroom Lectures by Madeleine Morley, Eye on Design, 2018, Typography as a Radical Act in an Industry Ever-dominated by White Men by Silas Munro, Eye on Design, 2019 and Design Gets More Diverse by Alice Rawsthorn, … Read More
Paul Rand “Good Design Is Good Will” 1987 from  Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field page 64-69 and Steven Heller “Underground Mainstream” in Design Observer 2008.
Questions/Prompts:
- What is your opinion of Paul Rand’s view of the designer/client relationship?
- Is
So far I feel like I’ve accomplished completing all the work that needs to be done. What I wish to improve on is having more time to do everything. I feel like I’m always cutting it close and can’t truly find enough time between work … Read More
This is the outline I have of my research project. It’ll focus on the works and views of the designer Ken Garland, fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond, and conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. I’ve collected a lot of sources for this research project, and hopefully it is … Read More
Lorenzo Petrantoni’s Encyclopedic Collages
Kayla Williams
In this research paper, I briefly talk about a Bio design that Lorenzo Petrantoni created. His unique black and white aesthetic style is what drew me towards choosing this design. It incorporates the sue of typography and images from … Read More
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