Author: Massiel
The 80’s design is returning to modern times in many unique ways, and it’s no surprise why. The striking duotones color variations combined with retro Vaporwave visuals and elements leave many interesting concepts to be made. In the article “80’s Design is Alive, Well and … Read More
Roland Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image” essay from Image – Music – Text, Translated by Stephen Heath. Hill and Wang, 1977. (excerpt)
Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That : A User’s Guide to Semiotics, Laurence King Publishing, 2012 (Chapters 1 & 2) pgs 21-67.
In the article, “This Means that And This Means This”, Laurence King states that there are various signs and … 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.
Mainstream and Underground are a form of a gray line between what … Read More
Each designer share a similar style of mathematical thinking when it comes to design. Josef Brockman approached design with grid theory while Karl Gerstner had his design of methodology “programmes”. Both methods are structured for a clean approach to simple designs, shapes and colors.
each … Read More
Madeleine Morley; Master LászlĂł Moholy-Nagy Saw Photoshop Coming, 90 Years Ahead of Time (2019), AIGA Eye on Design, LászlĂł Moholy-Nagy; Typophoto (1925): Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong on pages 32-34, Jan Tschichold, “The Principles of the New Typography” 1928: Graphic … Read More
F.T. Marinetti, “Manifesto of Futurism”; Aleksandr Rodchenko, “Who We Are: Manifesto of the Constructivist Group”; and El Lissitzky, “Our Book” are found in our main text Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong on pages 19-31.
In the beginning of … Read More
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