Sign is basically anything that symbolizes meaning whether it is a word, image, sound or body language. An example is handicap sign. That sign means that something is handicap friendly. The signifier is the physical form of the sign hence the handicap sign. The blue … Read More
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What stood out the most to me is how white dominated the type design world is. I was never aware of the huge diverse gap. In the essay it said that the tech and design industries are dominated by white men (87%) and the AIGIA’s … Read More
There is to me a significant difference between underground and mainstream today. In certain contexts it may be the same however the differences to me are much clearer. Underground to me is someone or something having or creating a movement that is either not highlighted/acknowledged … Read More
80s Design is Alive, Well, and Living in 2019” by Nadja Sayej, published in PRINT, March 6, 2019
Prompts
- How or where are the principles of “collage” and “mixed media” used today?
- In what ways do we see the 80’s aesthetic / ideologies in
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- How or where are the principles of “collage” and “mixed media” used today?
- In what
Roland Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image” essay from Image – Music – Text, Translated by Stephen Heath. Hill and Wang, 1977. (excerpt).
- Define and identify the three types of messages that Barthes breaks down in the Panzani advertisement (linguistic, coded iconic, non-coded iconic).
- How
Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That : A User’s Guide to Semiotics, Laurence King Publishing, 2012 (Chapters 1 & 2) pgs 21-67.
- Using an example, define Saussure’s terms sign, signifier, and signified in your own words.
- How are signs employed
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.
- In your opinion, is there a difference between “underground” and “mainstream” today? Why?
80s Design is Alive, Well, and Living in 2019” by Nadja Sayej, published in PRINT, March 6, 2019- MG
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
Design should be approached by being experimental as well as inclusive to other forms. Turning Avant Garde ideas into formal methodologies, forming grid layouts to spread values in neutrality and objectivity to merge art and science together. Combining business and design creating legibility, clarity decoding, … Read More
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