Typography as a Radical Act in an Industry Ever-dominated by White Men by Silas Munro, Eye on Design, 2019
Prompts
- What stood out to you the most in this reading?
- How do we change the commercial design field to include a diversity of voices and
Category: Reading Responses (Page 6 of 11)
Karl Gerstner, Designing Programmes pg55-61, Joseph Muller-Brockman, âGrid and Design Philosophyâ pg62-63 Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong; and Margaret Rhodes, The Swiss Designers Breaking Tradition.
PROMPTS:
- How do each of these designers/authors think you should approach design?
Madeleine Morley; Master LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy Saw Photoshop Coming, 90 Years Ahead of Time (2019), AIGA Eye on Design, LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy; Typophoto (1925): Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong on pages 32-34, Jan Tschichold, âThe Principles of the New Typographyâ 1928: Graphic … Read More
F.T. Marinetti, âManifesto of Futurismâ; Aleksandr Rodchenko, âWho We Are: Manifesto of the Constructivist Groupâ; and El Lissitzky, âOur Bookâ are found in our main text Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong on pages 19-31.
PROMPT:
- What political events were
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 âprogrammesâ. Both methods are structured for a clean approach to simple designs, shapes and colors.
each … Read More
Madeleine Morley; Master LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy Saw Photoshop Coming, 90 Years Ahead of Time (2019), AIGA Eye on Design, LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy; Typophoto (1925): Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field by Helen Armstrong on pages 32-34, Jan Tschichold, âThe Principles of the New Typographyâ 1928: Graphic … Read More
F.T. Marinetti, âManifesto of Futurismâ; Aleksandr Rodchenko, âWho We Are: Manifesto of the Constructivist Groupâ; and El Lissitzky, âOur Bookâ 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
Paul Rand âGood Design Is Good Willâ 1987 from Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field page 64-69 and Steven Heller’s âUnderground Mainstreamâ in Design Observer 2008.
Prompts:
- In your opinion, is there a difference between âundergroundâ and âmainstreamâ today?
Paul Rand âGood Design Is Good Willâ 1987 from  Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field page 64-69 and Steven Heller âUnderground Mainstreamâ in Design Observer 2008.
- In your opinion, is there a difference between âundergroundâ and âmainstreamâ today? Why?
- Heller
Reading these essays, all of the author’s aesthetic approach was bringing advertising to typography and photography. In early design time, type began for communication and gradually transformed to advertising. Whether it was for a magazine, book, newspaper or political message, type was always a form … Read More
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