Prof. Jenna Spevack | COMD3504_D061 | SPRING 2024 | Thurs 2:30pm
Reading and hearing more about Afro-futurism and Black Dada as contemporary extensions of their historical counterparts was great. I have been curious, looking into the decolonizing design movement after seeing a poster in the hall at school.Â
If the idea is to transform dominant Eurocentric … Continue Reading “Designer’s Cookbook Week 10 – MN”
Postmodernism was kind of my baby food. If it started with Psychedelia, I can say my mom was pregnant with me driving by the Summer of Love at Woodstock with her minister uncle who lived nearby, and was shocked by all the hippies. I was … Continue Reading “Designer’s Cookbook Week 13”
El Lissitsky brought Russian Constructivist ideas to the Bauhaus and Germany when he went there to study. He had been denied entry to the art school near Moscow because of antisemitism. Constructivism and Suprematism were developed before and during the Soviet Revolution, starting in 1917. … Continue Reading “Designer’s Cookbook Week 11 – MN”
De Stijl and the Constructivists brought us the grid, the use of geometry, sans serif typefaces, especially and notably Helvetica, which refers to Switzerlan, and worked towards a “Universal” visual vocabulary in their work.Â
They sought “honesty” in their designs, and functionalism comes from this. … Continue Reading “Designer’s Cookbook Week 12 – MN”
Overview (Heading H2)
Some typography terms are outdated and should be reconsidered in modern context. When analyzed via the lenses of modern communication theory, feminist philosophy, and accessibility, the use of the terms “widow”, “orphan”, and “runt”, can be easily seen as problematic, and … Continue Reading ““Widows, Orphans, Runts: Kill ’em. Kill ’em All.” – MN”
Introduction
Typography is an old technology. Certain terms came into use as the form matured. Some of them are still commonly used. Where did they come from, what do they mean, and can we find updated and … Continue Reading “Research Project Outline – MN”
âOgawa opened his own portrait studio at the age of seventeen, launched Japanâs first art magazine, and by 1890 was recognized as the foremost photography publisher in Japan.â âChicago Botanic Garden
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