Year: 2020

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Studio Dumbar is a highly respected and influential Dutch graphic design agency, known for its work that has helped shape both local and global design for the past four decades. The company was founded by Gert Dumbar in 1977. Later on, after Dumbar retired, Michel de Boer took over as creative director, and then after … Continue reading “IXD102 – Pocket Profile: Studio Dumbar”

This week, during Friday’s class, we took a look at the history of the internet. Vannevar Bush Dr Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator. He headed to the US during WWII, where he emphasised the importance of scientific research to national security and economic well-being, and was chiefly responsible for the … Continue reading “IXD102 – History of the Internet”

Link to Github: https://github.com/jessdonnan/web_essay Writing My Essay Introduction Michael Bierut is one of the leading and most innovating artists of modern design. A graphic designer, design critic and educator, he has spent the last four decades striving to represent and change people’s everyday lives, by creating engaging work that people want to read and look … Continue reading “IXD102 – Web Essay”

Aoife Dooley Aoife Dooley is an illustrator, author and comedian from Dublin. Her body of works involves a number of mediums, such as illustration, typography, graphic design and sketch comedy. She currently has a web series called ‘Your One Nikita’ which is based on the life of people living on the north side of Dublin, … Continue reading “IXD102 – Pocket Profile: Aoife Dooley”

I’ve been thinking of revisiting my Follow the Rhythm project, as I feel I could have done better with it. I feel the design lacks the importance of typography, as the use of all the lyrics in a long, continuous line is rather boring. I want to try and reimagine the design by sketching out … Continue reading “IXD101 – Follow the Rhythm: Revisited”

This week during Friday’s class, we took a look at Postmodernism. Postmodernism Towards the end of the 70’s, many artists began to feel that modernism was drawing to a close, and there was a climate of cultural change. There was a rise to challenge the order and clarity of modernism, which sent shock waves to … Continue reading “IXD102 – Postmodernism”

This week in Monday’s class, we took a look at web typography. Universal Typography Tim Brown spoke about Universal Typography. He shared how to practice typography in a way that is equally as universal as the web. He focuses on traditional typographic principles, while also embracing progressive enhancement. He goes on to explain how fonts, … Continue reading “IXD101 – Web Typography”

We were split into groups of four to develop and present a project on a chosen topic, based on one of the following titles: Bauhaus and the New Typography Design Systems for the Olympic Games The Influence of Modern Art The Modern Movement in America Pioneers of Postmodern Graphic Design Pioneers of Web / Digital … Continue reading “IXD102 – Group Presentation: Bauhaus”

We were introduced to CSS this week, where we added CSS elements to our Baskerville and History of Type projects. Baskerville During class, we added a number of basic style elements to a CSS stylesheet, which I have uploaded to my GitHub. We then began looking at linking or navigation within a single page, using … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to CSS: Exercises”