Website Essay

Essay writing process For my Web Essay, I chose to write about Saul Bass and how he changed the face of movie title sequences. As I was already familiar with a number of designers and have looked briefly at the work of Saul Bass before I automatically knew this was the topic I wanted to […]

A Century of Change

After having looked at how art movements that developed throughout the 1900s as a response to the movement from rural to urban bases I thought I would look at Japonism the Art’s and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau in a little more detail. I particularly want to see how I can draw influence from these […]

Type Specimen- Helvetica

Origins Helvetica originally named Neue Hassocks Grotesk, was created by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger in 1957. The typefaces name was changed in 1960 to Helvetica, a Latin word meaning Swiss, in order to lend the typeface more readily to the international market. The typeface is now one of the most popular and commonly used. Miedinger […]

Gutenberg and Beyond

The history of type and why it’s so important! The history of type might be mistakenly viewed as a “good to know” topic rather than a “need to know” topic. As a designer, I have realised this couldn’t be more wrong. The history of type is a definite need to know topic because it helps […]