Day: January 4, 2022

WW2, Modernism and the International Typographic Style

World War Two Being in Nazi Germany and an emerging designer, political design was everywhere. Propaganda was a key element that helped promote Nazi ideology into society and in 1930’s Germany, innovative Design was clearly affected. Nazi ideology was a very right wing way of thinking as its society ways were very traditional ; any…Continue Reading WW2, Modernism and the International Typographic Style

A change in a century IXD102

Industrial change  A main turning point for the development of materials and manufacturing was the industrial hit that was the18th/ 19th century as the working and living process began to modernise from traditional ways. Many cultural and economics factors had evolved to match the growing process of industrialisation. Certain factors such as the new energy…Continue Reading A change in a century IXD102

Jonathan Hoefler IXD102

Jonathan Hoefler Jonathan Hoefler is the founder of Hoefler &Co that works in typeface designs. Hoefler is a very influential design artist as his works consist of typefaces Such as Gotham, Knockout, Mercury, Sentinel and Archer. Not knowing much about Jonathan Hoefler, I am very aware of his works and the one I have used…Continue Reading Jonathan Hoefler IXD102

Gutenberg and Moveable type

Looking at the history of typography, we look back to want once was the start and creation of the Typeface: the printing press. There is no exact date and who actually started printing typefaces however, what we do you know is that the earliest of print was located in China during the first millennium A.D….Continue Reading Gutenberg and Moveable type

Week 8-11 IXD101: The HTML and CSS of John Baskerville

HTML is the acronym For Hypertext markup Language, which is used for the structure of a web page along with its content. An HTML can be so many elements such as an image, heading or a paragraph; can be link that transports you somewhere else or it can make the content bigger or smaller but…Continue Reading Week 8-11 IXD101: The HTML and CSS of John Baskerville