Category: IXD102

For the first project of the course, our task was to create a type specimen of one of the six fonts that were giving to us. These six fonts where: Futura Gill Sans Helvetica Palatino Times New Roman Baskerville To get a grasp of every font, I did a little research around each; this also…Continue Reading Deliverable 01- Type Specimen for Screen

Essay            How did Armin Hofmann help shape Modernism and the Swiss style           that we know today?   Armin Hofmann played a crucial role to the success of the art and design movement known as the International Typographic styles; it was what helped launch the geometrical forms used in design we…Continue Reading Deliverable 03: Essay and Web Essay

MY RESEARCH Web Design Pioneers  Google slides – for presentation  Facebook Messenger – Exchanging information and way of contact with the group  Blackboard Collab – seeing each other face to face for discussion on the PowerPoint.   Ideas for slides: • HTML- Tim Barnes Lee • W3 Web Standards • First official…Continue Reading Deliverable 02: Design History Presentation

Ideas and sketch’s   Drafts Main Type Specimen…Continue Reading Deliverable 1a: Type Specimen for Screen

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

Sara Soueidan ara Soueidan is a web developer in Lebanon that is a independent designer. Sara uses her skills to create and teach in agencies all over the globe. Her main focus for design is responsive and accessible design in the most modern method we have today. Sara has massive influence with her teachings with…Continue Reading Sara Soueidan 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 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

There are many factors on the anatomy of a typeface that I was never aware off and it is interesting that in my research, I came across a quote that describes typefaces of having, “personalities, moods and styles.” Describing a typeface like it is living adds on more of a interesting out look to how…Continue Reading Anatomy of a Typeface IXD102