Typography for Screens Brief History of Typography Before the invention of digital devices and screens typography was primarily used for printing, dating back to when the Gutenberg Press was first created and the use[…]
Category: IXD101
IXD101 – Interaction Design Fundamentals
Project 02 – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Research Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, also known as the International Bill of Human Rights, is a historic document that states the basic rights and freedoms that any human[…]
Week 03 – Typography 101
Building A Vocabulary – Typography Willi Kunz Willi Kunz is one of the most influential names when it comes to typography, originally born in Switzerland, Kunz played a major role in the new wave[…]
Pocket Profile – Josef Albers
Josef Albers Josef Albers, born in 1888, is a famous American-German designer, author and educator best known for his abstract paintings and his role in the geometric abstraction movement in the 1900’s, he is considered[…]
Pocket Profile – Muir McNiel
Muir McNiel Muir Mcniel is a design company founded by Hamish Muir and Paul McNiel in 2009, the company focuses on exploring the use of different mediums like typography, colour and video. Paul Mcniel was[…]
Week 04 – Colour
Colour Theory Colour theory was first discovered in 1665 by Sir Isaac Newton who came across light being separated into colour through a prism, he figured out that directing light into a prism dispersed the[…]
Project 01 – Point, Line & Plane
Research Fundamental Principles of Composition Point A point is defined as a dot or a circle on a page, an example of this that almost everyone in the world has seen at some point in[…]
Week 02 – Core Principles
The Golden Ratio The Golden Ratio is a mathematical expression for creating the ‘Golden Proportion’ within design and nature, the idea is that balance in proportion all centre around the mathematical expression Phi (0.618033988749895). Often[…]
Project 00 – Create A Manifesto
What are manifestos? Manifestos are often seen in politics as well as being portrayed in an artistic manner. Manifestos within art are often extremely expressive and inspirational with the intention of portraying a certain belief[…]