Paul Rand Paul Rand is possibly one of the most recognisable names in the design industry today as his work and ideas have had a huge impact on how we design for the modern world.[…]
Category: IXD102
IXD102 – Introduction To Communication Design
Pocket Profile – Herbert Matter
Herbert Matter Herbert Matter is one of the most influential artists known today, renowned for his work with typography and photography in addition to his fusion of Swiss design and American pop culture he in[…]
Pocket Profile – Alexey Brodovitch
Alexey Brodovitch Alexey Brodovitch was a key designer from the Modernist movement throughout the early-mid 1900’s, born in 1898 Brodovitch was a Russian graphic designer and photographer who focused his work towards magazine design and[…]
Pocket Profile – Lester Beall
Lester Beall Born in 1903, Lester Beall was a renown American graphic designer from Kansas City, Missouri. Known for his use of typography and new emerging technologies like photography and photomontage, Lester Beall was one[…]
Pocket Profile – Otl Aicher
Otl Aicher Otl Aicher is a famous graphic designer and typographer from Ulm, Germany. Born in 1922, Aicher is most commonly recognised by the work he did for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich where[…]
Pocket Profile – Jan Tschichold
Jan Tschichold Born in 1902, Jan Tschichold, commonly known as Ivan Tschichold, was a key designer from the Modernist design movement around the Second World War in the mid 1900’s. He played a crucial role[…]
Week 05 – Revolution & The Bauhaus
De Stijl, Russian Revolution & The Bauhaus The De Stijl Movement The De Stijl movement, otherwise known as ‘The Style’, was a dutch design movement and magazine introduced after the period of the first[…]
Week 06 – WW2 & Modernism
World War II & Modernism in the US Modernism Modernism was an artistic movement that was developed around the end of the 19th century going into the 20th century and had a huge influence[…]
Project 02 – Design History Presentation
Communication Blog Initial Meeting – 22nd October 2021 After meeting with my group in our lesson we we’re all set on choosing the Bauhaus design movement as our project topic, during our discussion about our[…]
Week 04 – Type Specimen Group Critique
Previous Feedback on Initial Designs I asked Jonathan, another student of the course, to give me some feedback on my design and see there was any improvements I could make. He said he loved the[…]