We decided that we would do Bauhaus and the New Typography. So I decided to begin to do some general research. http://www.designhistory.org/Avant_Garde_pages/BauhausType.html https://anm102pm.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/anm102-ch16-bauhaus-and-new-typograph.pdf https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/bauhaus-typography To say that the whole graphic design industry owes its life to the Bauhaus movement would be a serious understatement. The Bauhaus typography is especially credited for the development of modern day graphic…
IXD101 100 Iterations
We were as a group, mainly focusing on line and point in our research. When we were asked to create 9 slides using one of the point line or plane. I recently began climbing about 2 months ago and have been adding it to my training about 3/4 times a week for a few hours….
IXD102 Type Specimen Updated
After the Group critique on Friday I decided to take some of the advice I had noted down from the tutors and applied them two my type specimens. I ended up messing around a bit more to try and make them work and was fairly happy with my outcomes. These are the follow-ups of my…
3D rendering using Blender
I have never used a Blender before and after seeing a few examples of rendered images I thought I would give it a go. for those who don’t know Blender is an open-source program that allows you to create 2D and 3D scenes, animations, and renders. Blender is one of the most popular modeling programs…
IXD102 Type Specimen
We went in on Friday and received feedback on our sketches. Initially, I used stencils to create mine however the feedback I received said that they were all very similar and didn’t really seem to be three independent type specimens. So when I went home I drew up some more ideas really quickly. I tried…
IXD101 Point,Line and Plane
In our first session of IXD101, we went over point, line, and plane. During this session, we created a grid and experimented with the outcomes of using 2 then 3 then 5 points, lines, and planes. Paul then questioned what motive we had behind the placement. He then brought to our attention that equations can…
IXD102 Type Specimen for Screen Research and Planning
In this task we are researching a typeface we select from six: Futura Gill Sans Helvetica Palatino Times New Roman Baskerville After which we are to design and create a type specimen for an iPad screen(768 x 1024). I initially decided to pick Helvetica due to the fact I’ve worked with it before and wanted…