Tuesday 22 March 2011

Reflective Practice - Presentations of my peers


Other Reflections:

Alicia:
Minecraft – Markus Persson
Retro Style Sandbox Game

Zoe Edwards:
Herb Lubalin – Logo Designer 1918-1981
Grid System
Clever use of letters
Meaning through Typography
Influenced by Bauhaus
Has influenced – Alex Trochut/ Si Scott/ Marian Bantes

Cat Walker:
Si Scott – The secret of Drawing
Paper Sciccor Stone
We are Bitch

Mary Hemmingway:
The graphic Language of Neville Brody
Design Ethic – True to Principles
Innovation – Blur Typeface 1992
Assimilation of Influences
Designed over 20 typefaces
Futurist Influence
Art Director of Face Magazine- typography – A continuem through magazine & work
Fuze – qtrly publication- A typeface experiment with digital language
Examples of work: Tribeca for Issey Miyake.


Art Deco- 1920’s – Derived from an exhibition held in 1925
Artists who used Art Deco- A.M. Cassandra
Architecture: Style Visible in Golden Gate Bridge
Font: Art Deco has it’s own font.
Film: Style visible in early Batman film+Metropolis & Metropolis the Japanese animation

Duval Guillaume: - Design agency
Known for work with Alfa Romeo & Carlsberg
Lotus Craving cup animation

Helvetica
Sans Serif typeface of Swiss design created in 1957 by Max Mledinger
Translated means Swiss
Similar in style to Ariel
Used heavily
There is a short film on YouTube called The Film Helvetica document film.

Jorn Kasphul
Born 1980
Worked Alone freelance
Joined an international illustration Agency called DUTCH UNCLE
Known for ‘Nature at it’s best’ Humanimals
ANIMAL ABC

Sir Clive Sinclair
Sinclair Radionics Ltd
1st calculator 1972 / ZX Spectrum 1982
Watch Micromen BBC 4

Swiss Graphic Design – also known as International Typographic Style
Pioneered by Joseph Muller Brockman
Founded San Serif Typeface & Helvetica
Invented the Grid system that is now the framework for design elements on a page.


Birth of the Home Computer 1976
Steve Wozniak & Ron Wayne
Apple 1 sold in kit form originally
Apple inc founded 1977 – original logo featured Isaak Walton sat under a tree
Apple pioneered the GUI (Graphical user Interface) & the 1st paint programme.

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