Author: lindamayoux
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Green (forthcoming)
Green has the widest range of distinguishable effects. Although of medium brightness, it is the most visible of colours to the human eye. Green is the colour of growth, yellow-green has spring-like associations with youth.
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Black
Source: Wikipedia – Black What is Black: Physics and Optics Black is the darkest color, the result of the absence or complete absorption of light – the visual impression experienced when no visible light reaches the eye. Black is often used to represent darkness; it is the symbolic opposite of white (or brightness). Like white and grey, it is…
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Red
What is Red? Physics and optics Red is the colour at the longer-wavelengths end of the spectrum of visible light next to orange, at the opposite end from violet. Red colour has a predominant light wavelength of roughly 620–740 nanometers. Light with a longer wavelength than red but shorter than terahertz radiation and microwave is called…
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Blue
Source: Wikipedia Blue and links therefrom What is Blue? Physics and Optics Blue is the colour between violet and green on the optical spectrum of visible light. Human eyes perceive blue when observing light with a wavelength between 450 and 495 nanometres. Blues with a higher frequency and thus a shorter wavelength gradually look more violet, while…
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Yellow
Sources: Wikipedia Yellow What is Yellow? Physics and Optics Yellow is the colour between green and orange in the spectrum of visible light. It is the brightest and lightest of all colours. As the colour of sunlight, it is commonly associated with warmth, combined with red with heat and energy. A room painted yellow feels warmer than a…
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Type samples
TASK Find as many examples of type as you can from a range of sources, including newspapers, magazines, flyers, leaflets and printed ephemera. Broadly classify them into serif and sans-serif groups. Explore your computer to see whether you have any of the typefaces mentioned on the previous page. Find other examples on your computer that relate to…
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Flatpans
The Task Using one of the hardback books that you sourced in Part One, create a flatplan of the first eight pages of your selected book, similar to the example on the previous page. Indicate where important text and images occur, on a recto (right-hand) or verso (left-hand) page, or as a double-page spread. Indicate…
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Futurism
Edited from Wikipedia Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, and violence, and objects such as the car, the aeroplane, and the industrial city. It glorified modernity and aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past. It…
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Typeface Design
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International Swiss Style
Overview Experimental Jetset Lars Muller Norm Wim Crouwel edited from Wikipedia International Topographic Style The International Typographic Style, also known as the Swiss Style, is a graphic design style that emerged in Russia, the Netherlands and Germany in the 1920s and developed by designers in Switzerland during the 1950s. The International Typographic Style has…