Category: Western Design
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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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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…
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James Goggin
Practice website archive It’s Nice That James Goggin is a Chicago-based British and/or Australian art director and graphic designer from London via Sydney, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Auckland, and Arnhem. Together with partner Shan James, he runs a design practice named Practise working with clients across Europe, Asia, Australasia, and North America. James has taught at…
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Tom Muller
Experimented with ripped pages, fluoro paper and deliberate print errors to create a raw and dissonant aesthetic for a special collected edition of spy comic zero. Interview 2014 vimeo playlist
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Zentangle
Zentangle website Anything is Possible One Stroke at a Time At first glance, a Zentangle creation can seem intricate and complicated. But, when you learn how it is done, you realize how simple it is . . . sort of like learning the secret behind a magic trick. Then, when you create a piece…
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Filippo Marinetti
Marinetti typography Google images Futurist_Manifesto Edited from Wikipedia article Futurism Marinetti is known best as the author of the Futurist Manifesto, which he wrote in 1909. It was published in French on the front page of the most prestigious French daily newspaper, Le Figaro, on 20 February 1909. In The Founding and…
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Massimo Vignelli
Google Images Vignelli Associates website Massimo Vignelli (1931 – 2014) was an Italian designer who worked firmly within the Modernist tradition. He focused on simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all his work. He worked in a number of areas ranging from package design through houseware design and furniture design to public…
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Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (1887 – 1948) was a German artist painter, sculptor, graphic designer, typographer and writer. He worked in several genres and media, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures. Studied at the School…
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Joseph Muller Brockman
Josef Müller-Brockmann (May 9, 1914 – August 30, 1996) was a Swiss graphic designer and teacher. He is recognised for his simple designs and his clean use of typography (notably Akzidenz-Grotesk), shapes and colours which inspire many graphic designers in the 21st century. Each letter has its own personality …the forms of letters can create simultaneously…
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Modernist Typography
Modernist typography emerged in Russia, the Netherlands and Germany in the 1920’s as part of broader art, architecture and design movements like Constructivism and Suprematism in Russia, Bauhaus in Germany and de Stijl in Netherlands. In 1950s designers in Switzerland developed a distinctive Swiss Style. During World War II many modernist designers fled to Britain and America to…