Have you Gert of Dumbar? Gert Dumbar is a veritable icon of graphic design, whose work in iconic graphic designs are still used today. He studied painting and graphic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Hague, later attending the Royall College of Art in London where he furthered his studies in graphic…
Eddie Opara is one of the twenty-three owners of the Pentagram, the world’s largest independent design consultancy. His presentation for NC State’s College of Design spanned various aspects of his work over the expanse of his successful career and gave the audience lots to take away from it, no matter the age…
Paula Scher was born on October 6th, 1948 in Washington DC. Growing up, she was always the class artist. When Scher was a teenager, she would take three bus rides into the city so she could take art classes at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She also made posters and flyers for her…
Se7en is thriller detailing the investigation of detectives William Somerset and David Mills, who realize that they are dealing with a serial killer who picks his victims according to the seven deadly sins. The images presented in the opening scenes depict moments that occur before the start of the film. These scenes are later referenced…
All the guest speakers we have had this semester were so different in terms of the kind of work that they do and I was introduced to so many different perspectives, ideologies, methods, processes. I was wide-eyed what this new lecture would be about. I had gone through the description but there wasn’t much I…
Thank U, Next? More like Thank U, YES!! I am living for anything Ariana Grande, but I must say, her marketing team is quite remarkable and really knows how to make lasting impressions on her audience. From the first few clues that Ariana would allude to the classic movie Mean Girls in her hit track…
Part 1: What’s Old is New Again (Subjective Analysis) I attended the D.H. Hill special collections exhibit on January 22nd to take a look at Sweet’s File, Architecture section 15-20. When I first arrived at the exhibit, I wasn’t sure which book I wanted to look at. Some of these books depicting ancient mythos and…
A typeface of every age or the monotone voice of the type world. The creation of Helvetica, originally called Die Neue Haas Grotesk, by Miedinger and Hoffmann sparked a queue of modernist type standard and of eventual controversy. In an age of reconstructing the design standard, Helvetica was birthed out of Münchenstien, Switzerland as a…
In the early 2000’s, Louise Fili took on the project for designing the packaging for Late July crackers. Nicole Dawes, the owner of Late July, named her company after what she describes as the “sweet spot of summer”. Fili sought out to replicate this feeling into type and design. When Dawes first proposed her idea…
A bit off the beaten path of design printed on paper comes the collaboration between Ikko Tanaka and Issey Miyake, entitled “East Meets West”. This project is one of the most important to highlight because it is one of the few projects that continues to be produced after Tanaka’s death in 2002. Issey Miyake is…
When talking about Ikko Tanaka’s work, it would be impossible to not recognize the significant portion of his design that was composed of and dedicated to typography. In an article written in 2016, the editor of the Association Typographique Internationale sought to give context to Tanaka’s type work, writing that, “Applying the Western definition, typography…
Tanaka’s first Noh-inspired poster was commissioned for Noh Play, The 8th Sankei Kanze Noh, 1961. It was created as a screen print at 40 11/16 x 28 3/4in. An original print currently resides in the collection of Cooper Hewitt. This poster is one of the few posters in this entire series that doesn’t feature a…
For my submission for the “Who’s Who in Graphic Design” project, I’ve chosen to write about artist, graphic designer and typographer Ikko Tanaka. Since beginning my journey into design at age 15, I’ve always been fascinated with work that has a strong Japanese influence or point-of-view. From my perspective, there is often a deeply-imbedded sense…
Louise Fili designed the cover for The Lover by Marguerite Duras in 1985 when she was art director for Pantheon Books at Random House. Duras was a French writer, and even though her work was famous in France, she was barely known in the United States. Thus, the projected sale of The Lover in America…
Louise Fili is an Italian-American graphic designer recognized for her elegant, elaborate and timeless typography work. Influenced by her passions and voice, Fili has designed two thousand book jackets, two hundred restaurant identities, and numerous packages. She proves that design and passion go hand in hand, and the combination of these is what leads to…