Guerrilla Girls: “Conscience of the Art World” The year was 1985. 14 years earlier, writer Linda Nochlin published the feminist essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”, a piece of writing which blamed the society, education system, and art world for women’s inability to reach the same artistic notoriety…
Bruno Munari devoted his life to transforming art. He thrived in keeping art refreshing. Not only did he write children’s book but he also found letter forms to be toys and tools, signs and objects. His piece called, ABC Dada is one of six major letter projects created during Munari’s six-decade career as an…
Bruno Munari was an extremely influential and successful figure in the field of design. Munari was born on October 24, 1907 in Milan, Italy. (“Bruno Munari – Biography and Works”) Milan is where he first started his path to success. Throughout his career he was known to be provocative in a poetic and humorous way,…
As a significant contributor to the graphic design community, Ellen Lupton has served as not only a designer but a writer, curator, and critic as well. Currently, she is the curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College…
Fred Woodward was born 1953 in Louisville, Mississippi, a small agricultural community of about 500. Growing up in a community focused on agriculture, most people did not understand his passion and interest for art and graphic design, including his parents. When he left Louisville to attend college at Mississippi State University then University of Memphis,…
Lester Beall has created many pieces of graphic design in his time, but perhaps one of his most famous works that he has done would be the logo he did for International Paper. However, he did have assistance in creating this piece with Richard Rogers, an architect in 1960. When first laying eyes on…
A personal favorite of mine from Lester Beall’s collection would be his “Will there be War poster.” Winston Churchill is one of my favorite historical figures from World War 11, and to see this legendary artist use Churchill for one of his pieces got me excited. Beall was commissioned by the Crowell Publishing Company to make…
Biography by R. Roger Remington March 01. “1992 AIGA Medalist: Lester Beall.” AIGA | the Professional Association for Design, 1992, www.aiga.org/medalist-lesterbeall. One piece that I believed to be a highlight of Lester Beall’s work was “Hitler’s Nightmare.” Beall was commissioned by the Crowell Publishing Company to create Hitler’ Nightmare. The piece later appeared on Collier’s magazine in 1939. This…
Steven Dye GD 203 3/13/18 Lester Beall Graphic Design is an incredibly valuable tool that has been used for centuries and continues to do so in the modern world. This skill can be used to create a vast amount of useful designs such as posters, typography, logos, and much more. The key aspect of…
A couple years ago while I was in my final year of undergrad I had the opportunity to go to New York for the first time, knowing very little about the city other than seeing things on TV and on the internet I was ecstatic at the thought of finally being able to see the…
I am a Travel Agent who specializes in Disney Destinations, so I get these in the mail probably about twice a year. I’m throwing any bias I might have out the door for this post though. I’m taking off my Disney Mickey ears and putting on my Design thinking hat! I feel like the most…
For my trope, I decided on the flag of the United States. This one I feel is especially relevant given the current tensions and situations that are occurring in our country. At the center of much of the imagery, the flag has played a key role in representing the ideals of all sides of the…
Lockhart’s Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic (published 1842) has many interesting and beautiful design features. The book is large and rather heavy, but not so heavy that it is difficult to handle. Its front cover is bound in dark green leather embossed with golden floral designs that frame the title, set in all caps…
For our assignment on “Judging a Book By Its Cover”, I chose Karel Marten’s “counterprint”, a collection of Martens’ independent and non-commissioned graphic design work. The book intially jumped out to me for its simplicity, its lack of adornment, and the seemingly transparent nature of the cover (seen above). At first glance, it’s hard to…
The Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia and Electric Speech When I first saw the cover, I found it very interesting because the words “The Telephone Book” didn’t follow the standard pattern of writing. They are separated from each other in different sizes and shapes. When skimming through the pages, I noticed this pattern is all over…