Tropes show up in all sorts of media and art in everyday life throughout history, with their meanings changing over time. The Greek Demi-God Hercules is a popular metaphor for remarkable strength or tenacity, which has become an identity given to heroes of everyday life or even people of great physical talents. It even has…
The image above pictures an illustration from one of Erik Nitsche’s many history books. This one is specifically Volume 2 in The New Illustrated Science and Invention, written by Courtlandt Canby, depicting the history of ships and seafaring. During Erik Nitsche’s later career, he started his own book publishing company and made it a goal…
The second example of Ellen Lupton’s work that I have chosen is her textbook, Thinking with Type, which is one of the most used typography textbooks worldwide. It is an excellent example of her skill as an educator and an author with concise information and examples to help educate the next generation of graphic designers on typography…
The History of the Computers Documentary by Modern Marvels TV show was an interesting and informative perspective of the past, present and potential future of computer technology, as it was aired in 2001. I always find it a bit ironic when ‘modern’ technology (be it real or animated future tech) is presented in movies or…