Katie Butler: By the middle of the nineteenth century, Jules Cheret was a household name thanks to his distinct take on lithographs. Before Cheret reformed the technique of posters being tediously copied with austere and dull colors, this artist reinvented the wheel by painting directly onto stone with vibrant colors. One of his poster commissions…
Noah Weaver Who’s who’s in Graphic Design Part 2 (projects) Yamaguchi Piece 2 4/3/2020 (Hello Kitty, Gungho Collab, 2014) In 2014 Hello Kitty and Friends (Sanrio) and Puzzles and Dragons (Gungho) had a multiplatform collaboration (Gungho Admin). Puzzles and Dragons is a mobile based puzzle solving game where players clear candy-crush-esque boards to…
Peter Behrens was a German architect whose work was influential to designers around the world and indicative of the time period. He was born on April 14, 1868, and lived until February 27, 1940. He was born and raised in Hamburg, where he later attended a fine arts school called The Kunstschule in Karlsruhe and…