Posts Tagged ‘legacy’
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The Legacy Of Polish Poster Design
- January 17th, 2010
- 94 Comments
Before the era of globalized entertainment made movie posters look the same in every country, Polish artists were creating their own versions for the internal market. What resulted was a whole school of artists trained in the art of the poster. This article presents a short historical look at how ...
Read more...The Beauty of London in Design
- November 6th, 2009
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“There is no specific London style.” At least that’s what the ‘Super Contemporary’ show at London’s Design Museum proclaims. During an exploration of London’s art and design scene in September 2009, what did emerge was a city with a unique sense of its own personality and history, a fertile hub ...
Read more...Bauhaus: Ninety Years of Inspiration
- August 2nd, 2009
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Inspired by a vision of bringing artists and craftsmen together to start a movement in art which would change the future of the world, Water Gropius opened the doors to Bauhaus. The year was 1919 when Gropius founded Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar. Germany was bankrupt after a devastating World War I ...
Read more...Lessons From Swiss Style Graphic Design
- July 17th, 2009
- 102 Comments
Also known as International Style, the Swiss Style does not simply describe a style of graphic design made in Switzerland. It became famous through the art of very talented Swiss graphic designers, but it emerged in Russia, Germany and Netherlands in the 1920’s. This style in art, architecture and culture ...
Read more...Eight Inspiring Stories Of ASCII Art
- January 24th, 2009
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Labels are fragile: text and pictures have always been closely connected. From the dawn of written language to the era of microcomputers, much of human creation has explored the relationship between the literal and the figurative, the form and the function. Within this is the future site of retro, ASCII ...
Read more...The Right Type: 5 Inspiring Typography Tales
- December 8th, 2008
- 23 Comments
Nowadays, typefaces are a dime a dozen; there’s certainly no shortage of free fonts. But as in any artistic field, the standouts are rare, and understanding why they excel takes gradual experience. In this yarn, we’ll take a closer look at inspiring stories behind the design of typefaces that you may ...
Read more...Newspaper Website Design: Trends And Examples
- November 11th, 2008
- 174 Comments
News websites can be intriguing to examine from a design perspective. Regardless of what type of news they cover, they all face the challenge of displaying a huge amount of content on the home page, which creates plenty of layout, usability and navigational challenges for the designer. ...
Read more...Pop Art Is Alive: Classics and Modern Artworks
- July 21st, 2008
- 77 Comments
As a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s, pop art aims to emphasize the nature of things popular in our daily routine. In pop art, most artists use mechanical means of rendering techniques that downplay the expressive hand of the artist. Being an art movement, it has ...
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