WEEK 2

WORKSHOP:

- Helvetica, documentary.

PRESENTATIONS:

1) Modernism, The Bauhaus & Maholy Nagy - I personally like the simplicity of shapes and the interesting typography. The colours are also quite aesthetic but can clash like in the last picture. I know I prefer brighter colours that are more out there rather than the neutral look so I won't be taking inspiration from that aspect of Bauhaus.

2) Late Modernism & Saul Bass, poster and title design - I like the use of colours and lines which produces a strange visual but quite pleasing to the eye and arty.

READING:

Graphic Design: The New Basics :

Point, Line, Plane, Rhythm and Balance, Scale, Texture, Colour

• 'A type of text is a plane built from points and lines of type.' 
• Above is my lettering experiment using lines and points. Inspired by Yeohyun Ahn.
• 'If you touch something (it is likely) someone will feel it. If you feel something (it is likely) someone will be touched.' Rick Valicenti on TEXTURE. 
• Basic Colour Theory by Sir Isaac Newton - Two colours sitting opposite each other on the wheel are compliments. 'Deciding to use analogous or contrasting colours affects the visual energy and mood of any composition.'
• Aspects of colour: Hue, Value, Intensity, Shade, Tint and Intensity.

HOMEWORK:

1) Indesign:

2) Indesign: