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IDES 142: Canadian Design Today | Stuart Ash

Stuart Ash is a Canadian designer who rose to prominence in the late 1960s. He is known for creating strategic visual identities for Gottschalk + Ash, the Montreal-based design firm he co-founded with Fritz Gottschalk. He is widely regarded as… Continue Reading →

IDES 142: Postmodernism in Europe | Carol Twombly

Carol Twombly is a well-known American designer who specializes in type design. She worked as a type designer at Adobe Systems from 1988 to 1999, designing or contributing to the design of various types such as Trajan, Myriad, and Adobe… Continue Reading →

IDES 142: Supergraphics Innovator | Rosmarie Tissi

Rosmarie Tissi is a well-known graphic designer from Switzerland. She finished a four-year apprenticeship as a graphic designer with Siegfried Odermatt, a master of Swiss graphic design, after taking the basic course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich. Her art has been… Continue Reading →

IDES 142: Psychedelic Design Hero | Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser was a graphic designer from the United States. His most well-known designs are the I Love New York logo, a Bob Dylan poster from 1966, and logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, and Brooklyn Brewery. He also… Continue Reading →

IDES 142: New York Style And Editorial Designers | Bea Feitler

Beatriz Feitler was a Brazilian designer and art director who worked for publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Ms., Rolling Stone, and the first issue of the current Vanity Fair.  Feitler was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1938, following the… Continue Reading →

Abstract Expressionism & Pop Art | Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Roy Lichtenstein was one of the first American Pop artists to attain global acclaim, and he became a potent symbol for the movement’s critics. His early work was diverse in style and subject matter, demonstrating a thorough mastery of modernist… Continue Reading →

Survey 9: Colour Theory & Cool Type (1925 – 1930) | The First Bubblegum Pop!

Bubble gum has always been and will continue to be one of the most enjoyable candies to play with. Every kid recalls the first time they successfully blew a bubble, and most adults continue to blow bubbles unconsciously to this… Continue Reading →

Historical Type Identification Poster | That’s Not Smoke, It’s Typography!

For this assignment, I spent about 2 weeks planning and putting it all together. I spent the first week gathering the research I needed, as well as, made multiple sketches for the layout of the poster. The second week was… Continue Reading →

Expressionism, Fauvism, & Early 20th Century | Sonia Delaunay (1885 – 1979)

Sonia Delaunay was a Russian artist who spent most of her career in Paris. She trained in Russia and Germany and later moved to France. Delaunay was a pioneer of abstract art in the years leading up to World War… Continue Reading →

Survey 6: Dreams & Designers (1895 – 1905) | The Origins of Teddy Bears

Teddy bears, boxed and wrapped in paper and ribbons, have been tenderly placed beneath Christmas trees for decades, much to the delight of tots and toddlers all around the world. But did you know that the Teddy Bear was invented… Continue Reading →

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