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Week 1: Myself as a Writer

Asynronous Assignment 1 I am currently in the bachelor’s degree program for communication design here at Capilano University and I would describe myself as a very direct writer. Over my years of interest…

Canadian Design Today

Chank Deisel (Charles Andermack) Chank Diesel (given name: Charles Anderson) calls himself a builder of fonts creating anything and everything to do with type. His typefaces being more directed to display typefaces, his…

Post-modernism in Europe

Wolfgang Weingart German-born, Wolfgang Weingart is known as the father of New Wave. New Wave design was first developed by Weingart in the early 1970s and soon became very popular with the corporate…

Supergraphics Innovator

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Barbara Stauffacher Solomon is a self-made woman full of energy and motivation to keep herself creating even to this day at the age of 93 years old. When she was…

Psychedelic Poster Artist

Wes Wilson Wes Wilson is known as the “father” of the 60’s psychedelic rock concert posters and helped create the trippy look using high contrasting colour palettes and curvy lettering. He was inspired…

Advertising Art Directors

Helmut Krone Helmut Krone (1925-1996) was an art director and was one of the first influencers to modern advertising. Without knowing his name, Krone’s art direction and design has been one of my…

Blog Post 5: Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was not just an influential artist but one of the most determined individuals I have ever heard of. In Kahlo’s young life she suffered from polio. This life-threatening disease was the…

Survey 9

Eric Gill Designed Gill Typeface Family for Monotype (1928-30) Eric Gill was an English sculptor, typeface designer and printer. He is with the arts and crafts movement which was a movement that start…

Typographic Infographic

Typography through the Years Design Rational For this project I was first very excited to start but when it came to the execution of it I failed quite miserably to my intentions. At…

Blog Post 4: Yves Tanguy

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was a French-born American painter. Before his career as a Surrealist painter, he joined the Merchant Marine in 1918. This was during the first world war as a ship…