Month March 2019

2000-Present Technology and Tradition/New Horizons Edel Rodriguez (1971-) is a Cuban American illustrator and artist best known for his magazine illustration covers. As someone who is fearless about voicing his socialist view, he believed that his artistic skills and his… Continue Reading →

1990-2000 New Forms Chris Ware (1967-), birth name Franklin Christenson, is an American graphic novelist and illustrator most known for his illustration covers for The New Yorker, comics Acme Novelty Library Series (1994) and Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on… Continue Reading →

Post modernism Design: New Wave, Retro and Vernacular Design While Modernists see “less is more”, Postmodernist went against the current and say “less is a bore” . Essentially, Postmodernism was a philosophy and art movement emerged in the 70s as… Continue Reading →

1980-1990 New Voices The 1980s was a time that embraces creative expressions in illustration styles. New voices were heard when illustrators like Gary Panter, Marshall Arisman and Sue Coe shocked the world with an unflinchingly grotesque style of Neo-Expressionism. Similar… Continue Reading →