Category 141
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“Typography Ascending History’s Stairs” This typographic infographic covers major moments in the evolution of typography from Blackletter (1150) until Neo-Grotesque, Helvetica (1957). This piece took inspiration from the early motion photography of Eadweard Muybridge and Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a… Continue Reading →
Arts and Crafts Embroidery Piece The Piece “The Arts and Crafts Movement is distinguished by its focus on architecture and the decorative arts. It was less concerned with a set style and more on a way of life that rejected… Continue Reading →
There Were a Lot of Red Flags “A spectre is haunting Europe–the spectre of communism,” The Communist Manifesto The day was February 21, 1848, when one of the greatest political pamphlets was written – The Communist Manifesto. Dropping this epic… Continue Reading →
Rococo has to be one of my favourite periods in art. It is so defined from all other periods as it was short lived (lasting only 30 odd years), fun and erotic – a strange contrast to the intensity of… Continue Reading →
The Spirit of Competition and the Birth of the Most Popular Sporting Events as Seen Through Greek Culture and Objects The year is 776 BCE and Coroebus, the local cook, is lined up at the starting line. Men from all… Continue Reading →
The Teddy Bear’s Origins It was November 14th 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was settling a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. The work was tough but not tough enough to keep this iconic president from going on a classic Mississippi… Continue Reading →