For my back cover I illustrated an old Gutenberg printing press printing out the Daily Herald poster by Edward Kauffer. My idea was to have the printing press represent the beginning of our learnings and have it printing out a… Continue Reading →
I was assigned to do a spread on colour for survey 9: Colour and cool font. I specifically chose to discuss the Bauhaus School of art in my spread as their work with colour was quite revolutionary for the time…. Continue Reading →
Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo is a famous Mexican painter, born July 6, 1907. Frida is often referred to as a surrealist and was known for her paintings of self portraits. She dealt with themes like self-identity, body image and death…. Continue Reading →
Robert Motherwell Robert Motherwell was an American abstract expressionist painter, who was one the first artist to have properties in his work that were accidental. Robert at only eleven years old received a scholarship to study art but actually preferred… Continue Reading →
Fernand Leger Fernand Leger was a French painter born in 1881, who is considered to be a Cubist, though more specifically his art is described as “machine art”. This style used bold colours to model mechanistic forms. He started off… Continue Reading →
For this week I was assigned as a designer for a spread on colour. I will be designing my spread on the colours that were used at the Bauhaus school of design. I hope to illustrate my spread in a… Continue Reading →
Emil Nolde Emil Nolde was a German expressionist painter, born in 1867. He was famous for making violent religious works, and foreboding landscapes. He started off as a woodcutter but later formally studied art in Paris where he was invited… Continue Reading →
Rebelling Through Typography During the 1920’s people were still fresh from the suffering and loss from the war, this lead to a new art movement starting to emerge called the Dada Movement. This movement was all about anti-establishment, a sort… Continue Reading →
I got assigned to make a spread on design for week six. I chose to do my spread on the the Glasgow style of design that originated out of Scotland in the mid 1890’s. This style was all about elongated… Continue Reading →
Peter Behrens was an artist, architect and designer. He studied at a fine arts school in Hamburg and later moved to Munich where he started becoming very involved in the arts and crafts movement. He was a very busy guy… Continue Reading →
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