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 →
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 →
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 →
I was assigned this week as a designer for a spread on design. I will be doing the spread on Glasgow style and how it came about, I want to talk about the main influences that inspired this style relating… Continue Reading →
The many talents of William Morris William Morris, born March 24th, 1834 in London England had many different artistic endeavors throughout his life. He dabbled in many things and by the end of his life he was largely responsible for… Continue Reading →
Back to the Basics Neoclassical architecture took place after the Rococo period. After many pastel colours, extravagant florals and decorations, the neoclassical period was about rejecting this form of art and really getting back to the purity of Rome. This… Continue Reading →
How Printing Educated the Poor In 1455 the moveable type printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg was a game changer for those not fortunate enough to have access to writing previously. The moveable type printing press used set groups of… Continue Reading →
Using the Four Elements to Cure Illness Living In modern times we take for granted the simplicity of getting rid of a bothersome cold or a pesky cough, but back in the 1400’s such things were less of an annoyance… Continue Reading →
You probably don’t wear headdresses regularly; it probably doesn’t hold too much significance. Back in ancient Egypt it was a different story. Headdresses represented class, region, and power. Colour was one important characteristic of a headdress. A red crown was… Continue Reading →
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