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Graphic Design Artists?
I am currently takeing a course titled "History of Design"
So I have an essay to do about:
- Pick one major work by one artist in the context of communication/graphic design
- Must be during Second half of 19C to early 20C
- Discuss:
- how it represents the artist’s unique style
- how it is innovative in its time
So it has to be about communicatin/graphic design and NOT fine art. I guess graphic design can be classified as something mass produced, used for business purposes, etc.
Anyone have any idea??? For example, war posters (during world war 1 and 2), those can be classifed as Graphic Design. Anyone know any particular works that stand out or an artist.
Help would be appreciated,
thanx!!!!!!
mojo..
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Senior Member
if your in the uk you could do how channel 4 inspired channel idents with their animation of the number 4 falling apart
or the guiness adverts with the strong use of black and white
or the we want you war posters or...
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Senior Citizen
Al Hirshfeld, I love his style, and there's never been anyone like him.
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/hirschfe.htm
Click here to visit Scooter's World, the Chihuahua/Pekinese who thinks she is a Doberman, and has the soul of a true "artiste". Computer graphics, animation, logos, mascots (Vector work a specialty.).
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King of Cool
You could go with any turn-of-the-century type designer, like W.A. Dwiggins's Electra.
Also, check out the book "Graphic Design in the 20th Century" by Alston W. Purvis and Martijn F. Le Coultre (ISBN 90-6369-051-7), which contains a fair few of the covers for the magazine "Wendingen", an early twentieth century Dutch magazine about graphic design, architecture and typography.
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japanese
klimt, schiele, toulouse lautrec. all of those have pretty nice typographies and posters.
i'm currently loving klimt's posters. there are some that could perfectly fit into year 2000, and they are from the 1900's
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Sun Devil
famous logos maybe? showcase the artist's message?
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Waaambulance Pilot
It must be obvious day at camp stupid
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If it was me I'd do something about record covers. Something like tracing an artist (musical) through the ages based on their cover artwork and graphics.
The Beatles and Radiohead spring to mind.
That said, tayjax's idea of the Channel 4 logo is a good 'un.
BBC2 has had some major (and pretty comparable) transitions, too.
Er, that's still pretty Uk specific though, isn't it?
Ah well!
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Originally posted by telekin
The Beatles and Radiohead spring to mind.
didn't he say late 19th century to early 20th century?
there's some interesting first world war posters here....
http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/index.htm
good luck!
Last edited by carly1979; 11-11-2004 at 09:14 AM.
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didn't he say late 19th century to early 20th century?
Whoops! You're right!
As usual, there's always someone more observant than me around. In my defence, I was spurred on by the mention of Channel 4.
To my knowledge, Channel 4 didn't exist 'til the 1980s.
So ner.
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Senior Member
err yeah - didn't read that bit
how about those old french posters for the moulin rouge - they were always pretty cool - and done around the time your after - i think ?!
Last edited by tayjax; 11-11-2004 at 11:15 AM.
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