Download or read book 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsbl tter written by Roland Früh and published by Lars Muller Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides an overview of the history of Swiss graphic design as published in the influential magazine Typografische monatsblätter.
Download or read book Typography Wolfgang Weingart written by Wolfgang Weingart and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfgang Weingart's influence on the development of typography since the 1970s is unparalleled and his work has served as an inspiration to countless designers in both North America and Europe. In Typography, Weingart sums up an impressive lifework in 500 pages that describe his own development and the foundations of his teachings.
Download or read book Typography Today written by Vivian Lei and published by Azur Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over recent decades, type has been contextualized. It is no longer at home in static, monotone print. It is now belongs in the domain of the image. Type is integrated into image as if it is a 'real' and tangible as any other subject or objects. It is treated as having physical presence with weight and depth. Among these pages we will see a return to the handmade. Hand-drawn scrawl has become increasingly popular over the past few years. We are currently entering a new typographic era, in which designers choose to focus on the form and substance of the individual letter more than on overall composition. Colour throughout
Download or read book Code as Creative Medium written by Golan Levin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide for teaching and learning computational art and design: exercises, assignments, interviews, and more than 170 illustrations of creative work. This book is an essential resource for art educators and practitioners who want to explore code as a creative medium, and serves as a guide for computer scientists transitioning from STEM to STEAM in their syllabi or practice. It provides a collection of classic creative coding prompts and assignments, accompanied by annotated examples of both classic and contemporary projects, and more than 170 illustrations of creative work, and features a set of interviews with leading educators. Picking up where standard programming guides leave off, the authors highlight alternative programming pedagogies suitable for the art- and design-oriented classroom, including teaching approaches, resources, and community support structures.
Download or read book 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are thousands of typefaces and more being produced monthly. It is a continual challenge for designers to select the exact typeface best suited for a project. In collaboration with the School of St. Martin, Art Center Pasadena, Rhode Island School of Design, Basel, and Yale Design School, 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime defines 30 of the most useful and classic typefaces for all design needs and occasions. Neville Brody imagined "it takes 10 years for someone to master a typeface." This book contains "typefaces for a lifetime."
Download or read book 8vo written by Mark Holt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in London in 1984 by Mark Holt, Simon Johnston, and Hamish Muir, 8vo was one of the most influential design studios in the 1980s and continues to be significant in the design world today. The design studio used traditional, craft-based working methods but an experimental approach to design in order to anticipate the computer-aided aesthetic of the 90s. Designed and written by two of the studio's partners, this attractive, chunky-format book will be a delight to students and practioners of architecture, design, and art alike.
Download or read book Helvetica written by Lars Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ode to the beloved typeface Helvetica is a sans-serif typeface. It is simple and clean, and commonly seen in advertising, signage, and literature. The R has a curved leg, and the i and j have square dots. The Q has a straight angled tail, and the counterforms inside the O, Q, and C are oval. It is an all-purpose type design that can deliver practically any message clearly and efficiently. It is one of the most popular typefaces of all time. Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface presents 400 examples of Helvetica in action, selected from two diametrically opposed worlds. Superb applications by renowned designers are juxtaposed with an anonymous collection of ugly, ingenious, charming, and hair-raising samples of its use.
Download or read book Typography written by Willi Kunz and published by Braun Pub Ag. This book was released on 2003 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic principles of typographic design.
Download or read book Swiss Graphic Design written by Richard Hollis and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Laurence King Pub., 2006.
Download or read book Design Literacy continued written by Steven Heller and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, such as Norman Rockwell's lasting impression on Americana, issues of plagiarism and censorship, and the "Big Idea" in advertising, and includes profiles of designers whose bodies of work helped determine the look and content of design today."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Graphic Design Theory written by Helen Armstrong and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens at the end of the last century and includes current discussions on legibility, social responsibility, and new media. Striking color images illustrate each of the movements discussed and demonstrate the ongoing relationship between theory and practice. A brief commentary prefaces each text, providing a cultural and historical framework through which the work can be evaluated. Authors include such influential designers as Herbert Bayer, L'szlo Moholy-Nagy, Karl Gerstner, Katherine McCoy, Michael Rock, Lev Manovich, Ellen Lupton, and Lorraine Wild. Additional features include a timeline, glossary, and bibliography for further reading. A must-have survey for graduate and undergraduate courses in design history, theory, and contemporary issues, Graphic Design Theory invites designers and interested readers of all levels to plunge into the world of design discourse.
Download or read book 100 3 Swiss Posters written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mapping Graphic Design History in Switzerland written by Franziska Nyffenegger and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Typography written by Ruedi Rüegg and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Road to Variable written by Victionary and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The world of typography is more exciting than ever. While the legacies of classical typographers will always be respected and revered, recent developments have paved the way for the new generation of digitally-savvy creatives to explore and experiment with an eye-opening range of variable possibilities. Curated, written, and designed by renowned design agency TwoPoints.Net, On the Road to Variable showcases an inspiring array of projects and interviews with those who fearlessly push the boundaries and embrace the new frontier in design: the flexible future of typography."--back cover.
Download or read book Typography written by Willi Kunz and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typography - that is, typography the reader can comprehend and understand - is based on certain fundamental principles. As long as letters, words, and sentences are used to transmit information, these same principles will remain valid - even in electroni
Download or read book Basic Principles of Design written by Manfred Maier and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. This book was released on 1980-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides course descriptions and detailed illustrations and outlines teaching methods for an art program offered at the School of Design in Basel, Switzerland