A History of Communication Design Part One
Today's lecture looked at the history of communication design from around the turn of the 20th century up to the 1960s.
Having a solid knowledge of the history of this area will help you develop as a designer. It will allow you to work in on your projects whether at university or at work with a rich palette of information to draw inspiration from.
A two hour lecture will only scratch the surface of what we would like to cover (especially when the equipment, or lecturer has a meltdown!). There is a multitude of information available in this area. The best place to start is obviously the library but to start you all off here are a few useful sites worth checking up on.
You should be, by now, following the IMD 1st Year group on Facebook. We will be using this to contact you and also as a platform to share links that may be of interest.
General
Constructivism
Futurism
Dada
Bauhaus
De Stijl
more to follow...
Project 2 - A typographic journey
As promised here is the brief for your second project. As discussed we want you to make a typographic record of your journey from the moment you wake up until you arrive at the university.
Your final submission should be a collection of typographic images of your journey brought together as a single JPG. Here is an example from one of last year's students:
Relevant Resources
As promised here are a few sites well worth subscribing to: