design styles

Digital 1985-

Contemporary 1980-

Post Modern 1974-1990

Psychedelic 1960-1975

Swiss/international 1945-1985

Late modern 1945-1970

American Kitsch 1940-1960

Art Deco 1925-1940

Early Modern 1910-1935

Art Nouveau 1890-1910

Arts & Crafts 1850-1900

1840-1900

Josef Muller-Brockmann

I find Josef Muller-Brockmann’s work interesting, mainly because of its simplicity and effectiveness. In his designs there is a lot of empty space, drawing the eye to the main message being seen in each design.

There is dominant use of the late modern graphic design style in Josef’s work. The Swiss type of style is visible in the emphasis on function, placement and structure in each design. The size and arrangement of text is very precise in its alignment.

SWISS MISS

http://www.swiss-miss.com/

Swiss Miss is a cool design blog I like as it concentrates on the simple, effective parts of design that I like to look at.

Its layout is easy to read compared to some blogs, and I like its articles and pictures.

ZOOKRAFT

In association with "Renew Newcastle", Zookraft are image-makers and creative collaborators. Never ones to shy away from an artistic adventure, ZK are credited for designing everything from posters and t-shirt graphics through to wall art and layout design with a whole lot of illustration in between.

Zookraft is company includes Carl Morgan and Lara Schubert who have both been involved in design and illustration since they could remember. Situated off the Hunter Street Mall in the Hive Studios, is where Carl and Lara can be found getting freakishly creative. They're design philososphy is mainly based around the idea that nothing can be to creative, just to good. Carl is also a teacher in the design area at Newcastle Unviersity.

www.zookaft.com.au

ART EXPRESS HSC visual arts exhibition

The annual exhibition of HSC works of art included some unique, creative work from around Newcastle. It was presented in association with the NSW Department of Education and Training and the Officer of the Board of Studies NSW.

The above work was done by Holly Farrell from Warners Bay high school. The art work is called 24 rabbits. It is about the introduction of the European rabbit into Australia and its destructive effect it had on our environment. Holly attempts to establish the issue of preserving, preventing or exterminating introduced species, which according to her is important because she sympathises with rabbits.. I like the repetitive use of rabbits behind a thick, blood-red outline of a big rabbit to emphasize holly's idea of the destructive effect rabbit had on Australia's environment. The origami rabbits at the bottom are pretty cool to.

Desktop November issue!

Published monthly, Desktop is the only design magazine on the Australian market to have been digitally set since its first issue. Desktop has continued to give readers the best information and features on the creative happenings, where digital technology parallels and intersects design, communication and publishing culture.

The November issue of Desktop magazine is pretty interesting, and has one particular article in it that explores the latest trends in mobile technology, apps (applications) that you can download on your phone that are interactive and have to do with just about anything.

Every phone company seems to want newer better applications for their latest mobile technology gadget. What I found most interesting about this article was the way companies and clients are able to explore and produce incredibly innovative and creative apps that people can get on their phone. e.g. one app mentioned in the article allowed people to take photos of problems in their local area, such as ugly graffiti tags, a cracked footpath, fallen tree or pretty much any issue that can be remedied by the local council. Then, using their phone’s GPS they can send this image – along with notes – to the council to alert them to the problem, and where they can find it.

one undone

creating some products under the name "one undone" for a tafe project at art bazzar towardsthe end of the year...this an illustration I did and scanned onto the computer...basically some crazy tentacles taking down a cross. the font is "karabinE"....due to further R & D as well as some feedback, I"m going to alter the cross to the form of a "1"....

web design, the breakdown

Andy Warhol

'Leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art' - wiki.He is an icon, inspiration, unique, different, creative, impressive, weird, controversial, cool, high profile, low profile, prolific....and I like his work. My surfboard looked plain, so I put him and one of his infamous quotes on it ("an artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have") ~ I like it.

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concept in terms of graphic design

Concept for graphic design
“concept” in terms of graphic design:
Concept is the way the designers form visual ideas. The concepts designers use result in communicating ideas and messages , this is usually done with a combination of text and graphic images to design logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other form of visual communication.

Graphic designers create visual identities, generally for business’, this helps establish their company. The ideas and concepts used in the design behind the visual appearances of the companies logos and advertisements help build the business’ reputation and label them with it.

Sticker City: paper graffiti art

review:
The book explores the street art style of works of art on paper, glued to city surfaces. Claudia Walde gives an insight into this rising trend of this graffiti movement. Numerous pictures show the appearance of sticker art on walls, phone booths, curbs, traffic signs etc. (basically any public space), I think, when the pasted artworks are not over crowded with lots of other sticker art it is more effective and provokes a response from the nest onlooker. However its can look crappy if not much effort applied and can have a scungy appearance when weathered.

Claudia Walde, a graffiti artist herself, examines and displays the styles history and leading figures, such as, Shepard Fairey (obey), Blek le Rat's stencil graffiti and Rev's sticker flood in New Yok, in 1990's. Apart from various artist biographies, Walde looks into sticker art techniques used otday, which is incredibly interesting. The book shows the progression of the movement and concludes with a look into the future. The unique art inspires me and my design ideas. I can relate to the frequent stencil technique used in he book, as I have had a go doing it myself.

hello

Hello and welcome to clever construction, this is my first blog post. Basically on this blog I will be doing write-ups on anything design related, the good, the bad, the do's and do not's, icons, my icons, reviews, expressing my bias opinion.. Basically things I like, and you.. may not, but it's my blog so what I say goes alright. bye for now!