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1.) “Word/Type-Art”

downloadable desktop image sized @ 1028 x 764
(works best as a centered background desktop for Windows)

2.) Poster designs illustrating the history of a German font called Kabel which was a font
that was directly influenced by the Bauhaus movement, characterized by rounded, geometric shapes.
The poster was only supposed to use text, type elements and shapes with color - no illustration.

(Revised with text outlines - Click to view larger versions in PDF format)

To see more examples of the Koch typefaces, you can visit the Klingspor Foundry webiste:

http://www.klingspor-museum.de/EUeberdasMuseum.html

and to see other of his type fonts on Linotype: http://www.linotype.com/453/rudolfkoch.html.

The Kabel Book ITC font is available from MyFonts.com, published by Bitstream, at the link below:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/itc-kabel/

3.) Poster II: “Bickham Script Pro”

(click images for PDF versions of both)

* Some examples of copperplate calligraphy by George Bickham,
in pages from “The Universal Penman” published in 1741, can be seen here.

To me, graphic design is a visual means of interpreting the world around you in an abstract or artistic way, using electronic or other two-dimensional media (i.e. print), combining things like colors, shapes, illustrations and typography to create something new and different that is unique, yet commonly recognizable, allowing the viewer to see something familiar in a new way. It is also a form of art and visual communication that we cannot do without. Graphic design is everywhere, but takes many forms and styles. While not exactly true art like painting its purpose is to communicate a feeling or a message to an audience in a clever, fun or engaging way. It embodies creating new things as well as recreating things that have already been made, i.e. tracing over a flag with Illustrator.

There are two types of graphic design that dominate the media world today: print design and web design; print design being different from web design in distinct ways. Web design is supposed to emulate printwork, but is constructed differently due to the limitations and non-permanent nature of the Internet, which is based on computer code and display onscreen. Print design by contrast, is a physical meda that can be posted on a wall, passed out as a flyer, brochure, or book. They use different color systems. They both have one thing in common though, which is the visual communication of ideas and information using similar elements such as typography, illustrations, photos, or “graphics.” Good graphic design is easily recognizable, but creating it is challenging and involves learning to see things in a totally new and innovative way, and to be able to use the programs effectively enough to create it.

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Poster competition entry:

What is Graphic Design?

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An example of Kabel can be seen used on the Mamma Mia movie website in the text
at the bottom of the screenshot, below:

(Above, a lighter weight version of Kabel.)

 

 

 

See Page 2 , for “Understanding Different File Formats on the Web”

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