Graphic Design - A Medium for the Masses

Graphic Design - A medium for the Masses

The origins of graphic design -

• Graphic design and relation to fine art
• Graphic design and relation to advertising
• Graphic design as a tool of capitalism
• Graphic design as a political tool
• Graphic design and post modernism

Images and Designers:-

• 1305b -Giotto di Bondone , betrayal (italy)
• 1886 - John Everett Millais, Bubbles Pear soup - early graphic design.
• 1922 William Addison Dwiggins - term of graphic design.
• Max Bill & J.Muller Brockman - Visual communication
• Richard Hollis ' Graphic design is the business of making or choosing marks and arranging them on a surface to convert and idea'
• Edouard Manet( 1832-83)
• Alphonse Mucha - 1898 Poster for cigarettes.
• Peter Behrens A E G 1920 Saville Lumley , 'Daddy what did you do in the great war?' 1915
• Alfred Leete - WE WANT YOU!.
• Wassily Kondisnky 1886- 1944
• El Lissitzky 1912 beat the whites with the red wedge.

• F.H. Stingmore (UK) london underground 1931-2.
• Henry C. 1933. Harry Beck
• Simon Patterson 1922 The Great Bear
• Oskor Schlemmer ( German) Bauhaus logo 1922
• 1938. Dutch telephone book
• Herbert matter 1932 - 34 Swiss tourist board
• Cassandre (french) 1925 newspaper poster
• Luduig Hoh/wein 1934 - Ludwig Viertel
• Hans Schleger - eat greens for health
• Joseph Renau 1936 industry of war
• Joseph Stalinged 1942 star in freedom.

• 1930 G klucis (russian) - in the storm of third year of the plan
• Festival of britian 1951
• Paul R and advert for Jacqueline Cochran 1946
• Saul Bass 1955 , 1958 , 1959 - Man with golden arm
• Paul Rand 1962 Poster for IBM 1970 , american broadcasting.
• Ken Garland 1964 First things first Manifesto
• F.H.K Henrion 1960 stop Nuclear Suicide Poster
• 1968 Seymour push pin studio - hippie movement

sleeve design

• Art Workers - and babies 1970
• Jamie Reid , Sex pistols Never mind the buzzcocks sleeve design 1977
• Peter Saville New order Blue monday 1983

• Neville brody 1980s the face magazine covers.
• David Carson - don't mistake legibility for communication

• 1986 Public image limited
• 1986 public image limited - compact
• 1984 do they know its christmas - Peter Blake.
• Designers republic 1994 pop will eat itself
• Juliah house primal scream 2000
• 1997 Mark Farrow Ladies & Gentleman we are floating into space
• The coup - 2001 withdrawn party music cd cover 
• 1990-1992 Benetton adverts Oliver Toscani  - not related to clothing.
• Judy Blame Keep Britain tidy T-shirt

Summary 

• Graphic design is a relatively young disipline
• Links between Graphic Design and different disciplines e.g fine art , advertising are arguably becoming increasingly blurred.