Typography is a wide topic and ive decided to narrow it down and focus solely on The New Typography.
The New Typography
The movenment of typography which reveal a shift from traditional typography to constructivism which started in 1915 in Germany when the Bahaus school was founded.
Style Signified by:
• San Serif
• Economical
• Clarity
-The synthesis of Constructivist, Bauhaus and de Stijl design concept.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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If you do New Typography, you need to also research on bauhaus, de stilj and constructivism. What is the main ideology in each of these movement. What is the social & cultural context?
ReplyDeleteIs New Typography still influential today. If so how is it being used and how has it been appropriated in todays context.