learning activity – graphic design theory

Question 1
1. Define, in your own words, the Bauhaus, De Stijl and Swiss Movements.
2. For each of these movements: find examples from their eras, as well as current designs that are influenced by these styles. Explain in your own words how these designs were inspired by the movements.

1.1. Bauhaus was a german college of design. The college was founded by Walter Gropius. The school existed 1919 and until it was closed by the nazis in 1933.

1.2. De Stijl was an art movement in the 1920s. The members of De Stijl wanted to express a new utopian ideal of spiritual harmony. The members of De Stijl was Piet Mondrian, The van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld. De Stijl influenced the painting, Bauhaus and the international style of architecture, fashion and interior design.

1.3 Swiss Movements is a soul jazz. Their live album was was recorded June 21, 1969 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Awitzerland. The album was a hit.

learning activity – gestalt theory

This learning activity was to Define the Gestalt Theory in your own words.
Page through a magazine or newspaper or browse the Internet and find a different logo for each of the Gestalt principles. Explain in your own words, which logos are showing which principles, motivate your answer.
Find examples of four themes of thinking, and explain your choices.

Gestalt means an organized whole which is perceived as more than the sum of its design part.The gestalt theory is focusing on the idea that one object consist of a serie of parts, each one with their own uniqueness.

1. Similarity

The logo above appears as one unite, because the shapes of the logo is the same.

2. Continuation

The Adidas logo is an example of an Continuation logo, because it they who’s watching the logo will automatic follow the specific line or curve.

3. Closure

This logo of the car brand, Mitsubishi is a closure logo, because the logo is not complete, since there are some white spaces in the logo.

4. Proximity

The logo above is called Proximity because all the dots are close together in the logo.

5. Figure and ground

On the logo above there is both figure and ground. This image uses complex/figure/ground relationships.

mandatory assignment 00 – design journey

I have had a stunning holiday with really beautiful weather! And now i am back for my last year at Noroff. I started last tuesday, and here comes my first task.

“To start of the year you are asked to produce:

Infographic
Artists’ statement
Create a visualization of the entire Graphic Design course structure and add your own perspectives to create a infographic that reflects on your progression over the two previous semesters.

Your infographic will then help you in writing a short, and clear, artists’ statement.
Infographic

For this activity your goal is to create a spacious, full-color, visualization of the Graphic Design course structure. The level of detail, and structure, is up to each student.
The point of creating this infographic is for you as a budding designer to reflect on you current skill level and where you want to be heading.
It is possible for you to use any type of tools to create this visualization – even 3D software.

The information graphic is the final draft of the image that you will present to the forum.

Artists’ Statement
Research other written artists’ statements where they are commonly used to complement and explain pieces of art. However you will be writing this statement about your creative identity and/or reflections about your future as a designer.

Bear in mind that your statement is to be no more then 400 letter. This means that it needs to be a highly reflected and concisely written text”