OUGD401: Lecture Notes

OUGD403: Alphabet Soup - Illustrator: Research

"Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by the British newspaper The Times in 1931, created by Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype. It was commissioned after Stanley Morisonhad written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated. The font was supervised by Morison and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. Morison used an older font named Plantin as the basis for his design, but made revisions for legibility and economy of space. Morison's revision became known as Times New Roman and made its debut in the 3 October 1932 issue of The Times newspaper.After one year, the design was released for commercial sale. The Times stayed with Times New Roman for 40 years, but new production techniques and the format change from broadsheet to tabloid in 2004 have caused the newspaper to switch font five times since 1972. However, all the new fonts have been variants of the original New Roman font."

OUGD401: Lecture Notes

OUGD401: Modernism and Post Modernism

Post Modernism

The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design, the, in my opinion, poorly placed text, slightly difficult to read, in a very unorganised structure, to me shows signs of post-moderism

The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design, it was a design for the Sex Pistols. using cut out letter forms as the type, has quite a rebellious quality to it.

The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design: it's challenging to read and once again shows no real design process.

The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design, it had a poor design process which, apparently, has had no real thought processes put into it.

The above is an example of Post-Moderist Graphic Design, it has a grunge-like feel to the image, the text is hard to read, and it has very "abstract images, with no definitive reference. 

Modernism

The above is an example of Modernist Graphic Design: it's clean, clear and readable, with the form following the function of the image.

The above is an example of Modernist Graphic Design: the text, once again is clearly communicated, using clean colours, which complement each other extremely well.

The above is an example of Modernist Graphic Design: the use of limited colours, to communicate the message intended by making the text stand out more. 

The above is an example of Modernist Graphic Design: It's simple and not excessive, it communicates exactly what It needs to communicate easily, and cleanly. 

The above is an example of Modernist Graphic Design: It's simple, using a limited set of colours, using a clean readable type face, on geometric shapes. Once again, a very clean, easy to read image.

OUGD403: Sonar Vs Sea Life Research

One of the directions I've decided to go in, following the crit, was research into sonar. The infograph above educates us how sonar from boats, submarines, tankers, affect marine life, messing with their navigation.

The second image, which is fairly grim, showing the result of sonar-abuse, a form of whaling.

Above is an example of a sonar reader, so we can see the sound which has bounced back towards us, helping us navigate, by informing the distance from objects.

However, I've also learnt that the sonar sound-waves mess with the whales' sonar, causing them to beach.