Graphic Design Movements
1850-1900's
Arts and Crafts - ( 1860- 1900) A reaction to the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era. As well machine made production aided by the industrial revolution
Artist: The Four Macks and William Morris
Artist: The Four Macks and William Morris
Art Nouveau - (1880-1914) International decorative style is a movement that uses organic, plantlike line. Signifies bursting of energy or a flow of elegance (decorates given space)
Artist: Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset
Artist: Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset
1900-1950's
Art Deco – (1910-1930) it was influenced by cubists and
futurists. Art Deco was an ornamental style, and its lavishness is attributed
to reaction to the forced austerity imposed by World War I.
Artist: Jean Carlu and Paul Colin
Artist: Jean Carlu and Paul Colin
De Stijl – (1910-1930) Working in an abstract geometrical style, De Stijl sought universal laws of quilibrium and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order
Artist: Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian
Artist: Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian
Bauhaus – (1919-1933) Bauhaus was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. The target was to combine all artistic media and share a mutual respect for different art forms.
Artist: Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Vasily Kandinsky
Artist: Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Vasily Kandinsky
1950-2000's
New York School Design – (1940-1970) The New York School was born from an excitement about European modernism and fueled by economic and technological expansion; it became a dominant force in graphic design from the 1940s until the 1970s.
Artist: Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Saul Bass and Alvin Lustig
Artist: Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Saul Bass and Alvin Lustig
New typography - (1930-1950) Most simply it is defined as a rejection of the classical rules of typographic symmetry. (Instead-asymmetry)
Isotype Movement – (1930-1950) Is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form.
Artist: Jan Tschichold, Eric Gill, Piet Zwar and Gerd Arntz
Isotype Movement – (1930-1950) Is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form.
Artist: Jan Tschichold, Eric Gill, Piet Zwar and Gerd Arntz
Information Visualisation – (1970-2000) Main goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly and effectively through graphical means.
Artist: Benjamin Fry, Bradford Paley, George Legrady and Edward Tufte
Artist: Benjamin Fry, Bradford Paley, George Legrady and Edward Tufte
Pop art – (1955-1980) Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
Artist: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Eduardo Palozzi
Artist: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Eduardo Palozzi
Psychedelic Movement - (1958-1975) attempted to illustrate the psychedelic experience. One example is the cover of Pink Floyd's 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets.
Artist: Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Milton Glaser and Peter Max
Artist: Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Milton Glaser and Peter Max
International Typographic style (also known as the Swiss style) – (1950-1980) is an influential design style based on ideals of rationalism and universal communication.
Artist: Max Bill, Anton Stankowski, Armin Hoffman and J. Müller-Brockmann
Artist: Max Bill, Anton Stankowski, Armin Hoffman and J. Müller-Brockmann
Graffiti and Street Art – (1970-2000) Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials.
Artist: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Swoon, Michael Tracy and Klaus Winkler
Artist: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Swoon, Michael Tracy and Klaus Winkler