Interaction design

style’s rationalism and structure offered great functionality; however it limited designer’s creativity prompting a highly expressionist movement known as post-modernism. These drastic changes in design can be examined based on their technical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical impacts. Swiss style design can be characterized by its heavy use of grids, sans serif type and cold compositions. This style is best known for its ability to convey complex information in an easy to understand manner.…

Delineated by beautifully crafted and unconventional garments. Ivie liberty designs aim at providing a look that gives the wearer a distinctive and peculiar look. Each piece is made based on designer Ivie Liberty creative personality. Ivie enjoys professing herself through clothing with effortless spontaneity, Her designs unique femininity, merged with the combination of both British and Nigerian culture also influenced by nature architecture, people, culture, history and romance. Ivie…

Through-out the years, Artworks from different Art Movements have been influencing various scopes of the design world. One of the ways that the influence of Art History to the design world, is shown through Fashion Design. Every now and then we see hints of Artworks walking down the runway showcasing the master pieces that they are. Moreover, influence of Art is seen everywhere in the world of fashion, be it Magazines, clothes or exhibitions. It is also evident that some artworks are more…

the right way to approach architectural design? There are many architectural theories that an architect can draw upon that helped them to achieve different types of results in their design, such as constructivism, de-constructivism, critical regionalism and many more. There are a number of architectural projects that are based on the concept of pragmatism. The key element in a pragmatic approach to architecture is function; the pragmatist perspective to design approach can be linked to both…

Interpretation of beauty from different perspectives in addition to the numerous manners human beings perceive beauty. Richard Seymour was educated as a graphics designer at the St Marine central school for art and design and in the royal college of arts in London (Design Indaba, 2013). According to design Indaba magazine he is one of Europe’s best known products designer. In October, 2011, Seymour gave a TED talk entitled “how beauty feels”. In this talk, Seymour’s purpose was to deliver a…

By comparing the contrast between Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano, the essay discusses how they become world’s most influential fashion designers and how their design influence on present day design. Vivienne Westwood was born in Isabel Swire Derbyshire in 1941. She played a vital role in the emergence of Punk Rock in the 1970s and has come to be known as one of the most influential British fashion designers of the twentieth century. Since 1960 to present, she has been the creative director…

Many things have a way of catching my eye, art is a crucial section; particularly, Sculpting. Sculpting, is a way to bring ideas to life; created three dimensional images and having them stand out is a way to decorate the world. In my opinion, sculpting is a way for artists to express themselves and show the world the talent they have to offer. This also gives them a chance to work with the elements Sculpting uses four techniques to confirm marvelous art, these include, methods of execution,…

at it. Graphic design is everywhere!”. A good majority of what she does at Pentagram, the design firm she is employed at, is typography. She has done books, album covers including that for Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” (which she hates, admittedly), and the logo for Citibank. The importance of typography, according to Scher, is that it creates an identity. Without logos, brand recognition goes out the window. Without the recognition needed to make sales, a brand is dead. The design is the…

Jan Tschichold is from Leipzig Germany and is a typography and author. Born in 1902, Tschichold trained as a calligrapher and designer at the Leipzig Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Production from the ages of 17 and 19 then began freelancing as a lettering artist and designer. He was hired at a printing firm to draw page layouts for the typesetters. While working there, he visited a Bauhaus exhibition that drew him into the new Modernist movement. A couple of years later, Tschichold joined…

Maurizio Anseri was born in 1969, Loano, Italy. Born in Loiano, Italy in 1969, Maurizio Anzeri studied Sculpture and Graphic Design at the Camberwell College of Fine Arts. Right now, he lives and works in London, England Anseri uses found photographs and embroidery skills to create subtly sculptural pieces in which strangers are given new identities. This adds to the mystery and complex to his work. He sees photographic portraits and landscapes, exploring them in order to layer then with his…