Details Title: Design History Description: Modernism-Present Total Flash Cards: 45 Created: 05/09/2008 17:20:47		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art/Design Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Principles of Modernism (5) Definition minimalism functionality use of new materials no decoration/reference to history beauty comes from blend of form and function Term Mies van der Rohe Definition designed 1.) Bauhas buildings 2.) Federal Building 3.) Lakeside Towers 4.) IIT Term Eero Saarinen Definition designed 1.) St Louis Arch 2.) TWA terminal at JFK Term Modern Furniture explored two opposing styles which were... Definition 1.) Sleek, machined materials (metal, glass) 2.) organic shapes and material (wood, plastic) Term Swiss graphic design is characterized by... Definition 1.) strict adherence to a grid 2.) sans serif type 3.) hierarchy of communication using weights and sizes of type Term Joseph-Muller-Brockman Definition -most known for series of abstract, minimalist music posters -geometric precision -strict use of sans serif -objective use of photography Term Emil Ruder Definition -taught type in Switzerland -emphasized meticulous, objective application of principles -rational system, mathematical order Term Three Prominenent Way-finding Designers Definition Otl Aicher Lance Wyman Deborah Sussman Term Otl Aicher Definition 1972 Olympics Term Lance Wyman Definition Mexico City Olympics 1966 Term Deborah Sussman Definition Los Angeles Olympics 1985 Term Herb Lubalin Definition -started International Typeface Corporation -publication U&Ic -spearheaded movement in design using newly-design "photo-type", which was very customizable Term Paul Rand Definition -produced ads and images that made use of minimal, simple, almost child-like graphic elements -UPS logo -"subway posters score" Term PushPin Studios was created by... Definition Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast Term Glaser and Chwast introduced what ideas into the mainstream? Definition -conceptual illustration -revival of Victorian styles -revival of art deco style Term Robert Venturi Definition -wrote Learning from Las Vegas -postmodern architect Term Five trends in PostModern design according to Meggs Definition -Swiss typographic Experiments -new wave typography -Memphis and California architectonic mannerism -retro and vernacular -electronic revolution Term Five trends in PostModern design according to Poynor Definition -deconstruction -appropriation -techno -authorship -opposition Term Retro Design Definition -borrows from previous styles and images -may be a homage or may be parody -evokes a sense of nostalgia Term Vernacular Definition -borrowing from things in common usage -can be done with sense of irony/sarcasm/humor -can be done with realization that some forms work better in some contexts -sometimes called naiive Term Parody Definition references to styles assuming the audience is familiar with the reference (building on associations already inheirent in style) Term Pastiche Definition mixing or borrowing of styles in a context in which there is no assumption of a common understanding considered neutral Term Deconstruction Definition -not a style, but a "method of questioning" -very experimental, leaning heavily on theory -origins: Jacques Derrida: Of Grammatology Term Studio Dumbar Definition -formed by Gert Dumbar -Nethlerlands -Deconstruction Term Techno Definition Term NeoModern Definition -cultivating the "look of information" -genuine, honest use of information graphics -good design can inform and advance society Term Authorship Definition designer as author/creator of content as well as design Term Opposition Definition making statements counter to prevailing commercial culture Term Prominent Opposition Artists (4) Definition -Tibor Kalman -Dan Friedman -Shawn Wolfe -the Guerilla Girls Term Prominent Authorship Artists (2) Definition -Bruce Mau -Warren Lehrer Term Prominent NeoModern Artists (4) Definition -Matthew Carter -Jonathan Hoefler -Edward Tufte -Grundy and Northedge Term Prominent Techno Artists (7) Definition -April Greiman -P. Scott Makela -Rick Valicenti -The Design Republic -Skolos and Wedell -David Carson -Vanderlans and Licko Term Prominent Deconstruction Artists (5) Definition -Katherine McCoy -Jeffery Keedy -Rick Valicenti -Studio Dumbar -Skolos and Wedell Term Prominent Retro Artists (6) Definition -Paula Scher -Neville Brody -Malcolm Garrett -Louis Fili -Charles S. Anderson -Tibor Kalman Term Saul Bass Definition -identity for Girl Scouts, AT&T -"Man with the Golden Arm" -strong figure/ground relationships Term Massimo Vignelli Definition -Federal Design Improvement Program: 1974 -Redesigned National Park brochures using "unigrid" -1985 National Design Award -Dedicated to improving and making more consistent the design standards Term Emigre magazine formed by... Definition Rudy Vanderlans Zuzana Licko Term the FACE magazine formed by... Definition Neville Brody Term David Carson wrote... Definition "End of Print" Term Emigre magazine was... Definition -graphic design magazine founded in 1984 -variety of layouts, use of guest designers, and opinionated articles -Vanderlans and Licko Term Some Swiss designers include... (6) Definition Willi Kunz Rosemarie Tissi Siegfried Odermatt Steff Geissbuhler Wolfgang Weingart April Greiman Term Willi Kunz Definition explored typographic hierarchy and the use of negative space Term April Grieman Definition -created a grid and then used elements that contradicted the grid -pioneered use of Macintosh in design Term Tibor Kalman Definition -art director for Colors magazine - Term "Colors" Magazine Definition -deconstruction magazine that covered controversial topics -Issue 4 covered "race": very controversial -created in 1991