10 IAT 102 Graphic Design
03 Swiss Style Armin Hofmann Adrian Frutiger: Univers-Font Wolfgang Weingart: Typo-Punk Design Basics
Swiss Design (International Typographic Style) asymmetrical organization grid objective photography clear and factual sans serif typography Herbert Matter, Max Bill, Otl Aicher, Emil Ruder, Armin Hofmann, Josef Müller-Brockmann (Chapter 18, Meggs) Armin Hofmann, 1954
1928 Tschichold New Typography 50-60ies Ruder White Space 1961 Muller-Brockmann The Grid 1970s Otl Aicher: Corporate Identity
Armin Hoffman
Armin Hoffman
Armin Hoffman “The viewers do not know it – but they can feel it”
Font Design (Swiss Style)
Leading refers to the thin strips of lead that divide the horizontal lines of type. A font size is determined by the entire piece of metal. Therefore, not all 10pt. fonts look exactly the same - they can have differing x-heights.
Univers, Adrian Frutiger, 1957
Helvetica, (Neue Haas Grotesk), Max Miedlinger 1957
http://www.anyonecanswiss.com/
Swiss Design (International Typographic Style) asymmetrical organization grid objective photography clear and factual sans serif typography Poster “the good shape” Emil Ruder
Wolfgang Weingart, Punk-Typographer
Design Basics
How do you lead users through information by visual means?
Style-Hints (or elements for good design): Hierarchy Balance Consistency / Repetition Contrast White space Gestalt-principles
hierarchy
What is the most important information? What should you see first? Second? hierarchy
balance
balance - symmetry
balance - asymmetry
balance – symmetry or asymmetry
contrast
visual contrast
Gestalt-principles: Proximity Similarity Good continuation Closure Uniform Connectedness Figure Ground
Proximity Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010 http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/ss/gestaltlaws.htm Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
Similarity Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
Good continuation Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
Closure Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
Uniform Connectedness http://www.andyrutledge.com/gestalt-principles-3.php Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
figure/ground
Proximity Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010 http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/ss/gestaltlaws.htm Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
Good continuation Information Design, Andres Wanner 2010
figure/ground
figure/ground
figure/ground
figure/ground
Announcements Next week: - quiz: all lectures + Lupton: GRID chapter This week: midterm-marks Please review IN DETAIL! your marks count as accepted, if you don’t dispute them before March 22nd Questions, feedback, etc: Andres’ informal office hour, today 2:30 Blenz @ Mezzanine Allen, Andrew office hour: today after lecture
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