Lecture Decmeber 9th

Modernism and Postmodernism

Who decides what is good?
Modernism - saw themselves as the guardians of cultures these who were lower down the social order seldom questioned there place.

What is class?
- Education
- Occupation
- Leisure
- Activity
- Taste

The era of the lifestyle.
Consumer objects constitute a system of signs that differentiate the population.
Postmodernist theorists Baudvived and Foucaults.

Postmodernism - difficult to locate historically because its not clear when it began.
Artists Micheal Beutler and John Clay.

1990 the stylistic conventions of postmodernism graphic design Milton Glaser and Martin Sharp.

Stupid Girl

Today we watched the music video 'stupid girl' by pink. The reason for watching this video was to look for all the ways she communities her views to us.

The video include many ways for communication these are the ones i find.
- Uses the TV
- The way they look
- Body
- Different symbols
- Film
- Songs words
- Specials effects
- Location
- History ( black and white images)
- Camera angles

Lecture December 2nd

Communication

We communicate thought language and body language.
The way people stand, an image we no straight away the meaning.

A signifier - A sign
The outline of an image is the signifier. We know the meaning of image just from the outline.

Language is always changing - what means something to you might mean something different to someone else.

Russian Cyrillic alphabet shows different sounds, ideas and different meanings.
Symbolic signs you know straight away like road signs and flags of different country's.

We use everything around us to help us communicate.

Bauhaus

Photography

I was away for the lesson on photography however i have look at other people notes on the lecture and decided to look up the photographer Tom Stoddart. I looked at alot of his photos and find them quite upseting. However i like black and white photos and these show the real emotioin the people faces.

Graphic Design

For the graphic design lecture i was away, however looking though the presentation notes on blackboard i can get a real understanding of all the different sides to graphic design. As my chosen pathway I've never really thought what is graphic design? Now looking thought some of the images posted i see a pattern of logos, layout and typography shown. I love working with text and layout and i think if everyone looked at examples of these it would give people a good understanding of what a good layout looks like depending on the style/subject it for.

Reading 1 - Vivienne Westwood

Reading the Vivienne Westwood text i thought i would of bin reading alot about fashion and her design and ideas (which of course i wouldn't mind as i love fashion and shopping), but there was alot about the design of her logo and her involvement in the process. I was really surprised that Vivienne has alot of say about the design of the packaging and logo as i thought all her interest was in fashion design.
I really like the fact she uses ideas and designs from the people around her. Also the thought of what colours to use and what they symbolise. I like that i can now see the graphic design side of fashion and would like to do something like this in the
future.

Magazine Covers

I LOVE looking at magazine covers. They really inspire

me to look at different layouts and typography to help

me improve in my graphics modules.

Lecture November 25th

Art history

Ancient Greek - sculptures from body forms the ideal man and woman.
Ancient Rome - different sculptures and clay vases.
Renaissance - changed the view of what an artist is. See artists as special people. There painting tell a story.
Mannerism - realism and self portrait
Baroque - painting of roman Catholic Church's, religious views.
Rococo -light, creative interior design style paintings.
Romanticism - romance nature paintings. Power off nature with man kind.
Realism - reality paintings. people doing normal things e.g farming. Real events.

Lecture November 11th

Today's lectures was interesting, we spoke about the Avant Garde and what in art? There was a few confrontations as we all have are own few on what is art to us. However the Avant Garde i didn't no much about.

Avant Garde and Kitsch - Clement Greenberg

I read the text Avant Garde and Kitsch, i didn't really understand the language of it, but i release there was a lot of talk about the Avant Garde and the differences between the society's and what money they had. I understand that the Avant Garde was under a lot of pressure from the Kitsch and a few of its members didn't always resisted this pressure and temptation as they would change there work for it. I like that he asks a lot of questions in the text its show that no one knows the answer to everything.

Noma Bar

I really like this designer, his work using negative
space stands out and they are very creative. His work uses one shape two make two images.

Have a look!

http://graphichug.com/2009/09/21/noma-bar/

Exhibitions

Bristol City Museum Exhibitions

Jamaica Street Artists

6th November - 3rd December

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

5th December - 10th January 2010

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/exhibitions/

Arnolfini

Barbara Steveni

21st November - 17th January 2010

http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/

24Hours

What i encountered in 24 hours!

• Road signs and traffic lights
• Posters and bill boards
• Shop signs and designs
• Furniture and computers
• Photos and pictures
• Buildings
• company logos
• In store signs and designed shopping bags

My Specialism

I would define my chosen specialism (graphics) as a creative, mixed media subject. Graphics includes many different medias like computer programs, drawing, using paints, markers, all which help to creative final outcomes of designs. You need to have a good imagination and uniqueness to meet design briefs. I understand graphics to be a development of ideas and processes to get to the best final outcome possible.

My Style

I like the style of image. The negative space makes the main features stand out. The lines are very crisp and the colour works well against the white. I think this images represents me and the style of work i like looking at and would like to achieve.

Creative Histories and Industries.

What excites me about my chosen course is meeting new people, learning new creative skills and ideas. I'm also excited to include my own interests and have the freedom to design something i like.
I have chosen to study graphic design further as I'd like to develop my knowledge of the industry and learn more IT skills. At the end of the two years i hope to have the skills and ideas to draw new and creative designs on demand. I would also like to be able to have good knowledge for graphics to go into the industry.