Week Two: Graphics Artist Research
Stefan Sagmeister:
This work of Stefans really caught my eyes as being bold,shocking and disturbing, which is what i liked about the piece. Art and Design that is captivating for one reason or another is realistic and meaningful, which this piece is. It creates a visual for the typography, which really works in initiating the interaction with the piece, which therefore then draws the viewer in to read the meaningful typography beneath the image. Moreover, the colouring on this piece was clever in further drawing the viewer in.Overall this was a succesful piece.
Wim Crouwell:
This poster by Wim uses space well to create a focal point to the poster where the key information is displayed. The minamalistic design works well with the colouring to arouse questions about himself which influences people to want to know more, and is therefore advertising his own exhibition successfully.I also like the typographys angular feature as it is very crisp and modern.This piece is very different to that of Sagmeisters in that it is purely based on the colour, composition and typography whearas sagmesiter also uses image to attract an audience, in a shocking manner.
Alan Fletcher:
This poster by Fletcher is one of my favourite typograpghic pieces of art. I love the way the word is created to mimic the meaning, in a very intricate way. It is both simple yet overwhelming at once which makes it such an interesting piece to look,because the meaning is simple yet there is so much detail to it that its hard to just glimpse at it for a second. It takes minutes of observing to see every aspect of the design making it successful at conveying an idea. I also love the use of colour, it could have easily been spoilt by an overuse of colour or clash of colour, but instead only a small percentage of colour is used which makes it even more succesfully designed.It also provokes thought about the subject of the poster as appose to being a propaganda style subjective poster like that of Crouwells.Fletchers work is very different to that off Crouwells,because it is more detailed, the typography expresses the meaning behind the poster unlike that of crouwells typography.
Kris Sowersby:
The symetric feature of this poster is very interesting and uses shape well.However i do not like it half as much as that of Alan Flecthers and Stefan Sagmeister as it has no real depth and meaning behind the design, unlike their work. The colour pallette is bold and eyecatching, but i dont feel those colours were choosen specifically to portray a meaning to the Letter K.
Pep Carrio:
This piece is much more thoughtprovoking than that of Crouwells or Sowerbys, due to the lack of typography. The emphasise of shape and line creates an overwhelming image that really makes you ask yourself the meaning of the piece.Personally, it suggests issolation and confusion and has a very frantic manner but is also one of my favourite pieces because it is not sterotypical. It is personal to Carrio which is also what i really like about it. I also like that there is no third colour to it, making it all the more thoughtprovoking and original to other graphic designs that i have researched.
Noma Bar:
This graphic posters' composition has been skillfully created to make an image purely from an overlay of shapes.I like this work from Bar purely due to its symbolism and meaning. The use of the pound symbol to create the face suggests that the rich can afford luxuries, with the example of a cigar, creating a powerful message with minimul typography shows a succesful composition and design.Moreover i like the use of curves in the composition, making the image much more alerting and 3D.
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