Historically Influenced Typography

Well, here it is. My second entry in my typography journal. I can actually thank my visual thinking class for this entry, interestingly enough. All these collages I've had to put together has made quite a tall pile of magazines at my house. Looking through them, I found this awesome spread in my US Bowler magazine. I stopped to look at it immediately; the primary colors, to me, stuck out the most. Remembering back to our lecture on the history of typography, Constructivism was based on a primary color palette. This spread, however, doesn't really incite patriotism, like Constructivism suggests. Instead, I feel with the san serif typefaces and the asymmetrical composition, it also suggests influences of Bauhaus. Bauhaus was and still is extremely influential to modern day graphic design, including this piece.

This photo was taking in a US Youth Bowler Magazine at my house on Thursday, September 24th at around 7:00.

Week 3: Naturally Occurring Letterform

I wanted the first picture in my journal to be something slightly different than the norm. Walking around campus after class today, I found many things I could have taken a picture of; most, however, were probably already taken by another student. So instead, I found my picture in my own house in Exeter Township. This picture was taken on Thursday September 16th at 7:00 PM. Looking around my house, I cam across this letter "G" along the bottom of an end table. This "G" is actually on its side; the end of the table leg curls up to make what looks like a cross stroke on an actual letter "G." I must thank my mother for her awesome sense of design; without this piece of furniture I would probably still be looking for the perfect picture.