Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Design Styles

Design styles


Bauhaus
.Means house of building
.economic and geometric design
.Form follows function
.Economy of Form
.Truth to materials



Art Nouveau
. Art Noueveau is a French word meaning new
. This is a style of art form that became popular in the 20th century
.it's inspired by organic especially plant and flower like motifs
.strongly inlfuenced by Alphonse Mucha


Constructivism-1913-1920's
.Organization of abstract, geometrical elements to make dynamic or visually stable forms
.Combinations of different sans serif typefaces for their visual and formal properties as well as their literal meanings
.simple,flat symbolic colors
.Extensive white space as part of the design
.Photography







Art Deco 1920-1930
. straight lines
.flat, geometric,constructed shapes
.Chevrons-zig zags,lightning bolts




International Typographic Style 1950-1970
.Clarity of design objective
.Grid Format
.Visual Unity of design through asymmetrical organization through a mathematically organized grid
.Predominant Use of sans-serif express spirit of progressive age

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