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Graphic Design History Project on Kickstarter

Lesley Gaesser March 21, 2015

Graphic Means explores the history of graphic design production, before the advent of the desktop computer.

 

Project Link

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/graphicmeans/graphic-means-a-history-of-graphic-design-producti

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FLOMM, The Battle for Modern

Lesley Gaesser February 9, 2015
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FLOMM, The Battle for Modern

by: Steve Mehallo, Chelsea Davis, Darcy Nelson, Noam Weiss, Amanda Burnham, Kaylah Hammer, Kevin Harbaugh, Suzanne Leibrick, Rikki Morehouse, David Powers (The Group)

 

A historical game that recreates the struggle of Modern Art against the Tyranny of Tradition!

Download the Game in the App Store!

“What would a video game look like if developed in 1923 by a bunch of angry modern artists?”
— FLOMM

FLOMM WEBSITE

http://flomm.us/

FLOMM BLOG

http://flommus.tumblr.com/

FLOMM APP

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flomm!-battle-for-modern-1923/id952019729?mt=8

 

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Know Your Design History, 99 Designs

Lesley Gaesser February 9, 2015

Know Your Design History: The Bauhaus Movement

It would be an understatement to say that the current state of the graphic design industry owes a lot to the Bauhaus movement. With modern design’s intrinsic nature as a combination of art and industry, we owe much to this ragtag German design school that persevered throughout a tough time of social and political upheaval to leave one of the biggest stamps on art, architecture and design in the 20th century.

The Bauhaus School (literally meaning ‘building house’ in German) was founded in 1919 by Walter Groupius in Weimar, then the capital of post WWI Germany. In this era of change and disillusionment, the movement sought to embrace 20th century machine culture in a way that allowed basic necessities like buildings, furniture, and design, to be completed in a utilitarian but affective way.

The school encouraged the embrace of modern technologies in order to succeed in a modern environment. The most basic tenet of the Bauhaus was form follows function. 

ARTICLE LINK (Read More)

http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2013/08/15/know-your-design-history-the-bauhaus-movement/

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Mid-Century Modern Online Collection

Lesley Gaesser February 9, 2015
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Mid-Century Modern

A great collection of modern works. 

MID-CENTURY MODERN

http://midcenturymoderndesign.tumblr.com/

ARCHIVE LINK

http://midcenturymoderndesign.tumblr.com/archive#_=_

 

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Wassily Kandinsky In Action

Lesley Gaesser February 2, 2015

Wassily Kandinsky Painting Video

 

VIDEO LINK

http://youtu.be/cT0bLbwWcj0

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Eames: The Architect and The Painter

Lesley Gaesser February 1, 2015
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Charles & Ray Eames

via: PBS

From 1941 to 1978, this husband-wife powerhouse brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training; she was a painter and sculptor. Together their work helped shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital today. Narrated by James Franco, Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the 25th anniversary season finale of American Masters. (PBS)

“Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”
— Charles Eames
 
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FULL VIDEO / PBS

http://video.pbs.org/video/2178281391/

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Graphic Design History Project on Kickstarter
Mar 21, 2015
Graphic Design History Project on Kickstarter
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FLOMM, The Battle for Modern
Feb 9, 2015
FLOMM, The Battle for Modern
Feb 9, 2015
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Mid-Century Modern Online Collection
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Mid-Century Modern Online Collection
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Arts & Crafts, Watson Library's Rare Trade Bindings
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Arts & Crafts, Watson Library's Rare Trade Bindings
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Bauhaus & The Metropolitan Museum of Art Online
Jan 24, 2015
Bauhaus & The Metropolitan Museum of Art Online
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Key Figures

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Johannes Itten (1888–1967)
Jan 31, 2015
Johannes Itten (1888–1967)
Jan 31, 2015
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Jan 25, 2015
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Jan 25, 2015
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Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Jan 23, 2015
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Jan 23, 2015
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Grit Kallin-Fischer, Women of the Bauhaus
Jan 23, 2015
Grit Kallin-Fischer, Women of the Bauhaus
Jan 23, 2015
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László Moholy-Nagy  (1895–1946)
Jan 21, 2015
László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946)
Jan 21, 2015
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Graphic Design History Project on Kickstarter
Mar 21, 2015
Graphic Design History Project on Kickstarter
Mar 21, 2015
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Wassily Kandinsky In Action
Feb 2, 2015
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Eames: The Architect and The Painter
Feb 1, 2015
Eames: The Architect and The Painter
Feb 1, 2015
Feb 1, 2015
Walter Gropius - The Dessau Bauhaus
Jan 28, 2015
Walter Gropius - The Dessau Bauhaus
Jan 28, 2015
Jan 28, 2015
Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Costume Parties (1924-1926)
Jan 19, 2015
Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Costume Parties (1924-1926)
Jan 19, 2015
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