It's a blog post so it's not the most scholarly of sources but I stumbled upon this post and it's reassuring to see the issues I want to look into further, other people share exactly.Source:---Globalization and Its Impact on Website Graphic DesignPOSTED BY SNAPTECH MARKETING ON 07/21/2008There used to be a World of different design schools, each of them proud of their own roots and achievements. But "living in a global village” as Mcluhan would say, we are on the best course towards losing our identity.For many years now I have been collecting...
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Michael Beirut - Looking Closer
Posted on 14:46 by cena
Looking Closer -Michael Bierut, William Drentel, Steven Heller & DK HollandAllworth Press, New York1994A really useful and interesting book authored by Michael Beirut, a designer closely attached in my mind with modernist and clean advertising in North America - and often quite critical of the stuff before modernism and Swiss design such as Helvetica came over to the US eradicating the need for decorative ads.'Looking Closer' is a book with a series of essays by leading designers such as Bierut and Milton Glaser,...
Monday, 23 September 2013
Globalisation _ Definition + Overview
Posted on 04:15 by cena
Definition of Globalisation:via: Financial TimesThis is the integration of economies, industries, markets, cultures and policy-making around the world. [1]Globalisation describes a process by which national and regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through the global network of trade, communication, immigration and transportation.In the more recent past, globalisation was often primarily focused on the economic side...
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Questions/Surveys to send out
Posted on 11:10 by cena
QUESTION TIME---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've compiled a list of designers and studios I'm going to reach out to in regards to finding out a little bit more about collaboration/inspiration and opinions on globalisation and graphic design style in todays world. I'm going to individually target different demographics - students, studios, designers - both of older and younger generations. The older generation having been exposed to and practicing in graphic...
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