Lecture 4

20th graphic design based on two styles: Suprematism and Constructivism
Minimalism- Pure Form
"Cubo-Futurism"
The emergence of the Constructivist Movement- 5 yrs between 1917 and 1922
Goals of Constructivism- Forge a new world of objects for a new social order.
Photographs become main idea in designs, which leads to photomontage
Lines, Shapes and Arrows used to direct eye around design.
Rodchenko and Lissitzky, both constructivist
Modern graphic language becomes characterized by geometric forms and high-contrast arrangements.
Late Constructivism was instrumental in placing the radical typographic forms
Theater design
“professional identity” for modern graphic design.
De Stijl
Mondrian

Without Soviet Russia, design would have gone nowhere. Pushing the boundaries of type and image helped progress the constructivist movement to new heights that no designer has done before. Lissitzky is by far one of my favorite artist through his use of minimalism and color, he was by far ahead of his time in that area, because that style is starting to reappear in modern times and very popular to the mass public now. Photos became more dominate in designs leaving behind hand drawn images. Sharp angles and strange rotations help promote the idea of strength. Mondrian who helped build upon the ideas that Lissitzky laid down as a foundation but he used his own style of grids which he is popular for. As time continues to go on constructivism still stands strong just like the idea that they were putting out at the time, design would not have progressed without the ideas from Russia and the designers that followed it.