Reading 4

Late Modern/Postmodern
People rebelled against norms
Emphasis towards action and activism
Developments in printmaking

Ivan Chermayeff & Tom Geismar
Logos and branding identity
Abstract design in corporate identity
Design is solving problems

Yusaku Kamekura
Modernism with Japanese aesthetics
Designed logos and posters for Olympics
Originated phrase "corporate identity graphics"

Herb Lubalin
Type as image
Expressive typography
Rejected rules of traditional type
Modernism

Seymour Chwast
Illustration in designs
Uses historical styles
Inspired by comic books, Walt Disney and Victorian type
Push Pin studios

Milton Glaser
Bob Dylan poster
Historic styles, ornament and complexity
Moved past modernism

George Lois
Magazine covers
Advertising campaigns

Wim Crouwel
Typefaces for computer use
Grid systems for museum communications
Dutch design

Walter Landor
Consumer research based designs
Industrial designer before graphic designer
Design as communication

Otl Aicher
Grid based pictograms
Colorful posters and logos based on sun
Swiss design

Michael Vanderbyl
Expanded graphic design into multiple disciplines
Postmodern elements

Peter Saville
Album covers
Conceptual imagery
British
Influenced by early modern typographers