THE BAUHAUS

JOSEF ALBERS

PAUL KLEE

WASSILY KANDINSKY

LASZLO MAHOLY-NAGY

QUESTIONS:

1. WHERE WAS THE BAUHAUS SCHOOL LOCATED?

WEIMAR, GERMANY

2. WHEN WAS IT IN EXISTENCE?

1919-1933

3. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE BAUHAUS' DESIGN WORK FROM DESIGNS THAT CAME BEFORE THAT?

THEIR WORKS WERE DESIGNED TO SHOW A REIMAGINED VIEW OF THE MATERIAL WORLD AND THE UNITY OF ALL THE ARTS.

Examples of Good Design

Examples of Good Design

HANDMADE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS HANDMADE FOR THESE REASONS:

LINES: THE LINES ARE CLEARLY NOT PERFECT
THE SMUDGE: YOU CAN TELL THAT THE SMUDGE WAS CLEARLY HANDMADE BECAUSE IT IS ALL OVER THE REST OF THE PAGE TOO
OUTLINE: THE OUTLINE IS NOT COMPLETETLY STRAIGHT OR FULLY COVERING THE OUTLINE
SYMMETRICAL: THE DRAWING IS NOT SYMMETRICAL WITH ALL OF THE LINES
SIZE: THE SIZE OF ONE END OF THE "D" IS NOT THE SAME AS  THE OTHER HALF OF THE "D"

STABLE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS STABLE FOR THESE REASONS:

SYMMETRICAL: ALL THE PIECES OF THIS DESIGN ARE SYMMETRICAL
SIZE: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE THE SAME SIZED FONT
FONT: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE THE SAME FONT, MYRIAD PRO
PLACEMENT: ALL OF THE WORDS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF EACHOTHER TO PORTRAY STABILITY
COLOR: THE COLOR IS THE SAME ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE PAGE

IMPLIED

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS IMPLIED FOR THESE REASONS:

CHOPPYNESS: THE INITIAL WORD IMPLIED IS CHOPPED UP INTO PIECES SO IT IS IMPLIED THAT THE WHOLE WORD IS IMPLIED
FONT: IT IS IMPLIED THAT ALL VERSIONS OF THE WORD ARE IN THE SAME FONT
SHAPE: IT  IS IMPLIED THAT ALL OF THE LETTERS THAT CONTINUED TO MAKE THE WORD IMPLIED WERE ALL THE SAME SHAPES
SIZE: THOUGH THE SIZES OF ALL THE LETTERS WERE DIFFERENT SIZES IT STILL IMPLIED THE SAME WORD, SHAPE AND FONT WERE USED

QUIET

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS QUIET FOR THESE REASONS:

OPACITY: THE OPACITY IS A TABOUT 10%, SO THE WORDS ARE CALM 

COLOR: THE COLOR OF THE BACKGROUND IS A LIGHT PINK, WHICH IS OFTEN A SIGN OF CALMNESS

SIZE: THE WORDS ARE SIZED SMALL AND SMALLER, AS WELL AS LOWERCASE

REPITION: THE WORD QUIET IS REPEATED... ONCE IT IS BIGGER, BUT LOWERCASE AND ANOTHER TIME IT IS SMALLER AND LOWERCASE

SPACING: THE WORDS ON THE PAGE ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE PAGE, LEAVING LOTS OF NEGATIVE SPACE

CAMOFLAUGE

Text Designs:

THIS DESIGN IS CAMOUFLAGED FOR THESE REASONS:

BACKGROUND: THE BACKGROUND IS A TEMPLATE MADE FOR CAMOUFLAGE 

LETTERS: THE LETTERS IN THE WORD BLEND IN WITH THE BACKGROUND

COLOR: BOTH THE LETTERS AND HE BACKGROUND ARE THE SAME COLORS

SIZE: EACH LETTER IS SIZED SPECIFICALLY TO FIT IN ITS COLORED AREA

SHAPED: SPECIFICALLY FOR THERE AREA PLACEMENT

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

PAST TIMES

1997

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

BLACK ON WHITE

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS BLACK ON WHITE FOR THESE REASONS:

BACKGROUND: BLACK; WHITE IS ON TOP

COLOR: THE COLOR OF THE WORDS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THE WORD THEY REALLY ARE.

WORD PLACEMENT: THE WORDS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO CONVEY BLACK ON WHITE.

LINES: THE LINES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE OUTLINED IN WHITE 

OUTLINES OF WORDS:THE OUTLINES OF EACH WORD IS THE OPPOSITE COLOR THAN THE COLOR OF THE WORD ITSELF.   

ACTIVE

Text Design:

                                          THE DESIGN IS LOUD FOR THESE REASONS:
                       MOVEMENT: THE SWIRLS MOVE YOU THROUGHOUT THE PAGE
                       FONT/EFFECT: THE FONT AND EFFECTS ON THE LETTERS LOOK LIKE                       THEY ARE MOVING.
                       GRADIENT: THE GRADIENT ALSO MOVES YOU THROUGHOUT THE PAGE GOING FROM DARK TO LIGHT AND SO ON IN A PETTERN.
                        ARRANGEMENT: THE LETTERS ARE MOVED THROUGHOUT THE PAGE IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN IT IS SPELLED, WHICH SHOWED IT IS MOVING

LOUD

Text Design:

THIS DESIGN IS LOUD FOR THESE REASONS:

COLOR: BOLD; BRIGHT

SIZE OF LETTERS: LARGE IN HEIGHT AND WIDTH

SHAPE OF LETTERS: EMPHASIZE THE DESIGN ASPECTS

FONT: BOLD; POPS OUT

LOCATION: MIDDLE OF THE PAGE; LETTERS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT IN A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT

NOCTURNAL

MY SECOND WORD FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOCTURNAL.

NOCTURNAL: DONE, OCCURRING, OR ACTIVE AT NIGHT.

SOME SYNONYMS ARE: NIGHT; NIGHTLY; NIGHTTIME

WHISPER

MY WORD FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WHISPER!

WHISPER: TO SPEAK SOFTLY USING ONE'S BREATH.
                     A SOFT OR CONFIDENTIAL TONE OF VOICE.
                     DONE FOR PRIVACY.

SOME SYNONYMS ARE: MURMUR; MUTTER; MUMBLE;