For this Project we will be working on are presentation and communication skills
At first this was my worst nightmare as I am a quite person and people find it hard to understand me so this assignment really took me out of my comfort zone.
Kyle put us randomly in groups this was the group of class mates I was put with:
| Pixels |
|---|
| Aleksandra Siewruk |
| Peter McAlernon |
| Caroline Orr |
| Noah Weston |
| Stephen Grimason |
To begin talking about what subject we were going to choose we stayed after class to discuss in detail what roles we would have throughout the presentation. We then immediately made a WhatsApp group called Pixels so we could easily get in touch with each other. We then discussed each topic and overall decided the Modernism Movement in America would be the topic we would present.
It was a movement that involved design, architecture, art and literature. It rejected traditional values and didn’t have rules. It began in central Europe and Russia and in later years moved across the sea to the US between WW1 and WW2.
We got a book from the university library called American Modernism Graphic Design 1920 to 1960. This book was the main source of research for me as it had a overwhelming amounts of information. I decided I wanted to focus on American Modernism editorial design as its something that fascinates me and I generally love photography and design.
Here are just a few pages that inspired me;
As most of these images were from a book I searched Pinterest to find them which was a time consuming task.
As a group we decided we would use a overall design for each slide and insert images and type to are individual style. As I was focusing on editorial design in America I wanted to contribute as much patriotism as possible. I typed in ‘PNG pin up girl’ into google and found this image. Using Figma I designed the cover image for my topic. Adding in butterflies to represent freedom was also an idea I had. Using a red, white and blue colour palette for the imagery portrays the American flag.
I wanted to add in a fashion element to my cover so I decided to use the type ‘Vogue’ which is the original Vogue Magazine typography. I used the type ‘Futura’ as it is a typeface that was used throughout American propaganda war posters.
