Contextual Art

The Bauhaus was a school whose approach to design and the combination of fine art and arts and crafts proved to be a major influence on the development of graphic design as well as much of 20th century modern art. Founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany in 1919, the school moved to Dessau in 1924 and then was forced to close its doors, under pressure from the Nazi political party, in 1933. The school favoured simplified forms, rationality, functionality and the idea that mass production could live in harmony with the artistic spirit of individuality. Along with Gropius, and many other artists and teachers, both Laszlo Moholy-Nagyand Herbert Bayer made significant contributions to the development of graphic design. Among its many contributions to the development of design, the Bauhaus taught typography as part of its curriculum and was instrumental in the development of sans-serif typography, which they favoured for its simplified geometric forms and as an alternative to the heavily ornate German standard of blackletter typography.

Until the present day, the Bauhaus has been a synonym for brave, rational and functional schemes in art, architecture and design. The "cool" aesthetics still seems tremendously modern and is considered to be beautiful. In contrast, to the people that were faced with modern architecture for the first time in the 1920's, the new houses and Bauhaus items, whose appearance was certainly unusual back then, were often shocking.

Many prototypes of furniture and consumer goods are produced in the practical training, which can go into industrial mass production, when the "Bauhaus GmbH" is founded in 1925. Ideal items are intended to be produced for the future society under the motto of "the needs of the people instead of the need for luxury". With their plain and simple form, the Bauhaus products are a design revolution. Functionality comes first, or in other words: form follows function. Many of the products developed by Bauhaus have become an integral part of modern households, both the original designs and their derivatives, such as the cantilever chair, the Wagenfeld lamp or the Bauhaus wallpaper.

Some people, however, do not like the radical ideas and applications of the Bauhaus artists. From the very beginning, opinions differ strongly with regard to the items and buildings, which are something completely new for the society of the 1920's. Conservative circles have always been annoyed by the leftist and internationalist members of Bauhaus. When the National Socialists seize power in 1933, the Bauhaus is closed immediately. Many of the renowned artists emigrate to France, Great Britain, Switzerland and the US.

Bibliography:

- The Art Story. 2017. Bauhaus Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm. [Accessed 18 December 2016]. 

The Russian Design 

In Brief

A movement with origins in Russia, Constructivism was primarily an art and architectural movement. It rejected the idea of art for arts' sake and the traditional bourgeois class of society to which previous art had been catered. Instead it favoured art as a practise directed towards social change or that would serve a social purpose. Developing after World War I, the movement sought to push people to rebuild society in a Utopian model rather than the one that had led to the war.  The term construction art was first coined by Kasmir Malevich in reference to the work of Aleksander Rodchenko. Graphic Design in the constructivism movement ranged from the production of product packaging to logos, posters, book covers and advertisements. Rodchenko's graphic design works became an inspiration to many people in the western world including Jan Tschichold and the design motif of the constructivists is still borrowed, and stolen, from in much of graphic design today. 

Influences of Constructivism 

It was greatly influenced from the most recent movement close to its time, of that being Dada, Futurism,  Cubism and surrealism as well as the Russian revolution that occurred during the time that consisted of architecture, sculpture & fashion.

Constructivism required the final piece to be useful to be considered beautiful.

constructivism managed to push the boundaries and stand up for many rights of equality within the community at hand. Designers not only managed to support the rights that people needed but also pushed for greater ideas that educated people in understanding things for the better. 

Alexander Rodchecko was one of many designers that supported this,  but unfortunately like him many others at a point had to run away and go in hiding because where most would support the ideology that was created on these posters which were the constructivists some would be against.

Further examples of constructivism design

Note: within  constructivism design  one would always find the colour red present. 

Counter Composition V (1924)When was De Stijl Created & how long did it last?

De stijl Dutch for *The style was founded in 1917 around the time Dada was present, (as such each movement overlapped each other and influenced through out) 

A style can never go out fully, trends to exist and the idea of a trend is to be reused and modified to the current time we move in.

Why was De Stijl Created?

De stijl was created because a group of artists, poets, writers and critics sought more simplistic & abstract approaches in works which portrait harmony as a final result.

Different ways De Stijl was identified around the world:

This was identified by simplistic forms of geometric shapes and colours. the right form of the colour wheel in fact was addressed around this time because of this movement. 

Identifying the Artist & Designers that took interest in De Stijl Period:

(Fig.1)Vilmos Huszar - Mechano-Dancer (1922)

This early work employs the signature geometric shapes of the De Stijl aesthetic, yet its layering of shapes and forms, and combination of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines--along with the absence of colour - reflect a different approach from that of the movement's leading artists, van Doesburg and Mondrian. The work's suggestion of a human figure - accomplished by the arrangement of geometric forms and placement of a cube at the top, possibly representing a head - is also unique in De Stijl art. Mechano-Dancer's evocation of a hybrid man-machine, also implied by its title, suggests the influence of Dada and Italian Futurism.

(Fig 2) Theo van Doesburg - Counter Composition V (1924)

First introduced in 1924, van Doesburg's Counter Compositions - his signature works - embody the artist's wish to move beyond the confines of De Stijl with his introduction of Elementalism. While van Doesburg continued to make use of horizontal and vertical lines, he now prioritised the diagonal line; he described Elementalism as "based on the neutralisation of positive and negative directions by the diagonal and, as far as colour is concerned, by the dissonant. Equilibrated relations are not an ultimate result." The titles of his Counter Compositions refer to the fact that the lines of the compositions are at a 45-degree angle to the sides of the picture rather than parallel to them, resulting in a newly energised relationship between the composition and format of the canvas. As in the present example, he repeatedly ventured beyond the three primary colours, including a triangle of grey in addition to the primary colours, white, and black. At the time he painted this composition, De Stijl was finding its own unique voice; paintings, furniture designs, and buildings produced by those associated with the movement communicated how lines and colours should interact, and how a work's appearance is just as essential as its function.

Biblography:

- De Stijl | Tate. 2017. De Stijl | Tate. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/de-stijl. [Accessed 15 November 2016].

When was Art Nouveau Created & how long did it last?

Like any other movement we can never truly identify  when it actually started what has been documented as the most popular time for the Nouveau age within the western regions of the world was between 1890 and 1910.

Said to have been introduced and kicked off by inspirations by an english designer called William Morris and the discoveries of old Japanese woodblock prints that were introduced to the western countries around that time.

(Fig 1): Example of Japanese woodBlock with design.

(Fig 2) : Example of Japanese woodblock print on paper/fabric.

Why was Art Nouveau Created?

Art Nouveau was created to move past the traditional styles and move forward to better and more modern styles, Art nouveau was the start of adaptation and modernism. 

Different ways Art Nouveau was identified around the world:

Throughout Europe was aimed at creating styles of design more appropriate to the modern age, and it was characterised by organic, flowing lines- forms resembling the stems and blossoms of plants - as well as geometric forms such as squares and rectangles.

Identifying the Artist & Designers that took interest in Art Nouveau Period:

(Fig.3)Alfons Mucha - Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur

(fig.4) Alfons Mucha - Job Cigarettes 

{This striking poster was created as an advertisement for the Job cigarette company. A beautiful woman with a lighted cigarette dominates Mucha's poster, the rising smoke intertwining with her swirling, Pre-Raphaelite hair and the Job logo. The poster's golden zigzag border, inspired by Byzantine mosaics, combines with the twirling smoke and the rich purple background to create a luxurious and sensual mood. The curving lines of the woman's hair and rising smoke stand out against the rhythmic lines of the zigzag frame.The very fact that this woman is smoking - let alone that she is somewhat eroticized - was scandalous, since no respectable woman of the time would smoke in public. Furthermore, her sensual tangle of cascading hair was daring, because respectable women of the era wore their hair tied up. These significant breaks from tradition suggest that the smoker may be wanton and wild. She is lost in pleasure - quite possibly in the nude, her closed eyes and half smile suggesting ecstasy. Mucha depicts his smoking woman in the manner of a rapturous saint to advertise an everyday product, thereby revealing his great skill at blending art and commerce. He elevates the ordinary to a realm of mysterious beauty.}

One of the great pioneers of poster art, the Czech artist and painter Alphonse Mucha became famous for his 1894 life-size poster for Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda. This richly textured poster led to a 6-year contract and was the basis for Mucha's success as the archetypal Art Nouveau designer, who infused decorative art with a new aesthetic. As well as poster lithographs, his output included book covers, illustrations, calendars, stamps, packaging, textiles, jewellery art and stained glass, all executed in a richly decorated idiom known as Le Style Mucha. This style influenced an entire generation of painters and graphic artists: indeed, in the minds of many, his work epitomises the Art Nouveau movement. An exhibition of his lithography held in Paris, travelled to other European cities before crossing to New York. Mucha's success as a poster-designer financed his travel and studios in America and finally Czechoslovakia, where he settled in 1910. Here he produced Slav Epic (1909-28), a series of 20 monumental murals outlining the history of his nation. An ardent patriot, Mucha also freely assisted the young Czechoslovakian nation with the graphic design of its banknotes and stamps. Ironically, posters of Mucha's 'Art Nouveau Posters' are in extremely high demand and can be obtained from a number of online sources.

(fig.5): Aubrey Beardsley - The Peacock Skirt

{Beardsley's The Peacock Skirt, an illustration made for Oscar Wilde's 1892 play Salome, is comparatively polite in comparison with some of the illustrator's more erotic, borderline pornographic, works. It is a fine example of how many artists influenced by Art Nouveau laid great emphasis on surface design, often abstracting their figures to produce the fashionable sinuous lines so characteristic of the style. One might also take it as an example of how the formal vocabulary of the style could be used with exuberant excess, a quality that would later attract criticism. The influence of Japanese on Art Nouveau is also evident in Beardsley's work. But this illustration might also be taken as an example of the contemporaneous Aesthetic movement, and in that respect it demonstrates how Art Nouveau overlapped and interacted with various other period styles.}

Aubrey Beardsley was a nineteenth-century English illustrator and author. IN black ink he created highly erotic, grotesque and decadent drawings, much in the style of Japanese woodcuts. Beardsley's work was part of the Aesthetic movement, and was highly influential to the subsequent Art Nouveau movement of the early-twentieth century.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

When was Dada Created & how long did it last?

A time where people were sick of the war, the time of anti- war. Short lived period of time that this movement lived through between 1915 and 1918.

Why was Dada Created?

The dada movement was a reaction against everything that was going wrong in modern society, and aversion against its destruction was the central motivating force for this new type of art. There was a feeling that artists had gone mad and that the war was a product of rational, logical thinking. The Dada movement called for anarchy, irrationality, and following the intuitive. The Dada movement had a slim possibility of emerging without the dramatic events of the First World War. The movement was an intense and direct reaction to the spectacle and carnage of war, and the elements of explored imagery were expressed by the subconscious minds of the period.

What Techniques were used?

Simple: The word Dada  is simple, seen as a babyish word, picked at random from the dictionary to describe the movement as being simple and direct. 

Photomontage : Far from being opposed to basic ideas of art Dadaist strove to find new ways to make new art in new ways. Dadaists such as Raoul Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters used the technique of photomontage, using illustrations and advertisements cut out of popular magazines. 

Fig.1: Tatlin at Home 1920

Raoul Hausmann created Tatlin at Home in 1920 (Fig. 1) as part of the Berlin Dada movement. The idea of photomontage was as revolutionary as its content, and Dadaist were the first to use photographs as material to create different structures with often jarring and aggressive significance. To some this felt much like the tearing of flesh because their method possessed a propaganda power which their contemporaries had not the courage to exploit. This avant-garde group was deliberately anti-authoritarian and by definition could not have leaders. Aside from philosophy, Dada artists scattered across Europe after the Great War ended.  

Identifying the Artist & Designers that took interest in Dada Period:

Fig 2: Das schöne Mädchen [The Beautiful Girl], 1920 by HANNAH HÖCH

Fig 3: Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919 by HANNAH HÖCH

HANNAH HOCH

Hannah Hoch was ahead of her time. She was one of the few women participants in Dada, an avant-garde art movement from the early 1900s, which included members such as Marcel Duchamp, Tristan Tzara, Hugo Ball and George Grosz, as well as many women–consistently overlooked–such as Emmy Hennings and Beatrice Wood.  Dada emerged after WWI and was anti-war, anti-bourgeois, and dedicated to upending notions of the artist, the art object, and the establishment.

Hoch said she possessed “an experimental turn of mind”, and she is now recognized for pioneering the technique of photomontage as an art form, which presaged the mash-up media world that we live in now.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

- The Art Story. 2016. Dada Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm. [Accessed 20 November 2016]. 

When did Psychedelia evolve?

psychedelia come round in around 1960′s and the trend faded away around 1975 before Punk came along.

This movement was influenced by the drugs available at the time, popular legal drugs at the time that caused hallucinations (LSD & acid). With this it effected and influenced popular culture, which included music, style, language of how people spoke (poetic literacy) and philosophy. 

This was most popular with the younger generations of that time.

The younger generation was a result of the “baby boom” in 1945 and 1957, with the result of the higher population in people, the younger generation questioned everything (in America), in which a few movements were created and creating revolution.

Kids tackled and addressed situations mainly at music festivals. Hence the creative output was addressed to the music posters and vinyls before and then overtaking style and soon after philosophy of many of the other younger individuals. 

Designs included more vibrant intense colours with abstract but organic movement throughout which would have been in relevance to the trip someone got off the drug.

The aim was to visually express the idea of someone tripping out.

What creative influences can one see?

Psychedelia presents organic movements throughout with a bit of repetition which resembles Art Nouveau posters with cases of a female figure present which makes a strong connection between the two movements.

In some cases we can also see the influence of Dada with a mix of photo montage with the a mix of pattern included.In the image below we can also see a bit of experimentation with the photo itself which slowly introduces photo manipulation with a combination of op art. (optical art)

Psychedelia also brought up a new technique with print which involved the creation pop art, which inspired and created the comic book.

Printing the way they did was to use less ink during that time, but little did they understand that a new style/technique was created.

Identifying the Artist & Designers that took interest in psychedelia period:

Victor Moscosco:

As seen in the image above Moscosco was very experimental with his work, yes he did experiment but he was also consistent with his style. which made/ makes him a Master in his movement considered by many of his admirers.

His technique & style consistent of  bright and illuminated colours that contrasted every so lightly that would make the eye struggle to focus on at the  time creating the popular effect of tripping out was highly desired and is still admired today.

Where as todays Psychedelic approaches don't seem to be as orderly as Moscosco work used to be. 

and to compare to what it has become I find that it has become too overwhelming to appreciate as an individual myself perhaps because i don't take such drugs myself, but what I refer to is what we have now not to what we had then as when it started it was bearable and more .

Bibliography:

-how-the-psychedelic-sixties-changed-design-forever. (n.d.). Retrieved January 3, 2016, from network9: http://network9.b z/brand-design/how-the-psychedelic-sixties-changed-design-forever/ -pinterest. (n.d.). Retrieved January 1, 2017,

- from pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/383650461976790898/ -vinyltempest. (n.d.). Retrieved January 4, 2017,

- from vintage-rock-posters: http://vinyltempest.com/vintage-rock-posters/ -visual-arts-cork. (n.d.). Retrieved 1 4, 2017,

- from history-of-ar: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/pop-art.htm -Bigman, A., 2015. Tripping out: The history of psychedelic design. [online] 99designs Blog. Available at: [Accessed 14 Jan. 2017].

Introduction to the designer of Donkey Kong-

Shigeru Miyamoto Born in Sonobe, Japan on the 11th of November 1952, grew up cultivating his creative talent ( cartoonist ) to one day become a well known character designer for games. Inspired by Walt Disney animated movies. ( GiantBomb 2016 )

Originally Shigeru wanted to become a comic book artist but gave it up due to the amount of illustrators there were so he applied at Nintendo and  was hired by Nintendo in the 1976, originally he applied as a industrial designer but insisted he would be an asset to the company. His Dad knew the the company’s boss Hiroshi Yamauchi as of a friend of the family hence scoring his place at the Company as a Design Intern.

His first Designs for Nintendo were arcade games such as Sheriff and Space Fever. Although the designs weren't too bad the game itself wasn't as successful as Nintendo hoped.

Shigeru Miyamoto time to shine came along when Nintendo wanted to create something that went hand in hand with King Kong, but since ET (created by Atari) went wrong and was stated as one of the worst games released, producing games that worked hand in hand with a movie became more difficult to produced since copyright became harder to obtain. ( Danny Hach 2015 )

So Miyamoto came up with the idea of Donkey Kong a mix of Beauty and the Beast and King Kong. Creating not only a successful game for the 1980’s but also created the iconic characters most of us recognize today.  

Super Mario started out as JumpMan and was only called Mario after one of the landlords in America. In Donkey Kong Jumpman was introduced as a carpenter and only when all 3 brothers were created in super mario bros, they were transformed into plumbers. (The Super Brothers had multiple talents)

At the time Jumpmans girlfriend was  Pauline in Donkey Kong, as time passed something must have happened between the two and not long after Jumpman, (mario) fell in love once again with a Princess named Peach.

Donkey Kong was created being Jumpmans Silly Pet.

Nintendo handed over the franchise of Donkey Kong to Rare where in 1994 they introduced Donkey Kong Country. The Company produced something a little different from what Miyamoto produced in regards to style which was Flat 2D Pixel art which was back in 1981, this was 3D, technology developed and so did the design.

Systems used before was NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) which would feature designs in Pixel Design, this would be the case because Screens would have less of pixel value then what we would have now. Now we have screens that provide clean smooth lines creating clarity where as before this was not available.

“When it comes to hardware, we could only use 64 colors for the Famicom/NES, so I was also involved in design decisions such as which colors to use for each game.” (Miyamoto)

Bibliography:

- Giant Bomb. 2016. Shigeru Miyamoto (Person) - Giant Bomb . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.giantbomb.com/shigeru-miyamoto/3040-614/. [Accessed 11 December 2016].

- NPR.org. 2016. Q&A: Shigeru Miyamoto On The Origins Of Nintendo's Famous Characters : All Tech Considered : NPR. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/06/19/415568892/q-a-shigeru-miyamoto-on-the-origins-of-nintendos-famous-characters. [Accessed 16 December 2016].

- Rolling Stone. 2016. 5 Things We Learned About 'Mario' Creator Shigeru Miyamoto - Rolling Stone. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/5-things-we-learned-about-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto-w454968. [Accessed 16 December 2016].

- Mental Floss UK. 2016. 17 Fascinating Facts About Nintendo Legend Shigeru Miyamoto | Mental Floss UK. [ONLINE] Available at: http://mentalfloss.com/article/71002/17-fascinating-facts-about-nintendo-legend-shigeru-miyamoto. [Accessed 16 December 2016].

- Why is E.T. (Atari 2600) regarded as one of the worst video games ever? - Quora. 2016. Why is E.T. (Atari 2600) regarded as one of the worst video games ever? - Quora. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-E-T-Atari-2600-regarded-as-one-of-the-worst-video-games-ever. [Accessed 16 December 2016].

- ClassicGaming.cc. 2016. The History of Donkey Kong | The ideas, development and growth. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.classicgaming.cc/classics/donkey-kong/history. [Accessed 17 December 2016]

Born April 1902 in Germany and died in 1974 in Switzerland, this man is said to have left great impact on Design greatly. not only was it said but he himself proclaimed to be a big influence in regards to typography!...

He took charge and created what a standard Hierarchy should look like, ideal for at least one brand being the penguin books.

It is said that he as an individual found it hard to misunderstand design principles and because of this managed to create well structured pieces.

Personal Input:

Jan Tschichold style was something new and different, he like any other artist/designer was influenced  by others. Bold use of shapes and Images give off the idea of Dada influences of photomontage but Tschichold coorporates other elements in his work which moves away from Dada and recreates his own style and technique.

In his work you can see the experimentation of vanishing points and perspective relations and the use of other solid forms to create new textures.

Throughout Tschicholds’ work he seemed to vary on what typography  to use weather it was sans serif or not he always seemed to understand how to use it to his advantage.

Bibliography:

- Dominic Flask. 2016. Jan Tschichold : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/jan-tschichold/. [Accessed 23 December 2016].

Howard Aiken realized that the human capability to calculate on a constant time frame would be deconstructing the natural behavior of the human being, not to say that the this would be done but that the functionality of the human was not to revise a situation on repeat. We as human beings aren’t meant to act as machines, we create does we are creative by fault. So Howard proposed an automated calculating machine in 1937 were IBM and Harvard took up the idea to build it. 

Completed in 1944, Aiken’s “Harvard Mark I” calculator helped design America’s atomic bomb. More sophisticated Mark II, III, and IV versions followed.

Early computers were electro-mechanical, which means they used mechanical components as part of the computing process. The Harvard Mark I was one of many such machines, but it is unique because a team of engineers at IBM were involved in its creation.

The 5-ton computer, completed in 1944,  read instructions via paper taper. It lacked many of the features of modern computers but inspired additional work both at Harvard (where it ended up) and at IBM (which helped to engineer it).

The 1980s were the era of the IBM-Compatible PC. It all started with the IBM 5150, the first product introduced to the IBM-Compatible platform. The IBM 5150 was not a particularly revolutionary computer on its own, but it did feature everything that was needed from PCs at the time, such as a powerful 8088 CPU and an available floppy disk drive.

It was followed by a number of additional IBM products throughout the 1980s and a hoard of IBM-compatible models made by other manufacturers. The 5150 pioneered the PC as we know it today – a platform that can run common software despite differences in hardware.

Thous the progression of other products like apple and windows that followed behind it, to what we use to day ad still find people developing greater technology as we speak. 

BIBLOGRRAPHY:

- http://www.skynet.ie/. 2000. Computing Developments in the Early 20th Century. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.skynet.ie/~darkstar/history/. [Accessed 15 November 2016].

- computerhistory. 2016. Howard Aiken. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/birth-of-the-computer/4/86. [Accessed 15 November 2016].

- computer.. 2016. Howard H. Aiken. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.computer.org/web/awards/goode-howard-aiken. [Accessed 15 November 2016].

The Abacus is said to be invented in China, used as one of the first machines to calculate and add up sums, but is also said to be one of the more complex machines to be invented that it took a great deal for an individual to learn how to use the abacus unlike most of us take minutes to use the modern calculator.

Although this mechanical device was created almost 4, 000 years ago , it is still widely used in the asian countries.

“Each bead has a specific value. Reading from right to left, the beads in the first column are worth 1, in the second column the beads are worth 10, in the third column the beads are worth 100, etc. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are performed by moving the appropriate beads to the middle of the abacus.”

Although the Abacus is not greatly used these days, the counting mechanical device has developed with in each generation, technology has developed at not a consistent but at a rapid and up hill chart from one mechanical device to the next with in inspiration and determination.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

- ptc. 2016. The History of Computers. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ptc.dcs.edu/Moody/comphistory/comphistory_print.html. [Accessed 26 October 2016].

A vending machine was placed on the streets of New York City, Not an ordinary vending machine but one that contained dirty water, This brought up an idea that usually might be taken for granted.. clean water. Where in a city that clean water might be easier to access, for other places it is not. 

The machine indeed sold bottles containing dirty and undrinkable water but the interaction created with in the marketing scheme provided  opportunity to people in need of clean water.

Not only that but again I must repeat, this brought attention to the countries that do not have the luxuries that the new Yorkers have. This marketing scheme might have also further educated some people who did not understand once before.

Mr.R.Caruana.

To answer your very simple question for Joining this course! WEll, I want to get somewhere and I want to succeed in life and I need to start somewhere before I can take off. I started this journey ages ago and I believe it wont end until I die.(so dramatic)

 I wont be able to take in everything I must admit sometimes my body/mind can reject certain information. but on whole I love learning and love applying what I learn to good use! 

First Class and I love the fact that our teacher lets us have debates about the subject, (subject being contextual art), I love challenging my brain, but that’s  what school about.. right!.

Learning & obtaining the knowledge of a subject and putting it into use. Even when a certain amount of knowledge is given to us we tend to create our own ideology around the subject which creates debate and controversy.

The first interesting question that was passed our way was “what was/is the difference between Art and Graphic Design?”

The answer was given but it was brief, in short we where told that the difference would be that Art is made with personal intention and Graphic Design is made for a specif audience, Graphic design is a form of visual Communication which is formed around (add forms of graphic design)... and yes even though I do agree with such explanation I still craved the point of view of my peers on the subject matter itself. 

So I asked and believe it or not!.. a lot of people would not know the difference between the 2. Some would even think that the difference would be with what Medium the artist uses.

 “Oh an artist uses paint and a graphic designer would use ..well a computer”

So I focused on one individual instead who was quite creative himself and took away a points from a very interesting conversation but one quote stuck around for longer.

                  “Art inspires and Graphic design motivates” 

It lingered and made me question it even more so I looked up on some debates on the deep design.com, creative blog.com & design shack.com and throughout, most of these blog posts seemed to communicate the same thing in different words, and that made me realist that we all can see the same thing but no matter what we can take something different from a piece, whether it be an illustration on a book, a blog post, an editorial or a movie poster.. the outcome will always be different no matter weather its art or not, the difference with graphic design is that part of the creation communicates something that is clear.  - where as art can some.. if not most of the time be abstract.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:  

Secondary TEXT sources:

-thedeependdesign. 2013. ART VS. GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE DEBATE RAGES ON. [ONLINE] Available at: http://thedeependdesign.com/art-vs-graphic-design-the-debate-rages-on/. [Accessed 5 October 2016].

-creativeblog. 2016. The difference between art and design. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/difference-between-art-and-design-51620336. [Accessed 5 October 2016].