Graphic Design I
DSD-2020-A
September 12–December 19, 2022


Graphic Design II
DSD-2025-B
January 9–May 1, 2023

with Philip DiBello
Monday 12:10pm–3:00pm
209 E 23 St, Room 303

Assignment 00
Research Presentation

Research and present a close reading of 3 works by one of the designers listed below. Your presentation should be in PDF format designed for screen (1400×850px) and should take 5 minutes total. The list will be updated weekly. No repeats. Put care into the design and layout of your presentation.

Your presentation should include:
— Basic biographical information
— A conceptual & compositional analysis of each work
— A sense of the context in which each work was made; who commissioned the work, when and where was it made, for what purpose?
— Cited sources (they should not all be online)


Designer List:
— Herbert Bayer
— Max Bill
— Jan Tschichold
— Piet Zwart
Saul Bass
— Anthony Froshaug
— Milton Glaser
— Armin Hoffman
— Karel Martens
— Grapus
Josef Müller-Brockmann
— Jan van Toorn
— Wolfgang Weingart
— Lester Bealle
— Massimo Vignelli
— Pentagram
— Wim Crouwel
— Louise Filli
— Lance Wyman
— Herb Lubalin
— Neville Brody
— David Carson
— Art Chantry
— Studio Dumbar
— Ed Fella
— Graphic Thought Facility
— April Greiman
— Stefan Sagmeister
— Paula Scher
— Rick Valicenti
— Rudy Vanderlans
— Cornel Windlin
— Mevis & van Deursen
— Experimental Jetset
— Maureen Mooren & Daniel van der Velden
— James Victore
— Paul Sahre
— 2x4
— Natasha Jen
— Irma Boom

This has been adapted from previous assignments. Thank you for the inspiration.