Assignment 13
Research Presentation

Research and present a close reading of 3 works by a favorite designer, studio or agency. Your presentation should be in Figma or PDF format designed for screen (1400×850px) and should take about 5 minutes total. Upload your presentation to Google Drive. Put care into the design and layout of your presentation. View an example presentation.

We will hold class at No Ideas in Brooklyn. Class will begin at 1:00pm, you will have from 12:00-1:00 to travel to the location.

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)

Suggestions:
— 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.