tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62052910060032200322024-02-20T13:02:47.195-08:00untitledelsrpatronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984719330501072740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205291006003220032.post-58130151541264535842010-06-06T14:19:00.000-07:002010-06-06T14:21:18.392-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPTy8SLs21Et65Ql_XBjuEMHt9gRISkcv1xIaK-boBNIXJQK06SLiDm7GdLUQhoS48Hz3DFKpGwoXg2wK77TFFLgs0H00EvRL8apvEWadsquOzCvjNFE01OpYSnIu_JXoFzE9HG0t_n8/s1600/Men_Working_Signs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPTy8SLs21Et65Ql_XBjuEMHt9gRISkcv1xIaK-boBNIXJQK06SLiDm7GdLUQhoS48Hz3DFKpGwoXg2wK77TFFLgs0H00EvRL8apvEWadsquOzCvjNFE01OpYSnIu_JXoFzE9HG0t_n8/s320/Men_Working_Signs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479773566878851826" border="0" /></a>elsrpatronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984719330501072740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205291006003220032.post-3715327976975946802010-01-15T10:17:00.000-08:002010-06-16T14:07:40.241-07:00Aztecs and Graphic design<span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" >I'm working in a project for the MA of Communication Design at Central Saint Martins about symbolism in Aztec (anthropologist suggest to call them Mexica is more appropriate) religious images.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" >During the research I have found some connections, I have to say maybe a little biased by my desire of find some important incidence of “Mexican Design” in the history of graphic and communication design, information design etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">1: Dwiggins based in a Mayan inscription for the cover from his book on editorial design <i style="">Layout in Advertising</i> (Harper & Brothers, 1928)</span><br /></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRlKhSSg9DpnjV2Qgm4WJ72M27jm0aNueMumL24a80aWzb2TuYEY9wZJpNkfDOtT8FEIEZ56ahPO8n16FXWFBbsXaysUCt2T1Ws99WvSNWoyWZEQUGWXdScpMXVRyprr46gu1VOmr_TM/s1600-h/4463_85157239931_532519931_1645717_1476825_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRlKhSSg9DpnjV2Qgm4WJ72M27jm0aNueMumL24a80aWzb2TuYEY9wZJpNkfDOtT8FEIEZ56ahPO8n16FXWFBbsXaysUCt2T1Ws99WvSNWoyWZEQUGWXdScpMXVRyprr46gu1VOmr_TM/s320/4463_85157239931_532519931_1645717_1476825_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427030280611669538" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" >2: In this cover for editorial Knopf we can observe the head and ornaments from Aztec god Quetzalcatl</span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChyAhelOP7f280thyKRDImfPvdeP8eRryDAT5gdixtxIkF1tg3B4FSZVW3Nklf5hoz7jFk_Jg4L0Ca3uaWx41WnAMC2YThWvCM9KsdA3PrxD32rHTkuDXDreWLIdAXUsI9L21DSGX7lk/s1600-h/134994c.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChyAhelOP7f280thyKRDImfPvdeP8eRryDAT5gdixtxIkF1tg3B4FSZVW3Nklf5hoz7jFk_Jg4L0Ca3uaWx41WnAMC2YThWvCM9KsdA3PrxD32rHTkuDXDreWLIdAXUsI9L21DSGX7lk/s320/134994c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427030285595238370" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" >Dwiggins is credited with coining the term '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design">graphic designer</a>' in 1922 to describe his various activities in printed communications, such as book design, illustration, typography, lettering and calligraphy (his first typeface designs were released much later). The term did not achieve widespread usage until after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War">Second World War</a>. (Livingston & Livingston 1992)</span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><br /></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" >1/4<br /></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="-Piesdefoto" face="times new roman" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->elsrpatronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984719330501072740noreply@blogger.com0