Koloman Moser

Max Ernst

Max Ernst- DADA

1. Oedipus Rex (1922)

2.Men Shall No Nothing of This (1923)

Max Ernst although never attending any sort of art institute for education, became very involved in the DADA/Surrealism movement. He also invented the graphic art technique known as frottage, using pencil rubbings of objects as images.

Fred Spear

Enlist (1915)
Passenger from the Lusitania submerged in water cradling an infant in her arms.

William Bradley

William Bradley - American

1. Victor Bicycles
Overman Wheel Co.

2. Columbia Bicycles Pope Manufacturing Co. (1895)

Born in Massachusetts, William Bradley began his work as an artist at age 12 when he worked for a printing company he then moved to Chicago where he did work with wood engraving and typography, this soon turned him to freelance graphic design work. Bradley mostly did posters and his style was similar to that of the Japanese block printing.

I find Bradley's work interesting. I love the old fashioned means of advertising and the pen and ink like quality that the have.

John Heartfield

1. Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf: Away With These Stultifying Bandages 1930s

2.Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk 1932

3.Helmet Herzfeld 1929

John Heartfield was born in 1891 in Germany. He is most known for his photomontage style in which his aim was to undermind the Nazi Propoganda going on during WWII.

I love the satire in the pieces, and the purpose that they served during their time. Very cool.

William Crouwel

William Crouwel
Dutch Designer
Born in 1928 Crouwel has designed many different fonts. His most famous being New Alphabet which was intended to be easily read by computer systems.

Stedelijk Museum Poster Design- 1970
Created for an art exhibition in Amsterdam, the poster folds out to display the large "A" and "7" which stands for Atlier 7, translated in English means "work shop" and could be a reference to either the exhibition or the gallery number in which it was held. The back of the poster lists the artist and work that was featured in the show.

New Alphabet - 1967
Created by William Crouwel this type was created using no curves or diagonal lines.

Movie Research

Michael Beirut

Michael Beirut
Graphic Designer

Partner for Pentagram in New York, Beirut leads a group of graphic designers in creating identity, environmental, and editorial solutions. He also served as President of the AIGA (American Institue of Graphic Arts) from 1998 to 2001.

Again, I like that his color palette is limited to just a few colors. I also enjoy that he uses typography as the main element in his design.

Neville Brody

Neville Brody
Designer/Art Director

British Designer, Neville Brody, began his career as a designer/art director for record album art. He then went on to begin art directing for magazines, including the Face magazine.

I really enjoy the bold visuals he creates with simple shapes and typography as well as usually using no more that three colors.