In an exercise in combination with the Illustration Tutors, i spent a day creating abstract art to do with the art movement that i have been selected for the “Re Imagining Design Histories” three week project. because my art movement is International Typographic Style it focuses on cleanliness and legibility. i used this opportunity to strip the movement back to its bare bones characteristics and chose to display those characteristics through the card stuck onto the paper. Characteristics such as; layering of text, Implementing and relying heavily on grid systems, minimal imagery, large amounts of open space and flush left blocks of text as well as the use of sans serif fonts. i feel this exercise was very useful in allowing me to further understand my art selected art movement as well as brainstorm many more ideas in terms of my layout for my final outcome. below are some of the outcomes i made to represent my movement. if i were to do this exercise again i would simply create a larger amount of outcomes as i feel that would be the most effective way to improve upon what i have already done and allow me to grasp a deeper understanding of International Typographic Style.
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