Journal #1: About this blog and Me

In this blog, I will journal my findings and reflections on the course, "History of Graphic Design."

My name is Abigail, I was born in Israel, and love the unique approach Israelis bring to art and especially graphic design. I currently live in the Bay Area. I'm taking this course not only for my major of graphic design, but to have a better understanding of my future profession.

(Fun fact; I ride horses and have been riding competitively for 10 years.)

Art has always been an active part of my life, from museums to drawing in coloring books, my parents put an emphasis on art and travel.

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Journal #10: David Tartakover

Israeli graphic designer, David Tartakover, was born in Haifa(so was I) in 1944. He was since then opened his own studio in Tel Aviv. He specializes in different aspects of visual communications, specifically Israeli culture and politics. Since 1976, He is a senior lecturer in the Visual Communication Department of the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. He is also a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), and president of the Graphic Designers Association of Israel (GDAI). Some of his most notable work, is the Peace Now logo in 1978, and became a bumper sticker. This was the first political bumper sticker in Israel. Tartakover's mural in Tel Aviv, Israel Peace Now logo, 1978 https://www.tartakover.co.il/

Journal #7: Alexy Brdovitch’s Harper's Bazaar Cover

I immediately recognized Alexy Brdovitch’s cover for the June 1951 Harper’s Bazaar. He captured the essence of summer with the bold colors. The cropping of the model’s face and legs draws attention to the beach clothes instead of the fashion model. Harper’s Bazaar is still a huge fashion magazine today along with Vogue, Allure , and countless others.

Journal #6: Modern Art

Drawn by the Spanish artist, Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory, 1931, is an iconic surrealist painting. Salvador(1904-1989) described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs.” The seaside cliffs in the background, are inspired by Salvador’s Spanish home and are the only object painted with a sense of reality. A technique, Dali often used called “the usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling,” meaning, he took placed everyday objects such as ants and melting clocks and distorted in an unfamiliar way. Works Cited: “MoMA Learning.” Willem De Kooning. Woman I. 1950–52 | MoMA , www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/1168-2.

History of Graphic Design(Su18 GID F001)

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