Journal #2: Alphabets

Alphabets are especially crucial to graphic design and what makes us human. Having a written language is what separates us from primates. Alphabets opened up communication and sharing of ideas. For the Greeks, refining the alphabet allowed them to create geometry. Alphabets also, allowed for mass number of people to become literate.
Growing up, I went to a Jewish day school and had to read from the Torah(written in ancient Aramaic.) So it's especially fascinating to see how a language such as Aramaic arose in the East.

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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 #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.

Journal #8: George Lois

George Lois(1931-Present), designed 92 covers for the magazine, Esquire. For this journal, the focus is on Lois’s subway advertisement for Goodman’s Matzos, designed in 1960. The large-scale matzo, foresees the pop-art trend, specifically, with close up everyday objects.

History of Graphic Design(Su18 GID F001)

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