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Major Research Project

This is a blog that documents the research journey by sharing my thoughts, ideas and development within the subject area of my choosing to support my major project that will be accompanied later on with a contextual report. This will be part of my MA studies in Graphic Design at the University of Portsmouth.

The Bauhaus: the work of Herbert Bayer

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- March 31, 2024

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Screen print exploration

- March 29, 2024

I wanted to explore current Hebrew letterforms through the medium of print. One of my key practices in finding out answers is to explore through screenprint methods. I have become accustomed to this method of communication through its materiality nature and the systematic response it takes to generate imagery. Screenshot image taken from wip presentation However, it is important to explore first ways to create such imagery digitally to test before the next stages of processing the screens. This allowed me to generate different modular letterforms using grid systems, this has been part of my ongoing research to understand letterforms from the modularity perspective. I wanted to consider different compositions to test out via screen printing, so I created the imagery first via Illustrator to see how they may look. The idea was to explore Latin and Hebrew letterforms within their alphabets. To add further context to these prints, I wanted to communicate the value of...

What's next?

- March 11, 2024

From the feedback given within my crit session looking at my work in progress presentation, it was advised to explore the following: Parameters in Design Visual Kingship/Visual consistency Explore the Bauhaus typography / letterforms typography through the lens of semiotics / how we read type It was advised to create a framework to outline what I want to explore next and see where this will take me. further notes on this and to consider exploring are: What it the value of Typography? What is the value of letterform design? What is the value of Hebrew to me? How can I help people to understand the value of different letterforms ie, Hebrew, Latin, Cyrillic? Have I finished exploring hebrew typography? Is it time to explore other languages and alphabets to explore next? Where there languages and alphabets that where a head of its time by using a systematic approach, example would be the bauhaus and Herbert Bayer. Explore books that show different alphabets and their systematic approa...