PASSENGER
00
FLIGHT #
1989 YEAR
CRISTINA VANKO ROUTE
HOSPITAL
CLASS
N/A
CHICAGO
ITINERARY
THE BIRTH OF CRISTINA ELENA VANKO ON A WINTER’S NIGHT.
BACK @ HOME: Navy Pier undergoes renovation.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
CHICAGO// On Saturday, January 28, 1989, Cristina Elena Vanko was brought into this world by Mary Vanko. She was born at Cabrini Hospital in Chicago. Her mother was the only OB/GYN resident on call that night.
J U L E S
CHERET
THE BEGINNING
1890s
The evolution and development of poster art has always been closely linked to advances in printmaking. Thus although the lithographic process was invented in 1798, it had little impact on posters until the advent of chromolithography.
It wasn’t until Jules Cheret invented his convenient “three stone lithographic process” allowing lithographers to produce a wide spectrum of colors from just three stones - that low-cost color posters at last became a reality.
Known as the “father of the fine art poster,” Cheret also enhanced the aesthetic nature of the poster, endowed it with graceful designs and transformed it into an independent work of art.
PASSENGER
01
FLIGHT #
1990 YEAR
CRISTINA VANKO ROUTE
CHICAGO
CLASS
N/A
OAK LAWN
ITINERARY
MASTER THE MANY “FIRSTS” OF BABYDOM DURING HER FIRST YEAR. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: The Original Comisky Park, home of the White Sox, is demolished.
OTHER
REMARKS: OAK LAWN// At her first childhood home in Illinois, Cristina learned to smile, laugh, roll, crawl, babble, grip objects, stand, and take first steps. She also spoke her first words, “dada.” She also loved her first cat named Smokey.
TOULOUSE -
LAUTREC
FRANCE’S BELLE EPOQUE
1890s
By 1880, Cheret’s new poster art form was attracting a number of other top designers such as Theophile Steinlen, the great Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard. Their chosen subject matter featured Parisian
night life, notably the theatres, music halls and cabarets of the city. The growing popularity of poster art led to the hosting of a major exhibition in 1884. The poster craze peaked during the decade of the 1890s. Poster artists
were transforming Parisian streets into colorful art galleries, attaining cult status in the process, and causing theatre stars to insist on choosing their own favorite artist to do the poster for their show.
PASSENGER
02
FLIGHT #
1991
YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO PRE-K ROUTE
OAK LAWN
HOMEWOOD
ITINERARY
THE MOVE TO HOMEWOOD, IL & FIND LOVE OF ART.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
BACK @ HOME: The Bulls basketball team begins three-year NBA championship run.
HOMEWOOD// In Homewood, Illinois, Cristina found new friends, new parks to play at, new games to play; but most importantly, she found her love for art through drawing and painting.
ALPHONSE
MUCHA
THE RISE OF ART NOVEAU
1894–
Interest in the poster was further enhanced in the 1890s by the emergence of Art Nouveau, a decorative style of art marked by flowing, curvilinear shapes, and drawing inspiration from Byzantine icons,
Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and the Celtic Art Revival movement. Largely reliant upon form, line and color, Art Nouveau proved the ideal poster design, and dominated the Parisian poster scene up until the late 1900s. Along
the way it attracted a host of artists, including: Alphonse Mucha, Georges de Feure, Eugene Grasset, and Albert Guillaume. One of the first Art Nouveau masterpieces was the 1894 Sarah Bernhardt poster by Alphonse Mucha.
PASSENGER
03
FLIGHT #
1992 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO PRE-K ROUTE
HOMEWOOD
SAN FRANCISCO
ITINERARY
FIRST MEMORABLE TRIP & CHICKEN POX.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
BACK @ HOME: The great Chicago Flood occured on April 13.
PLEASURE
OTHER
HOMEWOOD// Cristina caught Chicken Pox and unfortunately, she gave it to her sister, Maria, for her 8th grade graduation. SAN FRANCISCO// Cristina loved posing sillily for photos at art museums and seeing the sea lions at Pier 39.
LEONOTTO CAPPIELLO
POST ART NOVEAU: FRENCH
1900s
Several events led to a decline in the Parisian poster scene during the 1900s. In 1900, Cheret abandoned poster art to concentrate on painting. In 1901, Toulouse-Lautrec died. In 1904, Alphonse Mucha left Paris for America
and then Czechoslovakia. And from 1905 onwards, Art Nouveau gradually lost its creative edge. Then, into this vacuum stepped a young Italian artist called Leonetto Cappiello, who focused on simplicity and impact. He appreciated
the overriding need to create instant visual impact, as exemplified by his 1906 poster designs for Maurin Quina absinthe, and in so doing established a reputation as the father of modern advertising.
PASSENGER
04
FLIGHT #
1993 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO PRE-K ROUTE
HOMEWOOD
HARVEY
ITINERARY
ENROLL IN PRESCHOOL & MEET FIRST BEST FRIEND.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: Bulls player, Michael Jordan retires from his basketball career.
OTHER
HARVEY// At Ingalls preschool in Harvey, Illinois, Cristina enrolled in preschool. Cristina met her first best friend, Meaghan, who would become a good friend during early childhood. She also would wear a different color of her mother’s lipstick to school everyday.
BEGGARSTAFF
BROTHERS
POST ART NOVEAU: BRITISH
1900s
During the mid 1890s most British designers, including Aubrey Beardsley, Will Owne, Dudley Hardy, and Walter Crane, tended to be heavily influenced by French Art Nouveau. Two of the first to free themselves were the
“Beggarstaff Brothers” James Pryde and William Nicholson, who focused on far more simple types of design. Other UK post artists, some of whom specialized in producing works for the London Underground rail system, included
Austin Cooper, Fred Taylor, Tom Purvis, Pat Keely and the American-born McKnight Kauffer.
PASSENGER
05
FLIGHT #
1994 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO INGALLS ROUTE
CHICAGO
LONDON
ITINERARY
FIRST INTERNATIONAL VACATION.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BACK @ HOME: Ty Warner introduces Beanie Babies.
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
LONDON// Sporting her colorful MC Hammer pants, Cristina loved seeing the double decker busses, Big Ben, the changing of the guard, cathedrals, and snacking on chips. She also fell asleep during the Phantom of the Opera.
L U D W I G
HOLWEIN
POST ART NOVEAU: GERMAN
1900s
German poster design was strongly influenced by Ludwig Hohlwein. Good at eliminating all non-essential graphics, he was noted for his use of shadow versus light, as well as his portrayals of people and animals. Other German post artists
included Paul Schuerich, H.R.Erdt and the great abstractionist Lucian Bernhard. It was Bernhard who initiated the German Plakatstil, or Poster Style. This style was characterized by extreme simplicity, represented by clean lines,
minimal naturalism, flat colors and precise structure, as exemplified by his Sachplakat Poster for Preister matches. This Sachplakat (in English, “object poster�) was to become a whole new genre of poster advertising.
PASSENGER
06
FLIGHT #
1995 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO STJOE-K ROUTE
HOMEWOOD
CHICAGO
ITINERARY
ATTEND ST. JOSEPH’S, ADOPT CAT, MAXX, & FIRST COMIC CON.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BACK @ HOME: Navy Pier opens 148 ft. Ferris Wheel.
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
HOMEWOOD// Cristina began her fromal education with the great Mrs. Hughes. Because Smokey the cat passed, she adopted Maxx. Thomas Jr. was born in February. CHICAGO// Cristina’s dad brought her to her first comic convention. She loved the art.
J O S E P H
BINDER
POST ART NOVEAU: AUSTRIAN
1900s
One of Austria’s best known poster designers was the Vienna-born Joseph Binder, noted for his geometrical, montage-type color patterns. Others include the Viennese abstract artist Sascha Maurer, whose famous
ski-posters also included elements of realism, as well as the Alfred Roller and Koloman Moser.
PASSENGER
07
FLIGHT #
1996 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO STJOE-1 ROUTE
HOMEWOOD
SAN DIEGO
ITINERARY
JOIN SOFTBALL TEAM& ATTEND SAN DIEGO COMIC CON.
BACK @ HOME: Ballet theatre of Chicago opens.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
HOMEWOOD// Cristina discovered her love for softball and she joined a team. Her favorite position was 1st base and her lucky number was #7. SAN DIEGO// This trip started the yearly tradition of attending the San Diego Comic Convention.
E M I L
CARDINAEUX
POST ART NOVEAU: SWISS
1900s
Positioned in the center of Europe and speaking three national languages, Switzerland absorbed a great deal from its neighbors France, Germany and Italy. Leading Swiss Art Nouveau designers included Theophile Steinlen and Eugene
Grasset, both of whom were active at first in France, as well as Mangold, Emil Cardinaux, Baumberger, Stoecklin and Morach. If Italian poster art grew out of opera, Swiss posters depended on the country’s status as a skiing destination.
PASSENGER
08
FLIGHT #
1997 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO STJOE-2 ROUTE
HOMEWOOD ITINERARY
START TO LEARN CURSIVE IN GRADE SCHOOL.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: Redevelopment of former Glenview Naval Air Station begins.
OTHER
HOMEWOOD// In Miss Morrison’s second grade class, Cristina was introduced to cursive handwriting for the first time. She enjoyed learning the loops and swoops. She didn’t realize that this would be the topic of choice for her BFA thesis at the time.
LEOPOLDO
METLCOVITZ
POST ART NOVEAU: ITALIAN
1900s
In Italy, posters were initially developed to promote the opera, under the German Art Nouveau artist, Adolfo Hohenstein. Hohenstein became known for his luscious color combinations and dramatic design - often executed in
monumental-size works - features which would soon come to characterize the Italian national style. Another leading Italian designer was Hohenstein’s top pupil Leopoldo Metlicovitz. He was noted for his allegorical works, as exem-
plified by his award-winning design for the 1906 International Exposition.
PASSENGER
09
FLIGHT #
1998 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO STJOE-3 ROUTE
HOMEWOOD MUNSTER ITINERARY
FIND FIRST FAVORITE BAND & MOVE TO MUNSTER, IN.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
BACK @ HOME: The Bulls won their sixth championship and Michael Jordan leaves again.
MUNSTER// The Vanko family moved to Munster, Indiana since Cristina’s mother joined another OB/GYN practice. Meanwhile, Cristina finished up third grade at St. Joseph’s and continued to jam to the Spice Girls. Ginger was her favorite Spice Girl.
W ILL I AM
BRADLEY
POST ART NOVEAU: AMERICAN
1900s
The leading American poster designers were William Bradley and Edward Penfield. Cutting his teeth on ink and watercolour wash illustrations, Penfield went on to produce a large number of high quality fine art poster
designs, notable for their abstract style and boldly simplified shapes. Unlike the already established artist Edward Penfield, William H. Bradley known as the “American Beardsley” made his reputation from poster design. Famous
for producing The Twins (1894), the first American Art Nouveau poster, Bradley’s style blended features of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Japanese block printing and Art Nouveau.
PASSENGER
10
FLIGHT #
1999 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO FHH-4 ROUTE
MUNSTER ITINERARY
ATTEND FRANK H. HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL & MEET NEW BEST FRIEND .
BACK @ HOME: City News Bureau shuts down.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
MUNSTER// Cristina attended Frank H. Hammond in fourth grade. She didn’t like the idea starting over. After awhile, everything fell in place and she met a new best friend, Sam, and took Honors Art class with her.
P
A
U
L
VERREES
WORLD WAR I RECRUITMENT
1914–
World War I meant a new role for the poster: propaganda. Indeed, the war ushered in the biggest advertising campaign to date, critical to the wartime communication needs of every combatant: from raising money,
recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts, to spurring production and provoking outrage at enemy atrocities. The lessons of brilliant American advertising in WWI posters were not lost on the Bolsheviks, who
turned to poster art to help win their civil war against the Whites. Lenin and his followers proved to be the pioneering masters of modern propaganda, and the poster became a weapon in both hot and cold wars everywhere.
PASSENGER
11
FLIGHT #
2000 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO FHH-5 ROUTE
MUNSTER
CHICAGO
ITINERARY
GRADUATE FIFTH GRADE & ATTEND FIRST CONCERT.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
BACK @ HOME: Chicago’s population reaches 2,896,016.
PLEASURE
OTHER
MUNSTER// After two years at FHH, Cristina graduated. She won the DARE essay contest. CHICAGO//Cristina attended her first concert, *NSYNC, with her best friend, Sam. They also danced to *NSYNC at the talent show this year.
K
U
R
T
SCHWITTERS
DADAISM
1916–
After World War I, Art Nouveau’s organic inspiration seemed irrelevant in an increasingly industrial society. The new realities were better expressed in the modern art movements of Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Expressionism, all of
which would have a profound influence on graphic design. Dada was the result of a reaction to WWI, artists congregated together in Zurich, Switzerland. Artists decided because life and the war made no sense, why should their art?
Dada’s use of typography and photomontage gave a different standard and flexibility to graphic design.
PASSENGER
12
FLIGHT #
2001 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO WWMS-6 ROUTE
MUNSTER ITINERARY
ATTEND WILBUR WRIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BACK @ HOME: Chicago International Speedway opens.
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
MUNSTER// Cristina attended Wilbur Wright Middle School. She enjoyed the new setup of classes and electives that she could take. She also began a trend at school as she brought metal lunchboxes to lunch with her.
O S K A R SCHLEMMER
BAHAUS
1919–
The evolution and development of poster art has always been closely linked to advances in printmaking. Thus although the lithographic process was invented in 1798, it had little impact on posters until the advent of chromolithography.
It wasn’t until Jules Cheret invented his convenient “three stone lithographic process” allowing lithographers to produce a wide spectrum of colors from just three stones - that low-cost color posters at last became a reality.
Known as the “father of the fine art poster,” Cheret also enhanced the aesthetic nature of the poster, endowed it with graceful designs and transformed it into an independent work of art.
PASSENGER
13
FLIGHT #
2002 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO WWMS-7 ROUTE
MUNSTER
ORLANDO
ITINERARY
VISIT DISNEY WORLD WITH FAMILY.
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: The Chicago Reader starts publishing Chris Ware’s comics.
OTHER
REMARKS: ORLANDO// Although she once visited Orlando when she was younger, Cristina was now old enough to want to ride on the rides and see the characters. She thought it was such a magical place and fun experience.
STERNBERG
BROTHERS
CONSTRUCTIVISM
1920s
In Russia, the fine arts were rejected as part of a change in political ideology. In the new Communist society art was put to work in the service of the state. Two artistic mediums, movies and posters, were exploited by the state as
the perfect platforms to educate the illiterate masses. Stylistically artists became constructors, assembling images into new compositions and collages. The Stenberg brothers created a series of dramatic posters for the Russian cinema.
Mechanical enlargement was not yet available, so they developed a special hand technique to increase images to poster size. They combined contrasting scale and unusual color application to create dramatic, theatrical impact.
PASSENGER
14
FLIGHT #
2003 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO WWMS-8 ROUTE
MUNSTER
NEWCASTLE
ITINERARY
JOIN THE WWMS POMS, GRADUATE MIDDLE SCHOOL, & STUDY ABROAD IN NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
BACK @ HOME: Chicago Fire soccer team wins the U.S. Open Cup.
PLEASURE
OTHER
REMARKS: MUNSTER// Cristina danced with the WWMS poms and won third place at the state competition. NEWCASTLE// Cristina hosted a British student and then traveled to England during the summer of 2003. She found and made many best friends.
O T T O
BAUMBERGERS
SACHPLAKAT (OBJECT POSTER)
1923–
The Swiss developed an early passion for the Sachplakat, or Object Poster, introduced in Germany by Lucien Bernhard. After World War Two, the Sachplakat reached new heights in Switzerland where the extreme realism
appealed to the Swiss sense of precision. The four most recognized practitioners of the style were Birkhäuser, Stoecklin, Leupin and Brun. In 1923 Otto Baumberger completed a uniquely Swiss variant of the object poster for PKZ. The
poster was a drawing of a life-size coat with wool fibers, silk lining and PKZ label so realistic that most viewers assumed it was a photograph. Aside from the label, the poster had no text.
PASSENGER
15
FLIGHT #
2004 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO MHS2007 ROUTE
MUNSTER
ORLANDO
ITINERARY
JOIN SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM & DANCE WITH INDIANA DANZFORCE.
BACK @ HOME: Millenium Park opens.
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
REMARKS: MUNSTER// Cristina began high school and started competing with the Speech & Debate team. ORLANDO// After numerous competitions, Cristina danced at Hard Rock Live’s stage with the Indiana Danzforceand won first at NDA Nationals.
J
A
N
TSCHICHOLD
PHTOMONTAGE
1924–
Various methods can be used to combine two or more photographs into a single image —several negatives (combination printing) or multiple exposures. The term photomontage came from the German Dada at the end
of WWI, most notably from the work of German expatriate, John Heartfield. Heartfield cut and pasted together parts of different photographs to recreate a new composition, often satirizing Hitler and the Nazi Party. The text was often
quotes from leading Nazis, such as , Heartfield’s “Millions Stand Behind Me” which shows what is really meant by Hitler’s millions.
PASSENGER
16
FLIGHT #
2005 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO MHS2007 ROUTE
MUNSTER ITINERARY
ADOPTED FIRST DOG & RECEIVED DRIVER’S LICENSE.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: The Chicago White Sox win their first World Series in 88 years.
OTHER
MUNSTER// During the summer of 2005, Cristina adopted her first dog, a chihuahua named Spunky. She also received a perfect on her driving test and received her driver’s license.
O
T
T
O
MORACH
ART DECO
1925–
Art Deco replaced Art Nouveau as the major international decorative style after World War I and continued to dominate until World War II. Art Deco represented a machine-age aesthetic, replacing Nouveau’s flowing, floral
motifs with streamlined, geometric designs that expressed the speed, power and scale of modern technology. Design inspirations for Art Deco were many and diverse, from the modern art movements of Cubism, Futurism and
Constructivism to ancient geometric design elements from the exotic cultures of Egypt, Assyria and Persia.
PASSENGER
17
FLIGHT #
2006 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO MHS2007 ROUTE
MUNSTER INDIANAPOLIS CIUDAD REAL
REMARKS:
ITINERARY
QUALIFY FOR STATE SPEECH MEET & STUDY IN CIUDAD REAL, SPAIN. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BACK @ HOME: The CTA begins service on the pink line.
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
INDIANAPOLIS// Cristina and Desiree’s humorous duo, “A Light in the Attic,” qualifies for the state speech meet. CIUDAD REAL//Cristina joined IU Honors and spent seven weeks in Spain solely speaking Spanish. She toured the country as well.
JOSEF MÜLLER-BROCKMANN
SWISS INTERNATIONAL STYLE
1945–
During both world wars avant-garde artists fled European countries for neutral Switzerland, concentrating in the cities of Basel and Zürich. Influences from Constructivism, De Stijl and the Bauhaus were incorporated into
a design style that exemplified Swiss neutrality and rationality. It was the graphic equivalent of Modernism, the predominate style of world architecture and design from the 1950s through the 1970s. Totally devoid of
emotion, or national affiliation, this international style was perfectly suited to the increasingly global post-WWII marketplace of poster design.
PASSENGER
18
FLIGHT #
2007 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO MHS2007 ROUTE
MUNSTER
INDIANAPOLIS
ITINERARY
QUALIFY FOR STATE SPEECH MEET, QUALIFY FOR WE THE PEOPLE STATE, & GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: Chicago Wins Right to Represent US in Bid for 2016 Olympics.
OTHER
REMARKS: INDIANAPOLIS// During her graduation year, Cristina’s humorous duo with Desiree, “Dispatches from the Tenth Circle” won third at the state speech meet. Her We the People team won second at state. Cristina discovered her love for politics that year.
M I L T O N
GLASER
NEW YORK STYLE
1950s
In 1954 three graduates of The Cooper Union, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and Ed Sorel joined together to form Push Pin Studios in New York City. All three were gifted illustrators but soon added graphic design to their roster
of skills. The Push Pin look, nothing like the Swiss Style, often remixed historical styles, especially art nouveau, Victorian typography and wood type. Glaser’s famous Dylan poster is a typical stylistic hybrid, “a classical Persian
miniature painting and 20th century collage portrait by Marcel Duchamp.” Humor and wit, as well as strong political statements against racial issues and the Vietnam War, were part of the Push Pin work.
PASSENGER
19
FLIGHT #
2008 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO IUB2011 ROUTE
MUNSTER BLOOMINGTON ARANJUEZ
REMARKS:
ITINERARY
START COLLEGE & STUDY IN ARAJNUEZ, SPAIN. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
BACK @ HOME: President-elect Barack Obama makes his victory speech in Grant Park.
BLOOMINGTON// Cristina moved to Bloomington to attend Indiana University–Bloomington. She was initially a Public Affairs major, but then she switched to Fine Arts. ARANJUEZ// Cristina studied immigration studies and Spanish during the summer.
W
E
S
WILSON
PSYCHEDELIC
1960s
With strong influences from Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secessionists, such as Wes Wilson, pioneered the psychedelic rock poster genre. Intended for an audience “that was tuned in to the psychedelic experience.”
He further experimented with pulsating pictures and undulating letters. The name “psychedelic” related directly to the psychedelic drugs that were popular with the youth culture of the time, especially at rock concerts.
Poster artists tried to capture visually the feeling of “tripping out” through their designs.
PASSENGER
20
FLIGHT #
2009 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO IUB2011 ROUTE
VENICE BLOOMINGTON ITINERARY
STUDY ABROAD IN VENICE & CREATE ACTIVIST ART PROJECT.
REMARKS:
REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: Chicago places 9th on the UBS list of the world’s richest cities.
OTHER
VENICE// After sophomore year, Cristina studied abroad in Venice to take a class in intaglio printing and bookmaking. She also met a street art idol, Shephard Fairey. BLOOMINGTON// Cristina created sticker campaign, I am Coal, for the Canary Project.
FRANK
CIECIORKA
SOCIAL CAUSE
1960s
Protest art is a broad term that refers to creative works that concern or are produced by activists and social movements. There are also contemporary and historical works and currents of thought that can be
characterized in this way. Posters have been used to support the causes or protests of disenfranchised women, Blacks, Latinos, Gays, Native Americans, Environmental Activists and countless other groups. They were
especially abundant in the 1960s and 70s when artists would use silkscreens to produce strong color fields and bold type at low cost.
PASSENGER
21
FLIGHT #
2010 YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO IUB2011 ROUTE
BLOOMINGTON ROSTOV-ON-DON NEW YORK CITY ITINERARY
BECOME BFA, PRESENT RESEARCH IN RUSSIA, & INTERN AT MAD MAGAZINE. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BACK @ HOME: The Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
OTHER
REMARKS: BLOOMINGTON// Cristina made it into the BFA Graphic Design program. ROSTOV-ON-DON// She presented research at a public health conference in Russia. NEW YORK CITY//Cristina had a blast at MAD Magazine for graphic design.
WOLFGANG
WEINGART
POST MODERN & COMPUTER AGE
1970s
The International Typographic Style began to lose its energy in the 70s and early 80s. Many criticized it for being cold, formal and dogmatic. Wolfgang Weingart led the palace revolt which ushered in today’s predominant graphic
style loosely known as Post-Modern design. Weingart experimented with the offset printing process to produce posters that appeared complex and chaotic, playful and spontaneous-all in stark contrast to his elders’ teachings.
Weingart’s liberation of typography was an important foundation for several new styles, from Memphis and Retro, to the advances now being made in computer graphics.
PASSENGER
22
FLIGHT #
2011
YEAR
CLASS
CRISTINA VANKO IUB2011 ROUTE
DALLAS
BLOOMINGTON
ITINERARY
INTERN WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES’ GRAPHIC DESIGN DEPARTMENT & GRADUATE COLLEGE. REASON FOR TRAVEL:
BUSINESS
PLEASURE
BACK @ HOME: Lookingglass Theatre wins Regional Theatre Tony Award.
OTHER
REMARKS: DALLAS// Cristina traveled the country, learned a lot about in-house design, and the airline industry with Southwest Airlines’ She even “flew” with friends using the flight simulator. BLOOMINGTON// Cristina graduated with degrees in Spanish and Graphic Design.
D A V I D
CARSON
NEW WAVE
1980s
Weingart’s students, April Greiman and Dan Friedman, brought a wealth of typographic arsenals from Basel and co-opted it into the mainstream of graphic design. From April Greiman’s hybrid imagery to David Carson’s
deconstructive page layouts, anarchy reigned supreme in the nineties. Those were the days for graphic design superstars, whose style many a graphic designer adored and imitated. While no one can give a definitive answer as
to whether these American graphic designers took what Weingart did and brought it to new heights, they certainly managed to make it a huge commercial success for its unique design.