Question 6: To what extent has Graphic Design constructed our understanding or view of historical events and perceptions of truth? I have selected this question mainly due to the feedback I received from the essay I am writing for COP 2. They are similar in purpose. My question for it was: “How the actions of World War Two lead to a change in the style, purpose and intent of what consists in Graphic Design today?” My feedback from this essay so far is that for such a broad topic the essay would need to be bigger to fully discuss and argue my point across. Thus deciding that perhaps now I could delve further into the question with greater depth, as this subject is still very interesting to me and seeing how I have already gained some knowledgable information from COP2, it will only enhance my final COP3 essay. I can refer back to the use of Graphic Design in WW2 as an example to use for the question, along with other suitable points. What’s so interesting about this question is how inadvertently Graphic Design achieved shaping our understanding and perceptions of truth. People do not realise the power it so unanimously holds over the world, because it is so abundant and fabricated into everyday life. There are two projects which have helped me realise this over second year, as I myself have unknowingly created a piece of graphic design that constructs an understanding of an historical event. Overall this question is of huge interest to me, as well as relevancy to my learnings so far at university and I look forward to greatening my understanding on this chosen topic. I believe that understand the who, what, why and when of Graphic Design and it’s history will ultimately Relevant related subjects: - WW2
Relevant related subjects: - WW2 - Trump Presidency - Brexit - Social Media - Products - Food & Health
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100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
“ A brand is a living entity and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures” Michael Eisner
Graphic Design in Germany 1890-1945 - Jeremy Ainsley
“ turning potentially negative situations into positive ones was one of the biggest opportunities social media offered SMS” Kaylene Moore
Global Brand Power: Leveraging Branding for Long-Term Growth - Barbara e. Kahn
“I am no fan of President Obama, but to show you how dishonest the phony Washington Post is, they wrote, “ Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting” as their headline. Sad!” Donald Trump
Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change The World – David Berman Communication Theories: Origins, Methods and Uses in the Mass Media (5th Edition)
Why the UK Voted for Brexit - David Cameron
Websites: http://vanseodesign.com/web-design/design-history/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/dec/18/artsfeatures2
Social marketing: “seeks to develop and integrate marketing concepts with other approaches to influence behaviours that benefit individuals and communities for the greater social good” International Social Marketing Association
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm
“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence that determines their consciousness” Karl Marx
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hitler-as-art-director-what-thenazis-style-guide-says-about-the-power-of-design/
“ The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time” Thomas Jefferson
http://www.eyemagazine.com/opinion/article/its-the-end-ofgraphic-design-as-we-know-it
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J_NcHIW-zt8C&pg=PA360&lpg=PA360&dq=effects+of+materialism+graphic+design&source=bl&ots=hd3AFPo5-D&sig= zeqmo0R-k5l3Q8Q-09AtqSK23y0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOqfmK293RAhUEC8AKHQlCChkQ6AEILzAE#v=onepage&q=effects%20of%20materialism%20graphic%20 design&f=false