Part two of the slide show and lecture on the history of sans serif
typefaces covering Helvetica, Univers, Frutiger, Franklin Gothic, and
Gotham.
Masters of Typography: Past & Present
Topics
A brief survey of influential typographers and movements from
Bauhaus, to the minimalist Swiss School, to the contemporary visual
language of Reid Miles and his legendary Blue Note
album covers.
Helvetica and Logotypes
Topics
An in-class discussion on the many applications of Helvetica for identity design.
Design Exercise
Topics
Blue Note jazz covers: In this assignment we study what made the
Blue Note jazz record covers so visually arresting for their time and
why they are still relevant today. Students will be assigned a musician
and album and have to use design record covers in the Blue Note style.
