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Dear sir/madam
Hello,
My name is Natatsha Ruddock, I am currently a 3rd year student at the pronowed University of the Arts London. I am emailing you as I require your help with my final year project.
The project is about Modernism as I believe that it is still useful and used in today's designs however others believe that it has failed it was just a movement moving on to the next.
As you are the professional I am turning to you for help with my project. As my ideas are good but as a student I would like your advice and help.
I am wanting to produce pieces that at familiarised with Modernists designs during the 1950's mainly looking at the Swiss Style as I am influenced and inspired by artists such as Armin Hofman, Emil Ruder, Paul Rand, Josef Muller-Brockmann and many others.
Looking at work you have designed, collected, referenced I thought you would be the best person or company to ask. I hope you can answer the questions below and please do add more if you can as your answers would be very much appreciated.
I was also wondering if it would be possible to arrange a meeting between yourself and I perhaps to look at work/s you have created as it may help with my final pieces.
I understand you may be extremely busy but I would be entirely grateful.
As there isn't much time left to my final hand in I please ask of you to reply as soon as you can.
Thank you very much for reading my email.
Please do contact me at -
email address: natasharuddock88@gmail.com
Blog address: http://amodernistsina21stcentury.blogspot.com
Telephone no: 07951729106
Skype: Natasha Ruddock
Thanks again
Yours Sincerely
Natasha Ruddock
Dear (name)
Dear sir/madam
Hello,
My name is Natatsha Ruddock, I am currently a 3rd year student at the pronowed University of the Arts London. I am emailing you as I require your help with my final year project.
The project is about Modernism as I believe that it is still useful and used in today's designs however others believe that it has failed it was just a movement moving on to the next.
As you are the professional I am turning to you for help with my project. As my ideas are good but as a student I would like your advice and help.
I am wanting to produce pieces that at familiarised with Modernists designs during the 1950's mainly looking at the Swiss Style as I am influenced and inspired by artists such as Armin Hofman, Emil Ruder, Paul Rand, Josef Muller-Brockmann and many others.
Looking at work you have designed, collected, referenced I thought you would be the best person or company to ask. I hope you can answer the questions below and please do add more if you can as your answers would be very much appreciated.
I was also wondering if it would be possible to arrange a meeting between yourself and I perhaps to look at work/s you have created as it may help with my final pieces.
I understand you may be extremely busy but I would be entirely grateful.
As there isn't much time left to my final hand in I please ask of you to reply as soon as you can.
Thank you very much for reading my email.
Please do contact me at -
email address: natasharuddock88@gmail.com
Blog address: http://amodernistsina21stcentury.blogspot.com
Telephone no: 07951729106
Skype: Natasha Ruddock
Thanks again
Yours Sincerely
Natasha Ruddock
Firstly
I think I should email these question first as it may take a while before I get any response.
Possible questions:
Why do you have an interest or career in modernism - art and design?
Why have you chosen the path to be or work like a modernists designer?
What do you like and dislike about modernist art and design?
Who influences or inspires you? and why?
What did you study to get where you are now?
What was the best piece of advice someone told/gave you?
Any advice or tips for someone like myself who is considering/starting a career in the graphic design industry?
And lastly do you think Modernism failed? if yes or not why?
Possible questions:
Why do you have an interest or career in modernism - art and design?
Why have you chosen the path to be or work like a modernists designer?
What do you like and dislike about modernist art and design?
Who influences or inspires you? and why?
What did you study to get where you are now?
What was the best piece of advice someone told/gave you?
Any advice or tips for someone like myself who is considering/starting a career in the graphic design industry?
And lastly do you think Modernism failed? if yes or not why?
Okay back to the very beginning
Action Plan -
History for all 3 movements comparing them
Political events / status
Each movements manifesto
Images of works relevant???
Then -
Narrow it down
Swiss History in depth
looking at individual Swiss artist's / designers
and their history in that movement
Okay I will do these steps first and from there I will figure out what's missing and what needs to be done.
History for all 3 movements comparing them
Political events / status
Each movements manifesto
Images of works relevant???
Then -
Narrow it down
Swiss History in depth
looking at individual Swiss artist's / designers
and their history in that movement
Okay I will do these steps first and from there I will figure out what's missing and what needs to be done.
Thoughts...
Hand in Monday 6th June 2011
aaarrrggghhhh.................
So much to do and not enough time :(
feel like giving up
i need the motivation ok going uni this week from 9am til closing gna ask mum to pick up lil man from nursery.
Next steps...
Narrow and pin point the important stuff
Put what I know and so confidently talk about to practice i.e. sketches, development work get going really
Think more beyond the modernism aesthetics
So my next steps are to:
Delve more into the historical and political
Look at each movements Manifesto's and perhaps write my own and live by it for a week?
Look more in depth at the artists I like so maybe it gives a clearer image
List questions I could ask.
Next meeting Thursday 19th May 2011
Group crit
Hopefully have the blog fully loaded with research and that also list question I would like to ask or email the professionals
Thursday 26th may 2011
Another Group crit (groups of 4 people)
Would like to have some development work by this stage so the next week is just finalising and printing.
Put what I know and so confidently talk about to practice i.e. sketches, development work get going really
Think more beyond the modernism aesthetics
So my next steps are to:
Delve more into the historical and political
Look at each movements Manifesto's and perhaps write my own and live by it for a week?
Look more in depth at the artists I like so maybe it gives a clearer image
List questions I could ask.
Next meeting Thursday 19th May 2011
Group crit
Hopefully have the blog fully loaded with research and that also list question I would like to ask or email the professionals
Thursday 26th may 2011
Another Group crit (groups of 4 people)
Would like to have some development work by this stage so the next week is just finalising and printing.
Also during our meeting Paul asked me a very important and significant question...
What is the point ... of my project?
I tried to jot down a few answers
- influences
- quotes
- appealing
- simplicity (but the designs looks like they take a lot of time ect to complete).
Paul also asked why do you want to pursuit this as your project?
And my main asnwer and aim was I wanted to prove Darren's theory wrong, that Modernism hasn't failed ... okay yes we don't work like Josef Muller-Brockmann or Adrain Frutiger (Modernists) but it has had and effect actually an last effect to how graphic designers work for example using the grids systems, typefaces, tyopgraphy etc.
Other suggestions
Ask companies or graphic designers who work like modernists some questions that may help
either by email, interview in person, skype etc.
just to name a few:
- Adrian Shaughnessy
- Build
- the art of the grid
- http://rachelyracheling.wordpress.com/
- http://clagnut.com/blog/2038/
- http://www.internationalposter.com
What is the point ... of my project?
I tried to jot down a few answers
- influences
- quotes
- appealing
- simplicity (but the designs looks like they take a lot of time ect to complete).
Paul also asked why do you want to pursuit this as your project?
And my main asnwer and aim was I wanted to prove Darren's theory wrong, that Modernism hasn't failed ... okay yes we don't work like Josef Muller-Brockmann or Adrain Frutiger (Modernists) but it has had and effect actually an last effect to how graphic designers work for example using the grids systems, typefaces, tyopgraphy etc.
Other suggestions
Ask companies or graphic designers who work like modernists some questions that may help
either by email, interview in person, skype etc.
just to name a few:
- Adrian Shaughnessy
- Build
- the art of the grid
- http://rachelyracheling.wordpress.com/
- http://clagnut.com/blog/2038/
- http://www.internationalposter.com
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