Olly Moss

Olly Moss is a . English graphic designer, artist and illustrator who was born on 20th January 1987.

He is well know fro re-creating movie posters which are included in a magazines such as the Empire Magazine. he was commissioned by Marvel Entertainment to create the cast of Thor. His other works ended up on a cover of a video game known as Resistance 3 which was promoted in his drawing style.he studied literature in University of birmingham and graduated in 2008. he is also a gues of podcasts such as IGN UK podcast and A Life Well Wasted podcast.

Wolfgang Weingart

Wolfgang Weingart was born in 1941 in Salem Valley, Germany. He is a  well known typographer and a graphic designer. Weingart's work was classifies as Swiss typography. He was a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale from 1978 to 1999. in 2005 he receivrd an award of Doctor of Fine Arts and in 2013 he was a recipient of AIGA Medal.He saw a lecturer in Europe, Asia, Australia, South and North America.

He created many abstract text (as seen above) As you can see he has put letters horizontally and vertically.  The way they are placed makes the text harder to read yet if it is viewed as an artwork it becomes more interesting and abstract.

This typography work is even more abstract and harder to read than the first one. Here you can see the text swirling or being sucked into something. most of the text is unreadable. It's like the artist doesn'w want us to focus on the text but on the image itself.

His work has received awards of exellence by Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs in Bern.

Barney Bubbles

Barney Bubbles, born as Collin Fulcher on 30th July 1942 in Tranmere Road, Whitton, Middlesex and died on 14th November 1983. He was an English graphic artist. In 1958 he attended Twickenham College of Technology to study National Diploma in Design. When he left college in 1963 he worked as an assistant in a design company known as Michael Tucker + Assosiates in London.there he learned everything he needed to know about typography. in 1967 he was known as Barney Bubbles. The name came from when he was operating a light show which created bubble effect when oil and and water were mixed while projecting them.
In 1969 he converted a building in Portobello into a a graphic art studio and named it Teenburger Designs. The studio was found in the ground floor. His first record sleeve design for Quintessence's LP In Blissful Company. his studio also created record sleeve designs for bands such as Brinsley Schwartz and Red Dirt.
After the disappearance of Molton and Warwick, Teenburgers Designs closed down.

When he formed an assosiation with Hawkwind, he created many poster designs, adverts, stage decorations and performance plans. He worked on his designs anonymously or under a pseudonym. 
He directew quite few music videos which were for Ghost Town by The Specials, Is that Love by Squeeze's. Temped by Elvis Costello.
in 1978 he commited a suicide  on 14th November 1983 because of financial worries and his sleees were rejected by Elvis Costello and record companies. Bubbles was also chased by Inland Revenue for unpaid taxes which he too years ago. He gassed himself by a bag filled with trapped fumes.

Avant-Garde

Avant-Garde is a French term which is translated as 'advance guard' or 'vanguard'. It refers to a group of artists who are into experimentation with art, culture and politics.Their works are created by using completely new techniques especially in art. Basically  it means that the movement is ahead of its time or pushes the limits of what is considered traditional. The term is usually used while describing a certain artist or group who are introducing new and very modern idea or style of art.This style many shocking to many people during introduction because it is something very new and different.

Post-Modernism (re-write)

Post-Modernism is related to the term 'Modernism', Post means 'after something' so it is like the 'next generation' of Modernism. Post-Modernism started during the late 20th century approx 1950s. The movement was about recycling works and styles of the past, modern day concept themes, simplification, performance in art and collage.
There are other movements which are classified as post-modern such as Installation art, Conceptual art, Multimedia and Inter-media.

Identity (re-write)

Identity is an information about certain person such as your name, age, gender, looks, passport etc... anything that proves that you is you. Everyone and everything has it's own identity. Nobody has the same identity. You may look like someone but there is always some kind of difference between you and that person which identifies who is who, for example your finger prints. the pattern on your fingers are unique. you will NEVER find anyone who has the same pattern as you. As I said before, it might be similar but it will never be the same.

There is a different kind of  identity known as Numerical Identity. As an example we will look at the numbers in your ID card or Passoprt. Every proof of this kind of identity has its own unique numerical pattern which will never be the same to the other person's. There might be a coincidence when you and than person have all numbers the same but the last numbers are different. It happens a lot.
same thing goes on the numbers and letters printed on money. You will never find two e.g 5 pound notes with the same number unless you pick up a fake one.

Semiotics (Re-write)

Semiotics (also known as semiology and semiotics studies) is the study of understanding signs such as the 'Fire Exit' sign or the traffic light signs. We all know how to react to these signs because it has been established over the long period of time by a cultural convention and we have been taught from a very young age that the white man running towards the exit from fire on a green background means that this is the fire exit. Same goes for the traffic lights.

We all know what does the red, orange and green light stand for. If the person is for example color blind, there are pictures shown on the lights such as the green walking man and the red standing man. By looking at these signs we know that we have to wait when the red man shows and cross the road when the green man shows.

Not all signs are visual, some of them are sonic sounds such as the fire alarm or the police/ambulance siren. we all know what certain sound means because we have been taught from a very young age.

There are also signs which look the same but have a different meaning. for example the thumb up. if you are standing on the road with the thumb up it means you are waiting for someone to pick you up and give you a ride to desired place, The thumb up for diver means to go up the surface, and the thumb up during the Roman empire times was a signal if if the gladiator is okay or a thumb down which meant he was deador seriously wounded.