Have technological advancements produced new platforms to explore deconstruction in graphic design? In particular the work of Keedy, J. Abott Miller, Soda and Wired. Consider this statement: ‘The medium, or process, of our time—electric technology—is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formally taken for granted.’, Erik Adigard, No More Rules, p111
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I am not sure if I agree that visual language has stayed the same for the past 500 years. Surely as human civilisation has changed and evolved so does the manner in which we communicate, is it more than just text and illustrations, what about, paper and texture, typeface, motion, artistic techniques etc.
Is the current form of applying text and illustration relevant to different cultures. I have been reading quite a lot lately about the inadequacies of the Latin alphabet and the current form of letters in relation to languages other than Latin.
Surely the application of applying text and illustration has changed visual language, how else have sub cultures communicated? Is it not feasible to say that as other sections of society have learned to understand the message and form of a sub culture’s communication that it becomes diluted, apart of mainstream understanding.
Posted by Keith at April 6, 2004 10:25 AM