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Having worked on my keyword ABSTRACT for several months, I almost purely focused on abstract images, and not the typography that often belonged to these images. So for my next epoch of this MA and for my FAT 2 work I am now ready to look into the huge and exciting field of TYPOGRAPHY and TYPE DESIGN. In my research so far, I have found that typography that appear in an abstract image very often are created by the one and same designer. One artist and graphic designer that I already have written about here in my R&E blog, Kurt Scwitters, has perhaps become more rewarded for his work on typography than for his paintings and abstract collage work (Steiniz, 1975). Recently I therefore revisited «Kafè Kurt» at my local library which serves as a nice little Schwitter museum here, and I did some more research on his work on typography (see figs 1A and 1B below).
During my research for abstract images, I also found this advert poster made by El Lissitzky, which I think makes a great example of how typography can work in combination with simple constructivist abstract elements (see fig 2).
References:
Steiniz, K (1975). Kurt Schwitters: A Portrait from Life. Comparative Literature Studies 12 (3) p.199-217
Image sources:
Figure 1A: Visit at Kafe Kurt (2014) [photo] Lykkefugl private photo archive.
Figure 1B: Visit at Kafe Kurt – Typography n.d [photo] Lykkefugl private photo archive 2014.
Figure 2: Lissitzky, E. (1928) Basic Calculus + Four (arithmetic) actions [Poster] At: http://www.wikiart.org/nl/tag/el-lissitzky-four-arithmetic-actions#supersized-search-254511 (Acesssed on 30.12.2014).