OME April 27th Final of the Semester

The start of class we watched a movie about Barbra Kruger, and visual voice. The enter of deconstruction we opened with Jaques Derrida and the study of writting grammatology, writting was a distinctive mode of representation. Derrida coined the term reconstruction. A history of formal typographic structure would be included to the explore the split between form and content inside and out. Cranbrook explored post structuralism and the language of Derrida grammatology. Then there was Ed Fella who distinctly unsystematized - and inpired "grunge" (He fathered the grunge movement.)He would go out and photograph signs and turned to  handmade type and letters for the design of his posters. David Carson, Narrative of type and design. He was untrained, free to invent the line between legibility and chaos, and disregard for functionality.

Postsructuralism challanged hierarchies. Postmodernism sees reality as being fragmented, diverse, tenuous, and culture specified. Deconstruction, structure in mass media can be reshuffled and re-inhabited. The Culture Jam, payed attention to the role of language and "texts" in our construction of reality and identity. To nights lecture was closed with Stefan Sagmiester with a video of his art gallery in Soho, and how graphic design can be interpreted and controversial to the outsider. Times are changing and graphic designers are going to have to think out of the box, and go out of their element. Graphic design is what you make it.