Futurism
Late 20th century
First from italy
Geometrical shapes, curves, jagged edges
Contrasting colours
David Bomberg - 1890 - 1957
Gino Severini - 1883 - 1956
Primo Conti - 1900 - 1988
Died off mostly due to squabbles or fascist conversion
Soviet Realism
Contains mostly red and yellow colours
Shows power and workers
Hammer and sickle commonly found
Come from Russian revolution
Art Nouveau
Began in 1880’s
Evolved from arts and crafts movement
Became popular at the start of the 20th century
Spread throughout Europe
Recognisable from ‘organic’ swirls
Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha - main players
Influenced structure and design
Found on perfume bottles and herbal tea etc. (usually girly items)
Swiss Style
Switzerland 40/50s
Based on grid system, sometimes tilted 45degrees
Josef Muller-Brockmann
Armin Hofmann
Otl Aicher
Still relevant
Simple modern lines
Block colour
Ikea commonly uses Swiss Style graphics for their communication with their customers (catalogues, advertisements etc)
Bauhaus Style
Beginning of modernism
WW1&2 era
German school of art closed by nazi authorities
Messy style, often described as contemporary
Fonts follow linear pattern
Usually found using white space and abstract designs
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