Iron or Irony?

Persistence of vision is a valuable principal found to have its place in designing. How visual effects persevere in the minds of the viewer can make or break the message it conveys. From the, strong, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, robust durability of iron like materials used, to the ironic contrasts of messages developed, a designer wants their message to create a lasting impression for their audience. Step right up and see for yourself is the unheard gesture that visual art always conveys. But the job isn’t actually done until the audience walks away with the impression created by the artist in their memory.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Could this be the graduating class of Towson ‘08?

Here’s a bit of historical typography from the archives found in a book called ‘The Campus History Series Towson University’. It is a photo from the graduating class yearbook of the Maryland State Normal School in 1908. The Maryland State Normal school opened in 1866 and was a predecessor to Towson University. This archaic design of numbered typography shows some of the creative ingenuity of designers from the early 20th century. The number of graduates back than was very limited.
Class of 1908. The graduation picture for the class of 1908 is shown here using a popular style of arranging the graduate pictures within an image of the class year.

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