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Design · Graphic & Brand Design

Design History & Movements

A topic within Graphic & Brand Design, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Design.

Reading on Design History & Movements

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2 works

Book1925

Principles of Neo-Plastic Art

Theo van Doesburg

Argues that painting should abandon representation entirely for pure relationships of colour, line and plane, and that this reduction is the basis of a universal visual language applicable to every design discipline.

link checked 17 Sept 2026
Book1930

The New Vision

László Moholy-Nagy

Argues that design education should begin with direct experimentation in materials and the elements of visual perception rather than historical styles, laying out the Bauhaus foundation course as a transferable method.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

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