I am really inspired by all of the symbols out there that represent advertising and consumerism. The barcode being my favourite so far, I am really enjoying experimenting with different images to achieve an effective body of practical work.
However I wanted some more inspiration, since I am using strong and bold colours in my work which is something I don't normally opt for, I have always been a bigger fan of sticking to black and white on a finished piece of work.
I thought back to a brief that I had done a few years ago in college, the brief was all about Russian Constructivism and using that style to create my own art in the same style.
I remember Russian Constructivism designs being all about order and a capitalist feeling as well as the use of strong, bold colours.
So I decided to do a little research on the design style to get a little more inspiration on how best to use the bold colours that I plan on incorporating int my work.
I found a website that displays some of the most well known pieces of Russian constructivism, since I have already worked on it in the past I still had a good idea of the style and the formation of shapes and text. However I wanted to take another look and refresh my mind on the style.
I really love the use of shapes in this style of design. It is hard to believe that such simplistic designs were created so many years ago, although it does make sense since russian constructivism was used as propaganda. The use of bold colours, like perfect red's and yellow's, which is prominent in most of the designs really creates a sort of authoritative feeling to the work.
The structure is what I like about the style most though. It works so well with the bold colours and it's something I think I could incorporate into my own wrk even if only slightly.
Below is the website I found these pieces on and more
http://www.csun.edu/~pjd77408/DrD/Art461/LecturesAll/Lectures/lecture07/Constructivism.html
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