2 classic photo and type approaches that influence modern design

Jo Plumridge is a British writer and photographer, who specializes in design, travel and comedy pieces. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. The origins of graphic (and Web) design owe much to the photographic field. The man responsible for what is arguably one of the central mediums of modern graphic design was László Moholy-Nagy. After joining the Bauhaus school in 1923 to teach, Moholy-Nagy became instrumental in developing the concept of “typophoto” — a set of aesthetic principles that governed the integration of typography and photography in graphic work. Moholy-Nagy defined…



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