Igne Druckrey Documentary Review

Inge Druckrey Documentary Review

The documentary on Inge Druckrey talked about the impact she made as a teacher and her way of looking at creating typography.  As a teacher, Inge wanted to teach her students to not see things for what they were but for what they were doing.  She emphasized the idea of abstraction to get her students to understand this.  This is very similar to the teachings of the design fundamentals class that I have taken.  She says that once you see things in a certain way you never stop noticing them.  “Training the eye is very important” I agree with this statement because as an art student I have been taught and trained to see things in a new light then I have been used to.  Once this new way of seeing is established it is almost impossible to stop seeing or looking in the new way.  Inge makes many observations about type and how letters relate to each other in a design sense.  This is very important information when designing because the relationship between all of the type elements needs to be cohesive.   The part with Steve Jobs speech is very motivating and inspiring as a design student.  Seeing and hearing someone so famous and especially in the mac/apple industry talking about his experience makes me want to learn what he has learned.  Watching Inge creating letterforms with the brush is fascinating.  As a graphic designer I am used to just seeing the finished typeface on the computer already so seeing the process of creating the letterforms is intriguing.  The amount of skill that it would take to create such perfect lines and curves is incomprehensible.  It makes me want to experiment with a brush to see what kinds of marks it will make and play with the changed in thin to thick strokes.  When creating the letterforms with the brush Igne talks about the optical middle verses the actual middle.  This is important because the geometric middle of the letterform is altered visually when the other elements are added.  This must be taken into consideration because the letterforms need to look and feel balanced.