dick bruna


Websites with research materials:


https://www.miffy.com/about-dick-bruna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bruna

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3656988/I-saw-Matisse-and-came-up-with-Miffy.html
https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/dick-bruna-1927-2017-creeerde-met-nijntje-een-universum-waarin-geen-cynisme-of-kwaad-bestaat~b0a31a99/

https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/dick-bruna-1927-2017-creeerde-met-nijntje-een-universum-waarin-geen-cynisme-of-kwaad-bestaat~b0a31a99/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/17/miffy-creator-dick-bruna-has-died-aged-89

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaXkbdpLjX4

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3557810/Dick-Bruna-creator-of-the-Miffy-books-talks-about-his-life-and-work.html

https://nltimes.nl/2014/07/30/nijntje-creator-dick-bruna-retires/

https://nos.nl/artikel/2093095-dick-bruna-krijgt-de-max-velthuijs-prijs-voor-zijn-hele-oeuvre.html

https://www.nu.nl/boek/4325257/dick-bruna-ontvangt-max-velthuijs-prijs-2016.html

https://nos.nl/artikel/2158702-tekenaar-dick-bruna-89-overleden.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/feb/15/booksforchildrenandteenagers.lisaallardice


































Design Biography - where they were born, lived, family, education, associations, and employment. Any background information you can cull regarding their development and ideology as a designer.

• Survey of Design Work - a sequenced collection of significant design work, including information regarding the context of the design such as the client, audience, message, and design objective.

• Design Ideology - a description, written and visual, of their personal philosophy of design and it’s relationship to visual communication. This main change over time.

• Methodology and Practice - an in-depth analysis of their approach to visual communication. Their working process, coupled with their ideology, manifested by their visual grammar, conceptual point-of view, imaging, typography, composition, media and style.

• Design Case Study - illustrate their process with a specific design project, using a schematic and/or information graphic, complete with text, visual investigations and examples.


The next phase of this project will be to present this information as a compelling poster, indicative of the designer. The final size will be 26 x 40.

It must include the following:

• A Headline

• A Subhead and/or Introductory Paragraph

• A Dominate/Sub-Dominate Visuals
  - Designer
  - Samples of Work

• Appropriate Text

• A Timeline with Personal Biography and significant Political, Cultural and Economic Influences

• A Delineation of their Design Ideology/Methodology

• A Case Study illustrating that Methodology