How what was discussed helps my understanding of design.
Through understanding the historical, events, processes and ideas of previous design movements, designers, inventions and innovations I can understand how we have come to have the design ideas we gave today. Eskilon’s explanation of how the colonial and imperial era and values influenced design is important to know. All history is important I believe and the more of it I know the better. The knowledge gained about different movements and styles will inevitably help me with my future in design with my degree.
On page 32 he also mentions that there was some early use of photography as war documentation in the Crimean war. This aspect was interesting to me as it is an area of design I have always wanted to explore; how it interacts with war.
Independent research: War photography started around the time of the american civil war and the Crimean war, with the earliest known photography of an actual battle taken in 1870 during the Franco/Prussian war. This new technology was used as documentation and for public exposure to the idea of war, with the black and white images used in newspapers.
How Early Photographers Captured History’s First Images of War
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