If you do not have a Graphic Design background, please do not bother.

Hungarian painter and photographer 1895-1946

László Moholy-Nagy

Taught at the Bauhaus 1923 to 1933, master artist in painting, sculpture, photography, photomontage and metal

constructivist

versatility of Bauhaus artists

replaced Johannes Itten as the instructor of the foundation course. This effectively marked the end of the school’s expressionistic leanings moving closer to its original aims as a school of design and industrial integration.

László Moholy-Nagy

His concept of typo-photo, the synthesis between typography and photography, was the beginning of what has become the central medium of graphic design.

László Moholy-Nagy

"What is typophoto? Typography is communication composed in type. Photography is the visual presentation of what can be optically apprehended. Typophoto is the visually most exact rendering of communication."

László Moholy-Nagy