For one of my extra credit assignments, I decided to review a famous designer named Dávid Földvári, who's famous catch phrase / motto is a quite interesting one for a designer. Whereas most designers use the motto "the simpler a piece is, the better," he uses the phrase, "Ugly=Beautiful." He has an extensive portfolio, from simple drawings to album covers. He tends to work mostly in black and white/neutral mediums, but has the occasional splash of color in his work. His work tends to have very strong and bold commentary, not only on political stand points but also on media coverage of celebrities. A link to some of his portfolio is here:
http://www.davidfoldvari.co.uk/Site/portfolio.html
One of his images that is very powerful to me is of a man and a woman, the man holding an umbrella and smiling, and the woman not under the umbrella at all. Neither of them are interacting with each other, but it seems as though the woman should be under the umbrella as well. There is kind of an awkward tension, and seemingly selfish mindset of the man.
One thing that is also fascinating is how Földvári depicts shadows. The shadows of the piece are very squiggly and don't accurately depict what normal shadows would. This piece is actually one of his cleaner ones, they usually tend to be more sloppy and follow his "ugly=beautiful" slogan.
Another work of his that I find interesting is one of a professor that is writing on a chalkboard- non stop. It is extremely messy and and says in big bold font, "BLAH." It is referencing the system of education and how kids so often do not pay attention in school and tend to just treat the material they are taught as disposable.
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