One small blog post for man, one small blog post for mankind.

So, as a re-cap (not that you should need one) I'm focusing on the designs of the early jazz records, to see how their modernity may have, or have not influenced modern design.

Although my dissertation proposal is yet to be green lit, it currently stands at "Be-Bop Jazz Records of the 1950’s lead the way in modernity for typography and design structure through it’s expressionism and freedom—is the inspiration it supplied now prevalent in contemporary design and music? Or did it just create the cliché for the designs of cool jazz?" although I have a few ideas for how it might change from that. I also hope to look at the inter-medial possiblities of records – linking the freedom of the typography from so sleeves to the freedom of music inside them.

For example; I want to look at the modernity and typography of Reid Miles, especially on the more exotic sleeves like Indestructible by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers; or really any of them as they all hold brilliant typography. Along with this, I feel it would make great sense to also research and include other areas of American Modernity in design from the 1950's.

Right now I'm stood on the very tip of the iceberg and I'm a little terrified – but here we go!