Romanticism

Romanticism,

 

What is romanticism?

Romanticism is a type of style that is soft, emotional which gives a pleasing sight to the viewer’s eye.

While you look and the details and how blended they are.

The importance of Colour in Romanticism

Colour is a very important thing in Romanticism because it is the main effect of the style itself the artist uses the colour to show detail in the object person or movement.

Romanticism origins

Romanticism started in the 18^th century. A lot of artist painted romanticism styled paintings but not many of them where famous for them, Francisco Goya was one of the many artist that was known for his Romanticism paintings.

Francisco Goya

Romanticism and Graphic design

Romanticism always gives a soft effect to everything that is included in graphic design. Romanticism effects graphic design in a positive way whereas it shows a more proper and elegant way of getting the job done, fonts will be more elegant to work with and even have a more smooth edge to show how it keeps going with one calming movement. Romanticism can be seen in many ways some see it depressing and very emotional but also some people actually see it as something happy or loving it can also be seen as a way of showing the artist emotions by looking at the colour detail and movement of the picture or font.

By showing romanticism in graphic design, we’re able to change the way we look at the picture for example if you do a poster filled with romanticism fonts and pictures it makes the poster look elegant and that it might be used for something special, like a special event unlike the traditionally casual posters.

Romanticism can be seen also as a way too show bad things with darker colours less light and some chiaroscuro this method can be used with an advantage for graphic designers for them to show that something is went wrong or even to show a more mysteries way to graphic designing.

Graphic design has an advantage when coming too romanticism because you get to manipulate any colour and any shape to create a more calming and playful effect in the picture. This effect is usually earned by using the light source to show what kind of image you want the people to see.

Romanticism always shows this story even if there is no humanly figure or animal in the image it can show some type of movement especially when the colour and the light are both going in the same direction with the same brush stroke.

This has made an impact on graphic designing because it shows a lot of movement which can be pleasing to the viewers eye because it may look 3 dimensional at the same time.

 

Romanticism has this type of 3 dimensional effect that is mixed with a 2 dimensional version creates that beautiful and elegant flat image which we see today yet graphic design has helped it develop more throughout the years as something more popular.

References:

http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/a-graphic-renaissance/renaissance-graphic-design/688-romanticism

Dada and Graphic Design

Dada,

A style which was influenced by cubism and futurism and literary movement.

It was a type of abstract style by placing pictures together to create a story or a picture to explain something or ridicule a person or an object.

Dadaism stared in the 20th century Zurich was the birthplace of the Dada, it was believed that Dadaism stared the world war.

Today Graphic design has changed drastically by quality, equipment and popularity.

The beliefs of Dada and its characteristics

Dadaism showed a lot of different ways that changed various types of styles in graphic design, Dada influenced graphic design by giving it an abstract effect which gives anextra touch of street art.

Artists decided that life and the war made no sense so why should their art make sense why couldn’t it be abstract crazy and new?

Dada had a type of style where they used typography and photo-montage they made a huge difference with big and small letters with different styles of fonts and colour.

Dadaism also used a lot of white space that today we do use in graphic design with new ideas, Dada was also shown as pictures on top of each other to form  one whole image, they would put pictures diagonally, horizontally, and vertically or just to fit to the movement of the image.

The influences of Dada in graphic design.

In graphic design we see a lot of abstract and nontraditional images this can be seen in posters with different types of things in the image itself. Graphic design was also affected by the darkness of the dada movement, Dada artists are well known to use objects that are already there for them, everyday items that could be purchased and shown as an art with barley any work from the artist. The darkness of the Dada movement influenced a lot by showing pictures of dictators and politicians being ridiculed but it can even be used as an advantage in today’s graphic design we see a lot of images which we can still see the dada effect in them.

By experimenting with typography the dada even had line spacing, and letter spacing which showed a different way of looking at the picture itself. Being able to give different meanings to their art by combining pictures Dada showed a way of combining images but also to tell a type of story that would be seen even if people couldn’t read, the photos would still be able to show what the artist is trying to show the people.

Photo manipulation is seen a lot in graphic design it is actually an important part of designing any type of image it can show the bad or the good it depends which way the artist is showing.

Why?

because photos make a much more of an influence on people then words, so when Dadaism used pictures to show what it was all about their movement and their emotions it was shown much more on an image filled with photos than an image filled with words.

References:

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm

Surrealism

Surrealism,

“Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.”

The beliefs of the Surrealism movement

The Surrealist artists sought to display in their visual art the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination to the fullest. The Surrealists believed the ‘rational’ mind as in a logical way of looking at certain elements, held back the power of the imagination.

they thought that the soul had the power to reveal the contradictions in the everyday world and encourage people on revolutionise the world.

Their emphasis on the power of personal imagination shows a kind of influence towards  the tradition of Romanticism, but unlike the older artists, they believed that imaginary revelations could be found on the street and in everyday life.

“Surrealism is depicting the real functioning of thought. Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation.” – Breton

The Origins.

The Artistic influences of Surrealism came from many different styles.

Surrealism began as an art movement in France in 1924.

The founder of this movement is believed to be the writer and poet Andre Breton with his first ‘Surreal Manifesto’ using psychoanalytic methods by Sigmund Freuds which helped a lot with the founding of the movement.

From what I have deduced Surrealism is basically merging reality with subconscious reality creating “Surreality” thus resulting in an art form which can be considered as really strange by some but admired for the work artists put with their mind giving the viewers an insight of their inner subconscious mixed with reality.

Some of the surrealists who managed quite well in doing so were;

Max Ernst.

Man Ray.

Joan Miro.

Salvador Dali.

Salvador Dali is one of the most surreal painters who has impressed me. He used to love to surprise and shock the viewer. Like most of the other surrealists, one of the techniques he used the most was transformation, turning something familiar into something strange and unreal and playing around with locations (dislocation) like placing objects where rationally no one would ever put.

The ghost of Vermeer of Delft which can be used as a Table 1934 – Dali

The painting by Dali as illustrated above has quite a large amount of elements which are painted in a realistic way including the yellowish sky which makes it look like a storm is approaching, although the surrealism takes part in the man’s leg which takes the shape of a table, this process is known as metamorphosis.

The lasting importance of Surrealism.

The Surrealist ideals stood around the ability on using their unconscious following their interests in myth and primitivism, their work have left a mark in the world of visual arts and they inspired many later movements, the style remains influential to this today.

Surrealism influences in today’s Graphic design

 

Italian Futurism

Futurism,

“We want to glorify war, the only cure for the world”

The Aspects of Italian Futurism

-sleek machines

-objects falling from space

-vibrant colours

 

About Futurism

Futurism can be seen as one of the most politically charged and aggressive art movements of the 20th century.

The movement sought for rejuvenation of italy from radical progression.

started in 1909 by a poet called Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

Filippo Marinetti

He was born in 22 December , 1876 and died on the 2 December 1944. He was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist and as already stated he was the founder of the Futurist movement. The first element which marked the start of Futurism was written and published in 1909 called ‘the Futurist Manifesto’.

The Futurist movement ended with Marinetti’s death (1943).

Shortly after came Italy’s defeat in the second world war and Mussolini’s execution.  

Italian futurism went through three distinct periods

The first period which lasted until about 1916 is known as its ‘heroic’ period. During this heroic time artists tried to capture the intensity of Italy on the verge of huge modern changes.

Masters such as  Umberto Boccioni and Giacomo Balla also huge contributors of the Futurism movement, concentrated on exploring machines and men working or playing at high speed although depicting high speed elements was quite a concern at the time.

By 1919 when the fascist movement was formally founded in Italy the optimism of pre first world war had completely disappeared.

Boccioni was dead along with several other futurists, but a second phase was about to begin that was as contradictory as it was precocious.

The futurists of the twenties were concerned with all forms of arts and not just painting, they experimented with performance, music, food and with design. They wanted to renew the world with a modern disruptive ideal.

By the late 1920s, futurists were quite gripped by the idea of aviation,  photographs and paintings of that time to pick the world from an entirely new perspective often in ‘dizzying’ spirals.

FUTURISM AND FASCISM HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LINKED

It is quite a complicated relationship but it is important to know that Futurism WAS NOT the official art movement of Mussolini and co.

Futurism throughout the years has resulted to be having quite a complicated approach and inconsistent on certain aspects as some paintings started on the left and by the 1920s paintings were mostly starting from the right.

After the end of Futurism, the younger artists had moved on and put the old to rest. However there is no doubt that Futurism visually predicted the fast globalised world that is known to us nowadays.

FUTURISM IN GRAPHIC DESIGN BACK THEN

 

FUTURISM READOPTED TODAY 

References:

http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/

Cubism and Picasso

Cubism.

“Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.” Jacques Lipchitz

The characteristics of the Cubism style

-It is an abstract style ( meaning : Something that is not symmetric or similar) and first abstract style evolved in the early 20th century throughout a world that was changing really quickly.
-perspective ( shows objects or people from several different angles)
– it wasn’t popular immediately (people didn’t like it or people didn’t understand it)
-people who where popular for using cubism (Pablo Picasso,Georges Braque)

-Cubism also influenced modern architecture
-a lot of chiaroscuro (darker colours are added to show a somewhat 3D effect)
-Harsh dark lines are drawn to show the outline (black lines)
-Colour can be added also (cold and warm colours are used, pastel can be seen to create that light movement in the cubes.

Now that we know most of the characteristics of Cubism, let’s get more in detail on how it originated and influenced society.

Cubism originated in the early 20th century, a style which has revolutionised and influenced art enormously at the time completely abandoning  proportions, organic integrity, continuity of life samples and material objects.

The goal of the cubism artists was to revitalise Western art which they believed was extinct and to challenge the conventional forms of representation.

Since the photographs were invented in that era artists became more challenged as photography had begun to replace painting. They had to use a more radical approach to expand the possibilities of a future prosperous art.

Thus triggering a new way of seeing, called Cubism.

Cubism is practically objects, real people, places viewed from different point of views and put together in one painting therefore not from a fixed point of view as the normal way.

The most credited artists in cubism are Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Pablo Picasso

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881,

He spent a long time of his life in France.

He was a painter, draughtsman and sculptor. We can undoubtedly say that his contribution to the modern art world was enormous as he created more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and other items such as costumes and theatre sets.

We can also agree that he is one of the most recognised figures of the 20th century in terms of Art.

Picasso inborn talent had already shown in his early years and it only got better!

Picasso’s Cubism artwork

The effects left behind by Cubism are quite extraordinary they reached so far as to influence later styles such as Futurism, Dada and Constructivism.

How Cubism led to society changes.

Cubism led society to progress in;

• painting
• sculpture
• printmaking
• ceramics

by physically manipulating materials that had not previously been carved or shaped. Which led to innovative and revolutionary crafting and art work which still inspires nowadays artists, prints and graphic design.

References:

http://www.pablopicasso.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm

Impressionism & Claude Monet

Impression;

a word which appeared countless times in the 19^th century on many elements such as literature, science, art criticism and letters.

If we had to search about the word ‘impression’ in a dictionary we would find the word ‘pressure’ as a related word, resulting on many different definitions such as “the action involved in the pressure of one thing upon or into the surface of another”. Other definitions result in printing methods and other forms of pressure’s definitions.

What is left to us viewers is to wonder about what the artists of that era meant with the word “impression”.

To truly understand the meaning of it, it is necessary for us viewers to access the most influential aspects of this movement.

What we can deduce out of the Impressionism movement is that it is an artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than painting accurately as it is seen by the painter.The style is also referred as ‘Painting quickly’.

Let’s start with the fact that the “impressions” were created by Impressionists. Art Exhibitions of those Impressionist’s art works are very popular nowadays reason being that most people just stare at them wondering what meaning is really impressed in a certain canvas. Most of the impressionism art work remains misunderstood by many which is almost one of the reasons those art works are still holding their popularity nowadays.

Claude Monet & Impressionism

An introduction to Monet and his works.

 

Who was Monet?

Claude Monet was a famous French painter whose work  can undoubtedly be fully associated to the art movement Impressionism. Monet’s speciality was concerned with capturing light and natural forms.

His immense contribution to the Impressionism movement started by the mid-1860s, reaching new heights in 1868-9 and continued throughtout the 1870s, although his so well-mastered style wearied out in the early 1880s.

He then focused on achieving a different kind of light quality onto his painting, a new style who he called ‘the envelope’. A style which gave the viewer the impression of a rushed work but still full of meaning and emotions.

Monet started by selling paintings, indistinguishably by signing each one of them. The fact that he did so demonstrated how integral his painting were to his image of himself as an artist.

Along Monet’s long career he engaged  with his contemporary, Bazille and also older artists like Jongkind and Boudin who mutually critiqued each other in order to improve their work. It is also important to mention that the artists, although they brought up their mutual issues had huge respect between them. All the process of working collectively, friendly and critical had one specific goal which was moving from landscape painting to the fields and villages in the French landscape where they all began to share studios.

Let’s look at some of Monet’s most famous paintings 

Claude Monet’s painting whom he called his painting “Impression, Sunrise”

What impression does this painting give to us viewers?

In my opinion, I think we can all agree that this painting is showing a cold tone and if we look at it we keep getting a deeper thought about how the artist was feeling at the moment. It gives the impression of some kind of sadness but at the same time it gives that hint of hope with the use of sunset and its pathway.

Claude Monet, Towing a Boat, Honfleur. 

Personally, I was really impressed by this painting, it makes me think about the calmness which only in open-air can be achieved, we can also confirm the fact of how Monet’s was a direct open-air painter.

The painting represents three men towing a boat which itself is not an action that takes a long time, although we can see the different colours applied onto the sky so we can deduce the fact that the painting could have not been finished in one sit as they would need at least one day time to dry.

The lasting importance of Impressionism.

Impressionism, back then was considered to be an escape from the traditional ways of art. Back then an artist career was practically controlled such as the French academies and the fine arts Salon whom looked down upon the ‘rebel’ artists and not to forget the fact that most artist (who became extremely popular) have been rejected in exhibitions.

Nowadays society owes a lot to the artists who worked hard to achieve ‘freedom’ onto their work, they have totally changed the way we think about art today and in my opinion we can learn a lot from their work, starting from believing more in ourselves and our ways of art.

References/

http://www.biography.com/people/claude-monet-9411771#synopsis

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm

 

Expressionism and Die Brücke

The origins.

Expressionism originating from Germany was a modernist movement that spread throughout the beginning of the 20th century. This movement extended to a wide range of arts, including;

• Expressionist architecture
• Painting
• Literature
• Theatre
• Dance
• Film and Music

The main characteristics of Expressionism movement

The expressionism movement displayed a kind of art whose aim was to to evoke moods and ideas in a way which can be referred as surrealistic in certain instances. The relative artists in fact rejected realism and sought to express meaning or emotional experience in their art work rather than physical reality.

Examples of Expressionism displayed in some elements;

Paintings

Architecture

Die Brücke and their contribution to the Expressionism movement.

Die Brücke  was a group of German expressionist artists formed and founded in 1905 by the following artists;

• Fritz Bleyl,
• Erich Heckel,
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

They were later joined by more artists ;Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller.

The main members displayed in the illustration above were all students, all were architects students and all met in the University (Königliche Technische Hochschule) in which they all attended together. They all became close friends after realising they all had something in common, which was the interest in art and nature, thus having this common outlook, thanks to their institution which provided a wide range of studies related to art such as freehand drawing, perspective drawing and the history of art, they  furthered their studies in art.

After the research and discussions in group they decided that they had a misson which was to avoid using academical rules so to find a new mode to display art in the most innovative and expressive way.

To begin with, they came up with ‘Die Brücke’ as their  group name. Die Brucke translated in English means Bridge.  By assigning their own group this name they wanted to be recognised as the bridge (link) that would form with the art of the future.

Part of the artists of the past they researched were  Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald and Lucas Cranach the Elder, as well, the group researched other contemporary international movements so to get more inspirations.

Die Brücke, to show their intentions and ideals to the world they published a manifesto in 1906.

It was originally published in German, in English it said;

“We call all young people together, and as young people, who carry the future in us, we want to wrest freedom for our actions and our lives from the older, comfortably established forces.”

After pointing their ideals to the public eye, Die Brücke came up with a common style, a style which possessed  high-colours that often displayed surreal and abstract elements, their style also had a primitive influence.

Together they made their best to express deep emotions into their artwork, a key factor that symbolises Expressionism and contributed to make the Expressionism movement so popular and used .

Their starting and most famous art works consisted of on ‘agitated’ also referred as a violent paintings of city streets and sexual event manifestos.

Some of the manifestos were practically banned by the police, such as the one of the most famous poster designed by Fritz Bleyl.

 

• with their way of expressionism they  revived older media, such as woodcut prints.
• invented the printmaking technique of linocut

 

Expressionism used in interactive media and graphic design nowadays.

 

 

 

IT WAS DIFFERENT WHEN I WAS YOUNG

Gertie the Dinosaur

Gertie the Dinosaur was the first American centred cartoon created by Winsor McCay and also the earliest animated movie to feature a dinosaur.

A brief introduction about the animator;

 

Winsor McCay is popularly credited to be the father of American animation. He is considered an important innovator who contributed enormously in creating a whole new art form. He has created movies that people wanted to see, created characters whom people fell in love with.

The development of Gertie the Dinosaur.

 

Together with professional assistance to draw the complicated backgrounds, McCay was ready to bring his new idea to life. Starting by an innovative way invented by himself, McCay used a technique which allowed him to do transitional points of animation known by us today as “key frames”. The process of setting key frames helped McCay lay out the overall  action of the cartoon. After setting the key-frames, he applied the ‘inbetweenings’ which help make the animation smoother. McCay would then apply registration marks which are marks placed in the corner of the page so to maintain the stability of the image. By the use of those innovative techniques mostly created by McCay himself, Gertie the Dinosaur was created.

The important aspects of McCay’s animation that influenced the development of animation. 

• The use of keyframes

The use of keyframes in animations was one of the point factors to make animation movements smoother,defining, modern and definitely less time consuming.

• Use of registration marks

The invention or registration marks helped animations develop more stability.

• Creating like-able characters

The creation of comical or with a likeable personality is one of the main factors to make a successful animation a factor whom influenced a lot of animators of the following generations.

• Repeated cycles of animation loops

an efficient technique for someone animating by themselves and not only.

All those techniques used by McCay in ‘Gertie the Dinosaur’ have influenced the next generations of animators such as the Fleischer brothers, Otto Messmer, Paul Terry, and Walt Disney.

Current Characters who were influenced by Gertie.

 

Characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and a whole lot of animations we know today owe a lot to Gertie not only because of the techniques used in the animation but mainly because it was the first character in line who had a whole personality for herself.

 

 

References:

Animation History: Winsor McCay and Gertie

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

Gertie the Dinosaur: The Mother of all Cartoon Characters (1914)

 

 

 

Arcade gaming

1972,

That’s the year when the first arcade game ever was created.

Computer Space.

 

“The game featured a rocket, controlled by the player, engaged in a missile battle with a pair of flying saucers set against a background starfield”

When nowadays kids will look at Arcade Games, they’ll probably say “boooring”, or simply laugh at them.

Yes. Although I’m not a kid I have to say that I had quite a similar reaction when I saw some of the older ones.

Well,

back then Arcade games were considered innovative and fun. Well, not all of them, some of them actually caused Arcade business to lose popularity and credibility. and that is why some companies did not have quite high standards..

Anyway,

the games which were eventually developed gained magnificent commercial popularity thus leading the world of video games to improve and gain more popularity.

Companies such as Atari and Taito certainly gave a huge contribution to make video games become more popular throughout the years.

Of course, the arcade world has faced difficult periods in terms of popularity and credibility but as Bram Stoker quotes “We Learn From Failure, Not From Success”.

To learn about the rise of popularity and important facts about arcade gaming throughout the years, I’ll mention the most decisive and important dates & also facts about Arcade Gaming.

The Important dates

1971

•  The first commercial video arcade game

1975

• Gun Fight the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor was created/allowing for improved graphics and smoother animation.

1977

• Cinematronics releases Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game.

1979

• Atari releases Asteroids, a major hit in the United States and Atari’s best selling game of all time.

1980

• Namco releases Pac-Man, its biggest-selling game.

1981

• Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, the game that introduced Super Mario to the video game world.

1984

• 16-bit processors used in arcade machines, better graphics.

The golden age of Arcade Games.

1978-1986

The golden age indicates the most prosperous years when Arcade Games reached the peak of popularity. Starting from the late 70’s working their way up to the 80’s.

The video game which triggered the Golden Age was called Space Invaders.

Why did popularity rise so much in the mentioned years?

• Increase of processor performance and detail in graphics
• Increase of technological hardware/vector display
• Increase of challenging and quality games

A fact.

The early 80’s were the years where Arcade games exploded to the point people wanted commercial products related to their favourite game, such as bed covers, pyjamas and more.

Some of the most famous arcade games brought to life in that period still remained known and re-adapted into our nowadays devices, such as Pac Man and Super Mario.

Post-golden age

The post-golden age begins right after the golden age, in the late 80’s.

A list of quality and successful video games were released throughout the years, games began to look much better and the variety of game categories became more extended.

Some of the successful games who made Arcade Games more popular;

• Tekken
• Mortal Kombat
• Street Fighter
• Tetris
• Metal Slug

Those games became widely popular and more versions of the same game were released in the following years.

The last relevant events in Arcade Games happened in 2002 by the release of new games.

Later, home video game consoles were released which caused Arcade Games business to drop drastically.

Although to add my opinion to it all, I ought to say that, we should all give credit to the Arcade world.(game developers, companies and the most relevant people related to the Arcade world)

If it wasn’t for them gaming nowadays would  simply not be the way it is nowadays.

THANK YOU

 

References;

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/arcade-history/

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Comparison.

 

Magazine vs Online Editorial vs App

Comparing those three is not entirely easy, when designers are asked to design for a specific type, the need of using a different approach is mandatory.

I mean…

Each type of design has to be appropriate towards the method the user will use to access it.

A Magazine.

No screen size limitations.

A magazine is accessed directly in person, the designer is allowed to play with the content’s spacing by not exceeding the limits of a magazine space (8 3 ⁄8” x 10 7 ⁄8” ).

In my opinion a Magazine has more of a hierarchical design approach, it has to be very appealing to the eye and interesting to a reader rather than focusing on user friendliness.

Magazines are designed quite randomly in terms of content, we see different designs on each page unlike Apps and Websites which menus remain the same when exploring throughout their designs.

A magazine is designed for print use, therefore the designer should be careful with choice of colours and printing methods used throughout the design process.

An App.

When designing an App, the designer has to be real careful with the grids spacing and the size of elements used.

Why is that?

Apps are mostly accessed by small-screen smart devices such as smartphones and tablets, therefore the design should be as user friendly as possible.

Avoiding clogged up text, images and being careful with hierarchy.

App designs are generally quite interactive but simpler in terms of design.

Online Editorial.

Probably the most dynamic design approach.

When surfing the net, we’ll find a lot of interactive websites with different interfaces.

Accessed by most smart devices, well, all devices with a screen. Therefore, the designer should be careful by making sure the design of a website is well structured so that it can be accessed properly by different types of devices.

Conclusion.

Magazines have been part of our lives for such a long time, followed by websites and recently Apps. This shows how pretty much the evolution of displaying information occurred in our lives. Even though, online editorials and Apps are the modern thing, magazines are still going strong.

In my opinion, they all compensate each other and it is important to know the differences and notice the effort designers put in bringing such interesting and innovative designs.