Conceptual Type - a commentary on the Internet’s design development? Hypermodal deconstructivism, digital crafting and media-reflexive iconoclasm

“Conceptual type” is not a well-defined term. The concept doesn’t have any established encyclopedic definition and has not yet served as the subject of
a definitional exploration in the literature related to graphic design. When you search the term on Google, links pop up to phrases like ”amazing type ideas”, ”striking typography images”, “very catchy types” and the like, where what is primarily in focus
is the visually impressive aspect. In this connection, where the topic at hand is conceptual type, it accordingly makes sense to pin down a more precise and analytic definition. Here, by way of introduction, it seems relevant to look at how the term “concept” is being used within cognate specialized fields like “conceptual art” and “conceptual design”. Thereafter, the term will be discussed in its relation to
the Internet which, as a new medium for design, has served as the jumping-off point for conceptual type and for discussions centered on the relationship between typefaces and the underlying ideas. Within the realm of art history, conceptual art has
been the object of various definitions, although this category is based primarily on the viewpoint that art exists first and foremost as idea – or concept – and meaning, and only secondarily as object.....