'The post modern world is one of consumption, media and information...' This relates to these images in how it's an overload on information, the book covers where for the readers consumption. No rules to layout but with still a sense of hierarchy and wit, Stefan Sagmeister's work may not fair well in time like modernism has, but people will see it fair well and a successful piece of post-modernism design. A poster advertising for an album by Lou Reed, using hand drawn typography It's sinister and emotive. I think these are perhaps perks to post-modernism, I don't feel like they get across emotion or agendas perhaps as well as some of these examples, Post-modernism feels a more dynamic vehicle to deliver across the messages/themes/agendas you want to say by been creative without all the guidelines.
Never mind the bollocks is garish and post-modernism in full swing. The colours and layout don't particularly say high quality design, however they stand for alot more than perhaps what they show. The Punk movement and the controversy of the album sleeve and it's history, from today's standpoint. It's effective at what it's wanting to be, it catches your attention, you can tell it's punk instantly.
I think the Napoleon Dynamite DVD cover might have been an odd choice, but I think it has quite alot of post-modern quality's, the colours, the slight off layout. They all speak for it, then you've got if it's successful? Is it really getting across what it wants, for a film. It seems odd, but it does get across that it's in a high school, it's got handmade quality to it as well, including the drawings on the lockers behind the figure in the middle. It works together, it's giving you a idea into what the film's aesthetics might be like, high school, awkward, use of a hand-held camera possibly, a theme of trying to fit in. These are the themes I can pick straight up from.
A poster by Jon Burgerman, advertising 'The hungry games' it's a good look at how post-modernism takes shape as today, it's vibrant, quirky and generally positive feeling. This poster even though it doesn't have many qualities that show alot of work went into it. You see it's post-modernist from the way the text is laid out, it feels like it was purposefully set to a slight angle of where the digital type was put in place, even though I'm sure the imagery and text was done digitally too. However, is it successful? Even if it's unclear and feels more of a platform for an illustration to have context.
If there's one artist who hasn't bolded well with time it'd be David Carson, he's one of the forerunners of the decade over's post-modernism. Leading away with jolted overlapping text bleeding off every edge, is a bit of a guilty pleasure, signature to Carson. The work is admittedly effective, it does catch you off guard, it's effective in that way. It might not be the most easy to follow piece of text but it's drawn you in, it's like Where's wally for information half the time I find with Carson's work. He's indirectly effective, you're drawn to his work but I feel I can never really find out what I want from it.
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