OUGD401 Context of Practice

The task set was to find 5 images of Modernist graphic design and 5 images of postmodernist graphic design.

Modernism

Paul Rand

This is a classic example of modernist graphic design its simple use of shape and colour is very typical of this style of design, It very simply does the job its set out to do and in this it is a successful piece of design.

This is a poster with a modernistic style to it, the use of only a couple of colours and the bold red relates strongly to some of the first design work done in the modernist period in Russia. 

1964 olympics

I really like this poster from the 1964 olympics, I think the the enlarged image of the japanese flag works really well with the olympic rings. The poster has included everything it needs to include but in such a simple way.

Wolfgang Weingart

This is quite a classic looking example of modernism, use of very little colour with a creative use of the placment of type and image, this particular example reminds me a little of the work of david carson, due to the collage like structure of the image.

Pentagram

This is an advert from pentagram studios this simplicity to it is really nice, again the same use of minimal colour and on the majority the use of red. 


Post Modernism

Jamie Reid

This would definatly be considered as post modernistic art, its doesnt so much follow the clean and simple lines of the modernist movement, instead uses a much more lo-fi approach to the art.

April Greiman
I really like this example of April Greiman's work, its very contrasting from the modernistic style work i have already looked at using multipul bright colours an images.

David Carson
This is an image from one of the many different styles David Carson uses in his work I like the composition of this image and this different oranges and blues he uses in this particular example of work. 

Peter Saville
I love the use of colours and the use of collage in this album cover made by Peter Saville for the Happy Mondays.

Andy Warhol 
Probably one of the most well known artists associated with the post-modernist movement, i really like this image the colours work making the overall image really bold.