Postmodernism, an era after modernism is a reaction to the modernist principals, and a move away from them. In arts an example is to recycle the old as new, to mock the modernist ways, through language, power relations and motivation. Postmodernism is associated with difference, plurality, scepticism and textuality.
Cooper, M (2005) 'You could have it so much better' Franz Ferdinand Album Cover
http://designhistoryinpopularculture.blogspot.com/2008/11/franz-ferdinands-you-could-have-it-so.html
This is a postmodern design as it is not an original design, it has simply been recycled from an old one, which is a deffinition od postmodernism. Inspired by Rodchenko's 1924 poster, the photomaontage for a Moscow publisher in which Lilya Brik, the muse of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, joyously cries out 'books'.
Reid, J (1977) 'God Save The Queen" Sex Pistols LP Cover
This LP cover for the punk band 'The Sex Pistols' is a postmodern design, as i feel that it reflects their ideology about the state and government of the time. Loude, outspoken, meant to shock and possibly offend the society of the day.
Yule, J (2008) 'Helbotica Poster'
This design uses just the famous font style Helvetica to create an image of a robot, another example of just recycling old work, using a collage technique.
Chwast, S (1967) 'End Bad Breath"
This anti war poster, modelled on the famous war recrutment poster has a political agenda to it, an aspect directly linked to postmodernism. The illustration drawn in a child like manner also adds to this.
This album cover does not try to hide its Kandinsky style at all. The groups name is spelled out using abstract shapes over the image.
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