Pop Art in Design
This was an art movement that was happening during the end of the 1950s till 1960s. Its roots are in England and later on it spread to the United States of America. It forms part of the contemporary art movement. This style was done do break down the boundaries, between art and design and fine arts. By trying to break down the boundaries between high and low art and design. It was also used to bring together the gallery and the street. It is a form of design which is easily understandable and accessible, so that everyone can enjoy it and experience it. It was a movement that focused on what was new at the time and made it about the culture of the time.
This movement took place during the age of the consumer society. The youth and pop music were also a very influential for this movement. This art movement was considered to be very fashionable, which made it very popular.
Pop design inspired furniture
Pop art was found repetitively in the mass media, magazines, comics, and comic strips in newspapers, advertisements, music albums such as the ones for the Beetles (Yellow submarine) and Elvis albums. It was also found in common consumer products such as cereal boxes.
Comic art included violent action and sentimental love. The illustrations consist of flat two dimensional drawings, simplified with a limited range of tones and colours. Bold black lines are used to outline everything in the illustrations. The skin of the characters was done by utilizing a cheap printing process which creates spread dots, which from a far the eyes merge the white background and the red dots giving a mid-tone effect.
During this period we can see pop comic design transferring into multiple furniture designs giving it a very playful and creative look. So automatically it also influenced interior design on a whole where all the elements found in pop art could intermingle creating a very vibrant and joyful space.
Pop design inspired interior design.
Pop design inspired interior design.
An important artist of the time was Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol was a very ambitious artist. He started from nothing and gradually escalated to the artist we recognize today. He made use of several media during his artistic career, some of which include drawing, silkscreen printing, commercial illustrator, photography, installations and he also experimented with film, as he has recordings of the Empire state building.
Keith Herrin also had part in this style. His work was colorful, formed out symbols and icons. He started by painting on subway billboards that where covered over in black. His work would suddenly turn up overnight for passersby to admire much like Banksy’s sneaky works. Much like Banksy he also did his works about social causes. Till the day he died of aids he continued to produce works. Ironically before he got Aids he did works about the disease and after he contacted the disease himself he got more aware of the disease and helped with endorsements for the research to combat Aids.
Pop Art inspired kiss chair
Pop art as art has an ever growing fan base making all pop art inspired 3D design highly desirable. Pop art furniture can be recognized almost immediately by their unconventional shape and bright colours. I would like to incorporate more pop art features in my wood works.
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