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This is a design that came out near the postmodern era, instead of the current examples I have been researching lately. This design has more monotone colors, compared to the flashy bright colors we have been seeing in some of our other examples, although this design features many of the postmodernism characteristics including overlapping elements, unconventional typography, abstract elements, geometric forms, and textures. The only postmodern features that are lacking in this design are the tilted axis, as all of the text is straight on the composition, as well as the illustrations, manipulation of reality, and flashy colors. The main feature I see from the postmodern era in this work is the unconventional text since there are several different styles of type, widths, hierarchy, and colors. The text is overlapping each other a few times, which adds the abstract look to the design. This piece differs from the last example I saw on Behance drastically. The last example had very flashy co...

  This design was produced as a redesign for the Lollapalooza of Brasil in 2022 and compared to the original design, I can say I think this one catch more of the aesthetic of the event and draws the viewer in much more. The design contains several postmodern features including overlapping elements, illustrations, textures, flashy colors, manipulation of reality, abstract elements, geometric forms, a tilted axis and unconventional typography. There are two different designs shown, as one is the main cover design and there are serval other branding designs, the bottom design being one of them. Every one of the postmodern features is shown in the bottom design, while the first lacks a tilted axis. There is a lot of manipulation going on within the typography, but it is still legible text. The designers overlapped the text within the second design, where they also show the tilted axis within the circular text. There are several geometric elements in both designs, overlapping colors and...

  This design by David Carson, shows three main features of postmodernism within its composition, unconventional typography, manipulation of photos, and overlapping elements such as text and textures. The use of photos in Carson's design is very unique because it is the same photo in each section, but it is zoomed in/out each time. We see the eye a lot as there are two close ups towards the center of the composition, while the zoomed-out version is closer to the bottom and overlaps the one eye photo. Ray Gun was known to be a very disruptive magazine due to its rejection of typical art styles such as incorporating upside down pages, illegible text, and touchy subjects. This design meets the disruptive and chaotic look of Ray Gun magazine because of its overlapping elements, the text is very small and is somewhat illegible due to its font style against the dark textured background. The texture also adds an older look to this design, which gives a classical vibe when we see it now co...

  This work by Nadzirah on Behance portrays a Disney movie that came out in 2022, which shows several postmodern features. This "Turning Red" poster design doesn't have a tilted axis, since none of the elements are slanted, although the top of the poster shows an upside-down design instead. The creator took the original character designs by Disney and created her own composition that had influence from postmodernism. These features include overlapping elements, flashy colors, nontraditional and unconventional text, geomatic shapes, and a skewed reality. Even though this work does not include the common postmodern feature, a tilted axis, it presents the skewed version of reality, in the upside-down design at the top of the poster. The design shows several gematric shapes covering the middle of the animals/girls face, to show the opposite character inside. The text has a variety of scales and has a different color for each letter. The text isn't very legible to just rea...

Topic ideas (poster ideas): - remote work style (depression/loneliness, obesity, distractions, or flexibility) **lots of illustrated scribbles $$ - the human body (age doesn't define beauty, eating disorders, gender equality?) **illustrated arrows  - choices (abortion, masking & vaccination, schooling--college or trade) - Canadian wildfires (smoking, masking, home loss/desperation) **smoke texture $$ - health (scale--eating disorders, vaping--nicotine, covid) **smoke texture  - Parenting styles (gentle, neglecting, supportive)  - School/School stress (too-stressed, average, carefree) **texture could be similar to paper  $$=top choice

This design example is a much simpler take on postmodernism. It follows the key elements such as a tilted axis, overlapping, manipulation of photography and unconventional typography. This design portrays a tilted axis as the text is slanted all different directions in the top left corner, and even shows some overlapping text. "Broadway" seems to be in a white box, cutting off the tops and bottoms of each letter, making it seem very narrow compared to the other text. Even though the design used the same typography in this poster, you can see that he uses serval different scales and widths to portray the nontraditional aspect of postmodernism. The design by Huber is different than the last example we saw because this one is very simplistic compared to the busy abstract composition we saw form Chris Do. Flashy shapes, typography, and photos took over the design in the last example, whereas this design has one photo, which does show some manipulation withe its flashy pink colors...

  This is a very abstract and nontraditional design, so it fits in perfectly with the rejection of typical art that is associated with postmodernism. It portrays a tilted axis with the text, geometric shapes, overlapping, flashy colors, manipulation of photos, and unconventional typography. Since the composition is a blank white background, the bright blue and pink pops and draws in the audience. The text is also very unconventional with its legibility and confuses the audience, which is a key part of the abstract art characteristic of postmodernism. There is a manipulation of photos portrayed due to the photo at the bottom left being cropped to fit in with the geometric shapes, as well as the overlapping text and shapes on top of the other two photos (top left and top right). This manipulation shows the abstraction of reality which is common in any postmodern pieces. This design by Chris Do differs from the last example I looked at by the use of colors, typography, and geometric s...

This Behance piece is very similar to two different designs I have researched, #11 and #15 based on the manipulation of photos in the designs. This design by Lipski featured every element of postmodernism with the tilted axis, overlapping elements, manipulation of reality within photos, geometric shapes, flashy colors, and the rejection of typical art styles. The overlapping elements are shown in many different areas, including the text and shapes overlapping the photo, as well as the second outline on top of the text. Lipskis design also follows another style that we sometimes see in postmodernism, the unconventional typography, since there are different scales, widths and styles of text shown. They are very flashy colors shown with the rainbow look in the photo manipulation, but these colors look slightly muted, almost as if there is a low opacity dark color on top of the composition. This design is different than the last example I looked at by Paula Scher because that design dealt ...

  This is clearly a Paula Scher design based on the use of unconventional type, a tilted axis, flashy colors, the single photo manipulation which is shown here and in some of her other works. In each of these designs she puts the text in an outlined block like style, which we have seen before in many other postmodern examples. She also overlaps the text with the photos, which is a common feature of postmodernism. Scher uses a tilted axis for almost every element on the design, such as the tilted text in the background, the rotated text against the photo, and the photo. She also portrays something uncommon in her work, but has been seen in postmodernism, that is the contrast between flashy colors and greyscale. This was shown in examples #7, #9, #14, #18, and #20, as well as this example by Paula Scher, with the black and white photo shown in the middle against the bright colors in the background color and text. This design differs from the last example I researched by Hugo on Behan...

  The design example shown on Behance by Hugo is a great example of a current postmodern design. There is a manipulation of photography in the background since the photo is tinted red, which is a description of the nontraditional aspects of rejecting reality. This red tint is obviously not as others would see it in reality, so this shows the rejection of the normal common art instruction of postmodernism. The design also portrays the photo of the figure overlapping the text, and somewhat of a tilted axis as the text goes around the figure. This design is very different than the last example because it has two different examples of photography where the last example did not have any. The text is also very unconventional in the last example by Guzel with it having different scales, fonts and styles, although this design focuses more on straight text at the top with a small amount of the unconventional aspect with the rotated text around the figure. The last example took more of a typ...

This design example relates directly to postmodernism because it follows every characteristic that was common during this era. It contains overlapping elements, unconventional text, flashy colors, a collage like style, and a tilted axis. This is very important to address these characteristics in the piece because this was created during this century, so much later than the postmodern era. I can see many of the common characteristics that define postmodernism inside of this design, showing that this designer took inspiration form the era and added their own spin to the common details. There are flashy colors shown mainly in the shapes in the background but are also shown through text such as the bright yellow "k" in the front of the design. The letters resemble cut outs from a magazine, which are common with postmodernism due to the collage style, as well as other cutout elements like rips of paper, letters, and photos. There is also a strong tilted axis since it shows rotated...

  This is a very different design than the last one I research (David Carson's book cover), although it pulls your eyes in and makes you want to study every corner of it. To me, this piece relays almost every aspect of postmodernism. This design has several overlapping elements, an impulsive style, flashy colors, unconventional text as it goes off of the page, several geometric elements, and lots of variation in typography. This piece is lacking one feature that we have seen a lot in postmodern design and that is a tilted axis. All of the text is straight on the design, although they have lot of hierarchy, variations in scale, and the layout of the type is scattered over the page. The typography for the "censored" section that covers the eyes of the figure clashes with the typography used everywhere in the design, which goes with the non-traditional, impulsive aspect of postmodernism. This design's main aspect from postmodernism that pulls the audience in is the flash...

  This design example by David Carson was for a book he published about his own graphic design pieces, typography, layouts, etc. This is a much older looking postmodern examples as it lacks the flashy colors of some of the other examples we have seen. Although with the overlapping of text, nontraditional morphed text, the photoshopped images, and the unconventional typeface he used, it screams postmodernism. He also shows a tilted axis in one spot of his cover design, on the right before the blue tinted photo joins with the off-white color. He uses a subtle texture in the off-white color and some thin line illustrations on that layer as well, which matches the postmodern features. When I look at the last example by Nikita Zezulin on Behance, these are two vastly different approaches at postmodern design. The last example showed a ton of text on a tilted axis, intertwining the text into the photo, and have a lot of scale variation within the type. This example however focuses on the...

The design by Nikita Zezulin on Behance captures every aspect of postmodernism and only lacks one small detail that is commonly associated within the era. Zezulin's design shows overlapping elements, the unconventional use of typography with the different scales and styles, a tilted axis, illustrations, and morphing other elements with one another. The aspect lacking is the use of flashy colors that is common with postmodern graphic design, but we have seen several other examples that use basic black and white, yet they still fit into the postmodernism category. This designer morphs text into the man's collar in the main image, and then morphs what looks like images of textured paper. There are also some illustrations shown with the random marker swipes on the man's face and across the blue triangle. Compared to the last example by Paula Scher's, "Shakespeare in the Park", there are several similarities and differences. Similarities including the small scribbl...

I researched this same artists and festival brand identity, although the last one was published in 2022, whereas this one was in 2023. This design was for the Shakespeare in the Park and has a very different look than the last design released for this event, as well as a few different versions (the main image is one version, and the bottom set of designs are different versions). The last piece by Scher focused on only three colors, just like this one, although this piece was transferred into several different variations, as seen below the main photo, so they have different colors. They all have the same design with the overlapping elements, unconventional type, a tilted axis, flashy colors, and bold designs and textures, all common within postmodernism. Scher produced a very cohesive design, which will be easily recognizable with the different variations since the design is consistent through all of them, just the color pallet is changed. The last example I researched by Aiumy on Behan...

            Aiumy's design, which was a tribute to the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, used several postmodern features. This design is from 2022, so we are able to see how the postmodern features are used today and if the characteristics of postmodernism are still being used. Her design used overlapping elements, flashy colors, a tilted axis, a nontraditional way of placing photos, and multiple textures/patterns, all features of post-modernism. This design has some major differences form the last design, also on Behance, because you can see more of what is going on. The last design was a very bold and extreme take on postmodernism since the artist had so many overlapping shapes, texture and colors within her photos. The last example's type was also slightly illegible, which makes no difference on the design, as they only used random letterers. This designs typography is clear, legible and is even on a tilted axis, which the last example lacked. The last d...

This piece created in the current era, 2023, shows a bolder design compared to the other examples we have seen in postmodernism. Even though the postmodern era was in the late 19th century, we still see designers using the postmodern features and even taking inspirations form popular artists during the era. This design on Behance has strong use of flashy colors, unconventional typography, overlapping elements, and a collage-like style, which are all features of post-modernism. There are also several different textures happening in the design which can be assumed from the inspiration from Paula Scher. The collage style is associated with April Greiman, and the flashy colors, most likely with Paula Scher again. The only feature that this design has that is incredibly different than the others is the illegible typography. The other examples we have seen, especially the last one, had a purpose to inform so their text is clearly readable, sized accordingly, and even if it on a tilted axis, ...

This design by Bennet was published on Behance as this is a more recent design compared to the older designs during the post-modern era. This contains every aspect of post-modernism because it has several overlapping elements, contrasting colors, a collage style for the photos, and a tilted axis. Each section of type is a different font, showing the unconventional aspect of post modernism and also breaks the rules of design which is common in the post-modern era. The typography in the title has a slice through it, making this text very nontraditional. Since Bennets magazine design relates to all of the postmodern features, this shows how even current designs can show the old features of the era even though it was produced in 2020. Bennet's design was very different from the last design by Scher because there are not as many flashy colors, even though it still has strong contrast with the yellow against the black and white. This design also has photos, which the last example lacked....

Paula Scher has been well-known for her post-modern style within her pieces since she started designing. With her design for Shakespeare in the Park in 2022, she uses several characteristics in the postmodern style era, including overlapping elements, flashy colors, titled axis, unconventional elements, and different typefaces. Since this design was created in 2022, and not produced in the actual post-modern era, you can see the later typefaces used, as well as more work done within the typography. Scher uses several different typefaces, as well as adds elements into her main type, like overlapping the purple floral graphic with the type and the yellow lightning bolt. She also uses a tilted axis which makes the audience read all the way around her design, creating a more eye-catching design. This design is inconsistent with the last example by Wolfgang because he focused on greyscale instead of the flashy colors common with post modernism. He did create an overlap with the background e...

The 20th Century Poster was an experimental piece by Wolfgang. Wolfgang is used to working with type, although he does not usually overlap elements and integrate his typography into other elements, like this design. With what we know about postmodernism characteristics, we can see that there are not flashy colors, as the entire design is in black and white, although it contains overlapping elements, unconventional organization, and multiple textures and patterns. This design is very different from the last design example by Paula Scher mainly due to the flashy colors and the idea of taking up space. The last example only used one image, although the background was kept busy with one pattern. Although with this example, the background is almost completely full of different textures and different shapes. The nontraditional style of shapes in this design by Wolfgang keep the type on a straight axis, but the geometric shapes and patterns are all on a tilted axis, where the previous example...

  This design by Paula Scher became a well-known piece in postmodernism because it had so many elements that were previously used in this era, while some were never seen before. These consistent elements included the overlapping type, flashy colors, and use of bold textures/patterns. The new element that we have not yet seen before in the other postmodern design examples, is the unconventional mixed media that includes the photography of the figure look as if it is moving. The image of the boxer looks shaky, almost as if you are in the boxing ring with them, and the texture applied to the man makes the shakiness look natural. The type and other informational elements overlap the image, while some elements maintain the texture underneath of the text. This is very different from the last design example I researched by Jonathon Barnbrook because that example is focused mainly on typography, while this example focuses on the mixed media with the patterns, textures, photos flashy colors...

Jonathon Barbrook was known for his typography skills as well as the use of being able to create an identity for many events, companies and brands. This design was one of his well-known features because it has so many different deliverables and purposes. He created a large poster to fall over a city building as well as multiple different layouts that hung on streets, t-shirt graphics, tickets, banners, and a page in a book. His design features different black and white graphics but has a strong focus on text. This design doesn't show much overlapping text, but instead shows overlapping textures and colors, a major characteristic of post-modernism. He uses only 3 colors and overlaps the purple/pink within the black and white to add more dimension. This design is very different form the last example by David Carson because it is set up in an organized layout, instead of everything overlapping with each other. Barbrook is known for his organized layouts while maintaining features of p...

David Carson was a graphic designer who took on new editorial ways and focused mainly on typography similar to our last designer's work, Neville Brody. This piece was created by another designer and was inspired by Carsons approach to typography, where she designed a biography of Carson while incorporating his design style. Within Carlsons designs he portrayed type as being the center of attention, with an addition of overlapping photos, other texts and textures. He also used another key characteristic of post-modernism by using a tilted axis with both typography and photography layouts. This designer chose to use a tilted axis with her typography, while leaving the one photo to speak for itself. The one characteristic of post modernism that I see very clearly in this piece is the unconventional aspect, due to some backwards text, filled in numbers and letters, the jagged lines running on the page, as well as the slight tilt to even the paragraph of text. It is weird, but it makes ...

Neville Brody's design shows several aspects of post-modernism due to the tilted axis, overlapping elements, and the unconventional aspects. There are several sections of overlapping within the design, with overlapping text, and placing text over the photograph. Several words are in bright red to contrast with the bright white and black, as well as scaled up in the middle of the other sections of text. The photo is so dark that the overlapping text stand out since it contracts with the grey scale photo and the white text. This is a very unconventional way of placing text, especially because a lot of the text is tilted. This example is very different form the last example because it doesn't show a strong message, but is just a poster for the actual designer, Neville Brody. This design also has a very straight photograph, with a solid separation between the white background and the photograph. This is very different from the design by Nunes/Singer because there aren't as many...

This design really stood out to because it is a more current post-modern style. Since this design was made in 2013, the designer and photographer were able to go off of other designs created by other famous post-modern designers such as Paula Scher, April Greiman, Barbara Kruger, etc. This design pulls a lot of inspiration from Barbara Kruger with the similarities in the cut-out style of type at the top, as well as incorporating the letters into the photograph. Post-modern graphic design is all about breaking rules, such as using flashy colors instead of muted colors from the previous eras, although with this design she does not follow any rules by using very dark colors. This design is different from the previous design by Jones because the text is incorporated into the photo, doesn't have any flashy colors, and has a difference in the type of text used. The previous design did not show any overlapping between the text and background photo, whereas this design has the text morphin...

This design example is from the I-D magazine, within the Do-it-yourself manual. This design portrays the post-modern era since it shows overlapping elements and flashy colors. It repeats the type "I-D" in the center of the post and uses straight text for the other information in the design. The photo of the woman is a set at a very light opacity, to the point where you can't see the physical face shape, although with the overlapping rectangle over the eyes shows a different photo opacity. The low opacity adds curiosity to the design since you can only see the eyes, since the audience can tell this is a woman in the photo but struggle to see her beauty. The designer also scales up the number 5 to overlap the side of the rectangle and the bottom text, which aligns with the postmodern era. This design is very different from the last design by Paula Scher because this design has little type, textures, only two colors, and the main photo is behind everything else in the design...

  This design by Paula Scher captures the 90's era perfectly while also maintaining the postmodern style. She uses overlapping elements, mainly the type going over and under the photo figure, a tilted axis, and flashy colors. The design has great contrast between the bright yellow to the dark black, while also getting pops of red, and white from the figure's shirt. This design example is very different from the last because Scher's does not portray a strong message, rather informing the public about the theater. Also, this poster uses the idea of overlapping very differently since this example is mainly showing overlapping text, while the other used serval overlapping photos. Scher uses more bright and vibrant colors rather than the feminine colors form the last design, keeping on track with the flashy characterizes of postmodern design. Scher's design is very important because it shows how much information you can really get on a poster. Everything is legible even thou...

This design was created to show the art done by April Greiman. Greiman is known to be the queen of postmodern graphic design, since she used tons of overlapping photos, textures, colors, etc. She also does a lot of tilted text which is one characteristic of postmodern design. This designer made sure to capture Greiman's style by layering several textures and photos together just like Greiman did in her own designs. This design is different from the previous one done by Barbara Kruger because it has hundreds of different colors, textures and photos all blended together. The last design portrayed a powerful message with more simple typography, only two colors, and just one photo of a woman looking into glass, although it does portray the same message. This design done by Belance is amazing at capturing a feminism aspect since its prominent typography reads "make me up", while also showing "creating the standards of modern-day style" and "pressures of beauty...

  This design by Barbara Kruger is a well-known post modernism piece because it was so influential to the feminism movement. The cut-out magazine like letters overlap the image of the woman in the broken mirror and make your eyes focus on the letters, while the "not" in the middle is a normal typeface, making it sort of intentionally lost in the design. The characteristic of a tilted axis is also shown in this design because the words are thrown into place, making your eyes move up and down to see them as well as the woman in the mirror being tilted to the side. This design example is very different from the previous example by April Greiman mainly by the colors. Many post modernism designs are flashy with saturated colors, although this example relies on only black and white. It certainly captures the unconventional, making a statement, and weird characteristics of post modernism due to its overall appearance and message. I think this design example is very important because...

  This piece by April Greiman relates to post modernism because it portrays one of the main characteristics, overlapping elements, within shapes, patterns, and colors. It also shows several titled elements such as the tilt of the persons head, and some of the background elements, another aspect of post modernism. I really love the flashy colors, with the stark black rectangle covering the eyes of the person, as it adds that contrast between all of the bright colors. This piece is different than the last design by Deborah Sussman because this one has more flashy bright colors, instead of the muted colors in the previous design. This design also shows some of the tilted elements than the previous version that are common in postmodern pieces. This piece is important to me because I think it screams 70's-80's fashion. It encapsulated the colorful, busy, flashy experience that many would describe the 70's and 80's. As someone who was not around during this time, I love to se...

This design piece relates to the post modernism theme since it contains many of the characteristics used to define this era in design. The piece has many overlapping elements, difference in scale within typography, brighter colors, and cut-out like pictures/words. The main characteristic of post modernism that this piece shows is the collage style. The collage style looks as if the designer took pieces of magazines and impulsively placed them on top of other elements. This college style gives off a playful feeling and follows with the brighter colors that we see in many postmodern styles. The only thing that I see as different between this style and the ones we were shown the PowerPoint (did not have a previous example yet) is the lack of a tilted axis. A lot of these elements were shown on billboards and posters, so I would assume the designer wanted everything to be more legible, so she chose to design everything straight, instead of tilting the type, picture, etc. This example is im...