POMO

Modernism in Graphic Design ~ Aesthetic self-reflexiveness ~ Montage, disruption, juxtaposition ~ Paradox, ambiguity, uncertainty ~ Loss of integrated interior subject ~ Belief in Progress Postmodernism ~ Amplified and distorted modernist themes. Brought attention to INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS OF MODERNISM. ~ Less belief in “progress” ~ Rejection of universal, eternal, timeless: Ironic use of historical motifs ~ Modernism as a style: one of many styles + + + + + + + “(Henrik Tomaszewski’s) work was graphic design, but it was much more akin to art and expression than graphic design, which at the time to me meant something made by T-squares and french curves, which I abhorred.” – James Victore + + + + + + + Author or designer doesn’t need to have any particular intention for us to “poach” a meaning.