Critical and Cultural Studies L4

How is it even relatable to today ?!! The question of the entire topic of this blog is that which ‘ism’ should designer favour more? In order to answer the question, we need to dive into the later applications of modernism and postmodernism to prove to us which ‘ism’ should be favour more. Modernism : Remember when I explained about the key developments of modernism?   “ Modernism concept is simply a desire to exploit the most advance material there is and technology to express the simple forms, smooth finishing and the use of white space. ” Sounds familiar?   Modernism concept has its similarities with Minimalism. They are both famous for simplicity, cleanliness, and the value of empty spaces.  Let’s take Sam Hecht Muji phone for an example. From the image it’s obvious that this product has met all the criteria of the elements.   Postmodernism: Remember when I explained about the key developments of postmodernism? Let’s take Glaser “...

What actually happen during " ism "? Modernism:   Have you ever wondered like how did Modernism came into or lives or what actually happen during modernism?!   This question would seem clearer after understanding the key developments of modernism, which are often explained architecturally. It was the dominance moment over craft and design, the results were corruption and greed among the pioneers of modernism. After that a new approach to reform society by developing well-design products for daily usage. It was also an encouragement towards the need for functionality and simplicity. Not only that, they also stressed that the moral values of designers should be producing goods they were alike! These could be used as a democratic tool for social change. Let’s take the table lamp of Wilhelm Wagenfeld, it’s simply a famous nickel silver and glass created by Bauhaus. They were famous for their industrial produ...

Do you know what it is ?!! “The new avant grarde literature” know as postmodernism, the term itself was born around 1970s from scepticism and suspicion that challenges the notion of the universal certainties and reality. The movement itself is simply a reaction against the essence of modernism and it’s known to embraced the complexity of meaning based on experiences of every individual. It simply drew a line on philosophy during the late twentieth century and it supports every individual experiences was more a concrete rather than abstract principles. To certain extent the movement itself had defies the definition as there is not one particular postmodern style or theory, as it has embraced multiple approaches toward art making in which it has collapsed the distinction between high culture and mass culture of our everyday life. It simply broke the rules about styles and from here we know that the era of freedom has begun. References: Tate. A. (2019). Modernism. [onlin...

What is Modernism ? Why Modernism ?                                                                  The Modernist art is referred as “The tradition of the new” by Harold Rosenburg. The term modernism and modern art is simply described as the succession of art movements that has been identified since the realism. It has been the leading design movement in the industrial life ever since the early decades of the ninetieth to the twentieth century. During the late nineteenth-century, artist around the globe used new imagery techniques onto their artwork to reflect the realities and hopes of the modern societies around them which tends to associate the artist freedom from realism and materialism. The dominance of realism was often challenged in many ways by modernism and postmodernism, as it was an alternative method...

What topic should I pick ?!!  1.     Compare and contrast modern and postmodern design. Should designers favor one? 2.   Conduct a semiotic analysis on a piece of political propaganda using any of the set of concepts. These two topics are entirely different form of interest and attention to the viewers of this blog. In order to select a favorable topic to my liking, research is needed. Let’s dive into topic 2 by breaking it down into two subtopics! Semiotics and political propaganda in order to get a clear image on what it is. As we all are familiar that semiotics (science of signs) is perceived as a universal language as it communicates with people across the globe in an element that helps us view and understand design better without any words needed. On the other hand, political propaganda is simply a negative sense where politicians whom make false claims and rumors to get benefits or simply just to escape from any troubles they ha...

Before choosing a preferred topic, analysis and exploration of the questions is needed to determined. 1.  Review and discuss the key ideas in a major publication written by a thinker or theorist in the field of media. Relate the ideas to current news events or design developments. This essay question is to mainly discuss about the ideas of current events or design elements/ development by major publications. It has to be written by a theorist or a thinker. 2.  ‘Form follows function’ (Modernist graphic designer and illustrators); ‘Form swallows function’ (Postmodern graphic designer).   Which of these statements corresponds to your view?  Discuss, offering evidence for your arguments There are different types of designers out there in the world, however these two types are chosen to be selected to explore. Evidence and arguments are needed to support the function of our choice/ statements.   ...