Pop art

Pop art

To describe pop art in a few sentences is very difficult, but this is a small summary of what it represented, Pop art shows us that any image could become an art piece; however the image required the artist’s eye to refine it.

Pop art developed in London in 1952 and later was introduced to America in the 1960s. Pop art was far more popular in America. Pop art had a variety of sources, media, styles and techniques, there were designers who drew comic books designers who did packaging, designers who drew posters and designers that created weird shapes, which either were left astray or created a new sort of furniture design from the shape. (Also other media techniques were used television, advertisements and plenty more other applications)

Production design was a major part back in the 60s this is also known as Pop art furniture,  designers used bright colours , geometrical shapes and unusual designs, here is an example I found relevant to the a design that possesses the requirements: The famous lip painting, the designer  has altered the painting into a lip shaped chair.

Pop art characteristics:
Its overflow of colours, logos and forms is what makes pop art, pop art. It changed how art was recognized, it paved the way for the modern artists and designers. It revolutionized art by removing the pedestal of high culture and fused it with commercial design. Pop art was a cultural revolution, a broad overview with examples drawn from furniture design, typography and fashion.  Pop art portrays a change in cultural knowledge, through mediums like posters, album covers, weird furniture designs and several of other types of work.

Here are some variety of designs of furniture, comic strips and posters each consist of the movements style:

Designs or posters had plenty of colours,work represented  something important or something to do with cultural, some work had a slight abstract design, and overall most of the work in the movement was very eye-catching.

Reference:

V.Ryan 2007, POP ART AND PRODUCTION DESIGN [online], available at: http://www.technologystudent.com/prddes1/popart2a.html , [accessed 16^th December 2013]

Sarah Stewart 2013, Art Goes Pop!; Pop Art Design at the Barbican [blog], available at: http://londonist.com/2013/11/art-goes-pop-pop-art-design-at-the-barbican.php , [accessed 16^th December 2013]