POSTERS
ART MOVEMENTS PRODUCT DESIGN ARCHITECTURE
1980s, 1940-50s
FASHION HISTORY
FASHION HISTORY
1940/50s
CHLOE TRIMMER
POSTERS
CHLOE TRIMMER LAURA OLIVER SARAH SHORT ASHLEIGH BERNSTEIN GABRIELLA RYAN
POSTERS
1980s
FASHION HISTORY
1980
ART MOVEMENTS | PRODUCT DESIGN | ARCHITECTURE The 80s - a generation focused on change and unconventional design. Prevailing the conservatism of the previous decade with expressionism, colour and thoughts of a technological future.
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The New Romantics and the explosion of the London club scene saw the formation of the Blitz Kids. The Blitz began making headlines thanks to its outrageous clothes and gender liquidation. Leigh Bowery and Grace Jones have become synonymous with the postmodern art movement.
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Keith Haring was an American artist who responded to the culture seen within New York throughout WKH V +LV LQĂ XHQFH RQ fashion is still evident today after collaborative work including Basquait and Grace Jones.
The Memphis group was an Italian design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass in Milan in 1981. They designed home-ware based on unfunctionality, colour and humour - all suggesting a brighter future.
These technological advancements along with QHZO\ UHOHDVHG VFL À ÀOPV Bladerunner (1982) and 5RERFRS LQà XHQFHG fashion as bodies began to resembled machines and power. The birth of œSRVWKXPDQ¡ Thierry Mugler 1988 ad campaign. (Top Left) Guy Bourdin, American Vogue, 1986. (Left Edge)
Michel Basquiat, a NeoExpressionist painter had his break-through in the 1980s as he began to collaborate with Andy Warhol.
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Portland Building in the US is an example of postmodern architecture; colourful, distinctive and built in 1982. 7KH LFRQLF œ%HO $LU¡ FKDLU E\ Peter Shire is one of the most important contributions to the Memphis group.