Post Modernism

Post Modernism

 The word Postmodern was first used in as a way to interpret a new style of painting in other words to depart from the French Impressionism and was used around 1870s. Also postmodernism was another way to distinguish different kinds of music and criticisms about religion and theology which means a study on the religion and the concept of God and of the religion truths. Not to go deep in the subject I’m going to focus my research on the connection of postmodernism with design and architecture .the influences it made on design and different designers through the 19th century.

Before post modernism idealists and creators their was the Modernists, The modernist thought in a different way then the postmodernism era they wanted a room for improvement a better world and in design art and architecture less was more .

 Post Modernism began on March the 16 on 1972.It was a movement which took reaction from a philosophical point of view which was against the modern period in Western Period. In architecture post modernisms is distinguished by the new style of decorative ornaments different forms of angles and the use of formally used reference in decorative forms.  The movement tried to change the perfection of the modern movement than was developed by Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius which they focused on harmony, form and function.

Post modernisms architecture is mostly viewed as an American movement which eventually spread in Europe like most of other movements.

 One famous group that designed postmodern furniture and architecture was the Memphis Group based in Milan in Italy and founded by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 which he designed postmodern furniture with different kind materials. The actual name of the group was taken from a Bob Dylan’s Song .The group was inspired with the art deco movement and pop art .If you see some of their work you could see the bold colors which were used in pop art. They took part in different exhibitions and their work was described as bizarre and misunderstood

Below I have an example  of some the Memphis group works.

Post Modern Architecture

The first architects who made use of postmodern architectural ideas are Aldo Rossi , Robert Venturi, Philip Johnson and Michael Graves .They are known to recover and experiment with historical forms and the use of elements of materials through art and architecture. The first major postmodern work was the Portland public service Building also the At and T Building in New York city .

Other good example of a building is the Citigroup center  skyscraper in NewYork which clearly show examples of post modernism.

IN Design Philip Starck is also considered a post modernist which he designed some unusual point less house hold items that looked good but didn’t function well. Like the Juicy Salif lemon Juicer

Juicy Salif lemon Juicer 

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Explaining Postmodernism: Full Audiobook - YouTube. 2015. Explaining Postmodernism: Full Audiobook - YouTube. [ONLINE] Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQcNjHNXnEE. [Accessed 29 January 2015].