Blog 12:
Post-Modernism
Post-Modernism began in the 20th century and it is still very present today. This movement was characterised by the broad thought the designers had in subject to realism and the gentile suspicion of reason. This movement emerged from the Pop and Anti-design movement s and argued a lot of things such as the modern architecture lacked functionality and was becoming meaningless. No complexity was seen because the modern movement denied ornament and any type of symbolism.
In the beginning of this design movement introduced Michael Graves which made designs that had decorative motifs which frequently referred to the post decorative styles and he was in fact very ironic in this content. He was a firm believer of post modernist design and made use of decorative elements in his buildings and products to indicate to people that the mainstream era was soon over and not everything that was simple looked great. Graves works consisted of vibrant colours, abstractions of different elements which had been on classical architecture.
Later the Memphis group which was made from Italian architects produced monumental Neo Pop designs. This allowed complete international sensation towards design. The Memphis group was very much influenced by the eclectic range of sources which replicated the good taste of design. They challenged the idea of having designs which incorporated conventional shapes, colours, forms and textures.
As seen in the Anti-design movement, Ettore Sottsass who was also and Italian Architect called the Memphis group as the New International Style. The Memphis group wanted to renovate the 'new' products which lacked design, decoration and minimalism and give designs life and meaning.
Ettore Sottsass - Carlton |
An iconic design which was done by the talented Martine Bedin, was the Super Lamp which consisted of all the elements that the Memphis group wanted to emphasise on. This lamp is made out of steel which is painted and moulded with the lighting components and it had no protection to cover the light fittings or the heat that light emits. It was all purposely done to manifest the new group and the new era taking over. Her contributions in the Memphis group were mainly on lighting and graphics design.
Martine Bedin - Super Lamp |
Reference:
Archdaily.com. (2016). Michael Graves | Tag | ArchDaily. [online] Available at: http://www.archdaily.com/tag/michael-graves [Accessed 1 Jun. 2016].
Encyclopedia Britannica. (2014). postmodernism | philosophy. [online] Available at: http://www.britannica.com/topic/postmodernism-philosophy [Accessed 1 Jun. 2016].
Design-technology.org. (2016). The Memphis Group. [online] Available at: http://www.design-technology.org/memphis1.htm [Accessed 1 Jun. 2016].
Collections.vam.ac.uk. (2016). Super Lamp | Martine Bedin | V&A Search the Collections. [online] Available at: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1177310/super-lamp-lamp-martine-bedin/ [Accessed 1 Jun. 2016].
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