1960's Counter Culture |
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Wes Wilson is known for his classically 60's, psychedelic posters for bands and magazines, heavily embracing bright, complementary colours and his iconic - although hard to read - typeface. He really embraced using type to create imagery and didn't use a huge amount of structure in his poster designs.
Wilson's inspiration was Alfred Roller (below), an Austrian designer who created heavily patterned paintings that were becoming very trendy in Vienna at the time due to the influence of the Bauhaus and also a lingering appreciation of Japanese art styles. His work is considered to be part of the modernity movement.
Looking at both artists work, you can clearly see the influence Roller had on Wilson, most obviously in the typeface used but also the use of pattern and colour is similar, Wilson adjusted the style for his time by bumping up the colour and intensity. I personally really like Wilson's work because of the way it goes against what a poster should be; a poster is supposed to give you all the information you need at a quick glance whereas with Wilson;s posters, you have to put in a lot of effort to get the information from it while avoiding a headache from the bright colours and the hard to read type.
Wilson's inspiration was Alfred Roller (below), an Austrian designer who created heavily patterned paintings that were becoming very trendy in Vienna at the time due to the influence of the Bauhaus and also a lingering appreciation of Japanese art styles. His work is considered to be part of the modernity movement.
Looking at both artists work, you can clearly see the influence Roller had on Wilson, most obviously in the typeface used but also the use of pattern and colour is similar, Wilson adjusted the style for his time by bumping up the colour and intensity. I personally really like Wilson's work because of the way it goes against what a poster should be; a poster is supposed to give you all the information you need at a quick glance whereas with Wilson;s posters, you have to put in a lot of effort to get the information from it while avoiding a headache from the bright colours and the hard to read type.
Alfred Roller
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