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Revolution in the Head

28/11/2019

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1960's Counter Culture
Wes Wilson and his Influences

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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. 

Alfred Roller 

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American Mid-Century Illustration

18/11/2019

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Boring but Beautiful

Below is a selection of American post-war illustrations, a time when the Americans were rich on war profits. these images show very mundane situations that have been beautifully illustrated. (Norman Rockwell is a personal favourite) 
Row 1: Norman Rockwell
Row 2: Bernie Fuchs
​Row 3: Robert Weaver
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Fashion Editorial

18/11/2019

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Chaeyoung for GQ Korea magazine

The above gallery is Son Chaeyoung modelling for GQ Korea Magazine. Of the 9 images, 5 are in colour and 4 are greyscale, with minimal colour in the full colour images. Each picture has a different pose and frame, with some close face shots and some full body with landscape, portrait and square frames. Theres both more casual and some "high fashion". To me, the narrative shows different sides of her personality. 
For model choice, Chaeyoung isn't the "standard" model as she is 5'2" and obviously taller models are usually preferred. She is an icon in Korea for her opinions and carefree attitude as she confronts the standards in Korea such as having tattoos and wearing fashion that isn't the norm. 

ATEEZ for DAZED magazine

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Above is ATEEZ for Dazed Korea Magazine, with photography by Kim Youngmin. This set of pictures has a really hazy, relaxed and casual vibe with the warm and muted colours and the mostly serious expressions of the models. They have a "boyfriend vibe" to them which is used to market towards women.
The models are between 5'6" and 6'1" in height which doesn't really mean much but the taller models are emphasised with shots taken from below to show off their height. 

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High Modernity

11/11/2019

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Richard Hamilton was a London born designer who spent most of his artistic career producing prints and collages. His work often focused on the idea of the future and what life might be like as technology and arts advanced over the years as this was happening more and more rapidly at the time. The collage below shows very misogynistic views with the naked lady on the couch, young romance poster and cleaning lady. It suits the male gaze with the "ideal man" and again the sexist imagery. 
Below is my version of a room from the future, obviously I took a more comedic approach but I realised how hard it is to envision what the future might be like as its hard to imagine what you don't have (wise words, I know). I did have fun making the collage despite not at all being a fan of collages. 
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