This book was made by Irma Boom which was commissioned by Chanel. The 300-page book has no ink—each of the crisp white pages is embossed with a drawing or quotation, because this special printed way concentrate on a sense of touch. It’s clean, understated and ephemeral, and somehow still totally engrossing. The book allows us to see the new meaning of the book in the digital times, the active role of the designer in the publication process as well as the need for a new kind of printed book. Irma Boom reinvents the traditional book. It is hard to imagine any other individual following her footsteps, since the digital revolution entirely changed the world we are living in, but it would be interesting to observe where the journey of the printed book will continue next.

In Gunter Rambow potato series poster, each picture is to show the theme of potato, different is the treatment of potatoes. He peeled, twined, cut, colored, and piled up… There are some similarities between the different forms of composition, which is the combination of the potato profile and the color of the block in the composition. Contours and colors are the most expressive elements in a painting

Gunter Rambow said that Poetry, art and literature are what people can feel every day. It’s everywhere. People can find it as long as they look at it.His works fully reflect the fancy imagination of lanburger, and no one will think that potatoes can split up and show the effect of space on the plane.

Ikko Tanaka designed the first advertisement for Muji, a poster printed on a kraft paper, and the branded hue of Muji. The first impression of customers is important to a brand. He used a typical picture in Japanese historical dramas, which emphasized the “right conclusion”. It was illustrated holding a brand sign with emphasis on Muji. He held the idea of simplicity and neat created a new aesthetic form. Moreover, He protruded a specific thing in the advertising picture to introduce the idea and guide people to read more information on the poster.

References

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http://www.gunter-rambow.com/Poster/80er/1988_06_Wiesbaden1.jpg

http://www.muji.com/img/flagship/huaihai755/archive/koike_img02.jpg

Image Source: [The Visitor by Shaun Tan – Tales from Outer Suburbia ]

This Illustration is for his award winning of-the-walls story book, and I think this shows exactly why. The unusual combination of familiar elements, ie an astronaut and a suburban environment creates a sense of heightened reality to suggest that this is a metaphor as opposed to literal. He uses almost a childlike and storybook style to tell more mature tales, in which I interpret as a sense of solitude and not belonging. He uses a range of colours in a ashy discoloured way that suggests a passing of time, which resembles a 1950’s futurism poster, or perhaps an old children’s novel with the former child owner now grown up, with their former creative mind tarnished?

Image Source: Gilles Beloeil [Assassin’s Creed II artbook]

This is a concept art for the game franchise Assassin’s Creed, however unlike other concept art, this is painted in a traditional medium: oil, and the composition resembles that of a Romantic Era painting of an occurring scene. The artist create a sense of realism by choosing to go with a realistic style, but at the same time creating a sense of mystery and wonder by using a singular ashy colour scheme and the play with light and dark. The painting style is reflective of the time setting of the actual scene which allows the viewer to be drawn in to the alternate reality. The plotting of character’s location and position creates a narrative and serves it’s purpose of potential story telling.

Image Source: Re-imagination of The Martian movie poster by ChungKong Art

I like this poster design because it is a minimalist depiction of The Martian poster. It doesn’t require much graphics to reveal the main plot of the movie. The use of the bright circle both represent the colour and shape of Mars and the lens of a telescope, also the emotional struggle the protagonist is going through. The abundance of space in the frame and the character’s position suggests a sense of solitude and sadness, which is a perfect depiction of the theme of the movie. I really like how the artist use one aspect of the poster to convey multiple ideas and messages instead of making a complex image. This method also adds focus and to the main subject of the film, at the same time still being aesthetically pleasing; this required intricate planning of the poster’s layout.

Starting off strong with one of my first and favourite ever graphic novels Batman: Hush. It was published issue by issue from December 2002 to November 2003. The award winning story was written by Jeph Loeb and brought to life by the amazing pencil work of Jim Lee which was then inked by Scott Williams and finally coloured by Alex Sinclair. Jim Lee alone is one of my favourite comic book artists with his amazing renditions of the characters. Besides the beautiful artwork the story and narrative is gripping throughout the entire novel with intense action sequences and compelling backstories to lesser known characters. Also the way the Williams has introduced so many characters into  the plot with out it seaming like to much each having just the right amount to make them relevant to the continuation of the story. To prove my point further here is one of the first lines in IGN’s review  “there are books that offer significant changes in the status quo, good or bad. In either case, fans are certain to go absolutely f—— nuts. That’s what happened when fan-fave writer Jeph Loeb teamed with Jim Lee for the year-long “Hush” storyline. It didn’t just alter the status quo, it destroyed it.”

next on my publication list is the more recent Avengers Infinity war covers to well know magazine Vanity Fair. these covers were published in late November of this year in order to further hype the already massively anticipated 2018 release of the movie. Vanity Fair writes about how marvels decade long story is coming into its final chapters with Infinity war. they interview many of the actors from the MCU one being The Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo who said to Vanity Fair “All good things must come to an end.”

And finally moving away from the comic theme slightly and into the realm of popular television show we have the second season of the smash hit Netflix original Stranger Things. This latest addition to the Duffer brothers show was another hit and a great addition. Both seasons are jam packed full of pop culture references to the era that its set in. That era being the 80’s. The second season scored an impressive 94% on rotten tomatoes                         ” Stranger Things‘ slow-building sophomore season balances moments of humor and a nostalgic sweetness against a growing horror that’s all the more effective thanks to the show’s full-bodied characters and evocative tone.”

Postmodernism was a movement that was born as a response to modernism. Modernism was a movement that was born as a response to industrialisation. Modernism let to great achievements but world war one happened as well as the invention of the nuclear bomb and all of this led to realisation that those same institutions we trusted would progress us into the future are lust as likely to destroy us.Postmodernism is direct response to modernism, its does not replace modernism but it does question everything from the concepts of truth, logic, and were adopted the enlightenment era.

Modernism had failed or at least that’s what the postmodernists believed. Modernists had spent much of the 20^th century trying to forge a better world inspirited by the science and universal truths. To them less was more. The postmodernists less were a bore. They believed we needed as many references as possible to demine our own individual subjective conclusion. Picasso created one off masterpieces based upon predetermined principals of art. His creation rocked the art world, but postmodernist wasn’t impressed. They believed in more than one method or style. Collage, chance, anarchy, repetition. These were infinitely more interesting. Postmodernists wanted to challenge audiences and force them to ask questions. Postmodern buildings rallied against the blandness that had gone before.

postmodernism had its critics, objecting to unnecessary ornamentation. An obsessive tendency to recycle the past to make something new and often just plain silliness. The rise of mass media really helped postmodernism take off. The world was interconnected like never before. For many postmodernism was liberating giving creative expression a dynamic, often unsettling vice. Postmodernist cinema still confuses, surprise and delights us. Postmodernist performers still bemuse us and we just can’t seem to get enough quirky postmodern art. Politically, philosophically, creatively- the postmodern movement has proven itself a force to be reckoned with. Like a giant social cattle prod compelling society to question why things are the way the are, and why they aren’t.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism

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