Punk

This art movement evolved in the 1970s and it was part of the Postmodernist movement that was made as a reaction to the restrictions of the Modernism. During this time, a new era was beginning and this consisted in British music, fashion and of course design. This movement was pushed to its popularity by music bands with the main two being; The Ramones from New York and The Sex Pistols from London.

Thanks to this Punk effected also the type of designs, as these bands wanted something to describe/reflect what they believe in; basically to show their identity. It was very common that the designs were done by the members themselves, and it usually involved of certain imagery and other pieces which would be ripped from other images and putted on the imagery and by this they would break the typographic grid rule that was used by the majority of the designers. Using this method making the movement similar to Dada, which used almost the same technique of photomontages.

 

Punk Poster Design Example

Some designers within this movement:

Malcolm Garrett was born in 1956 in England. He used to study typography and graphic communications when after some time he started to work for punk bands by designing posters.

Malcolm Garrett

Malcolm Garrett Work

Jamie Reid was born in 1947 in Ireland. He was recruited to Sex Pistols as the manager of the band used to study with him at the art school.

 

Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid Work

References:

99 Design, 25^th November 2015, Punk (online):- https://99designs.com/designer-blog/2014/04/25/ripped-punk-influences-graphic-design/ (Accessed on 3rd February 2016)

Art Directory, n.d, Malcolm Garrett (online):- http://www.art-directory.info/design/malcolm-garrett-1956/ (Accessed on 3rd February 2016)

Biography, n.d, Jamie Reid (online):- http://www.biography.com/people/jamie-reid-20937155 (Accessed on 3rd February 2016)