Pop culture is often maligned as fleeting. But history shows that sometimes what is pop in one culture has time-honored resonance in later ones. I will not claim that all my subjects and themes should be so remembered (indeed there are probably things discussed herein that are best laid to rest), but this book is an attempt to show that pop culture,
especially as seen through the lens of design, illustration, and satiric and political art (and other things), is integral to a broader understanding of who we are and where we are going. Oh yeah, and it is key to being literate in the twenty-first century.
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POP: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture
by Steven Heller
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How does graphic design influence popular culture? And how does popular culture influence graphic design? What are the goals of design? Is it to sell? To package? To identify? To entertain? While these questions should be obvious to the practitioner, the answers are often elusive. They are also intimately tied to the role they play in the overall culture--in the popular scheme of cultural pursuit.
Through a collection of related essays addressing such areas as type as language, design objects, and popular iconography; decoration and decorum; advertising and art; and more, the notion of POP culture is viewed through the lens of graphic design and its affinities. This is the first book to stamp graphic design with the POP brand and analyze its role in the broader culture and the impact that it has on other art and entertainment.
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POP: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture
2010, Allworth Press
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