Punk was counter culture established in London England in the mid
70’s. This new subversive culture embraced art, music, fashion. The principles behind punk were anarchy and
anti establishment. Followers of the style were to be recognised by their
aggressive and anarchic behaviour.
A strong influence to the style was brought by the Sex Pistols a
famous punk rock band of the era. The art on their albums was the visual identify
of the culture. The art style behind
punk was characterised by throw away collage technique, chaotic typography and
shocking slogans.
The style made use of element which were present in dada (photo
montage and collage), Pop art ( use of celebrity figures in imagery, Warhol)
Psychedelia (especially the underground comic scene, R.Crumb) and also New wave
influence of Deconstructivism in graphics (Weingart)
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| Work by Neville Brody |
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| work by barney Bubbles |
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| work by Pter Saville |
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| work by Jamie Reid |
Designer that emerged from punk style include Neville Brody,
Barney Bubbles, Peter Saville and Malcolm Garret which their work was feature
in editorial and album cover design through put the post modern artistic era.
But thee most influential designer of
punk design was Jamie Reid which also was responsible for designing all of the
sex Pistols Album covers and was the pioneer for the visual principles found in
the style.
References
The Thames and Hudson
Dictionary of Graphic
design and Designers
1992-98 Thames and Hudson Ltd, London UK
accessed 25/1/2014 @ 10:00
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