Post modernism in Graphic Design

Post Modernism was First coined to criticize the "glass box" structure of International Design, within architecture. This later led to fashion, Graphic Design and many other mediums, the term "Postmodernism" simply meaning things that subvert or amplify established codes.

Wolfgang Weingart

Weingarts influence teaching at the Basel school of Design, influenced the look of Postmodernism so much that many students and other designers used his "Stair-stepping motif", which became synonymous with International and Postmodernism.

Example of Wolfgang Weignart's "stair-stepping"

















Source: http://gds.parkland.edu/gds/!lectures/history/1975/postmodern.html

Tom