Postmodernism & Punk: Examining a Counterculture’s Significance: The Creation of a Digital Exhibit

Abstract

As an IDT major, my focus is on graphic design and the visual arts. Examining where we have come in terms of graphic design aesthetics is important to continue to grow as creators. We take inspiration and develop something either similar to what we have learned or something completely new, which we would not know without learning about what past designers have done. Design is essential, it is used in every aspect of life, whether it be acknowledged or not. Without design, we cannot always communicate effectively. We incorporate design into advertising so that people will understand a product or just share information. Graphic Design is not just used for monetary profits though. Design is a way for artists to share their creativity with the world. Each designer has their own style that is unlike any others, just like significant design movements in the art world. The point of art is to establish yourself as different from the rest, so why were movements like postmodernism and punk dismissed when that is exactly what they sought to do? We must share in all forms of the visual arts and not decide what can or cannot be art.