For week 8 we were put into groups and tasked with making a ten minute presentation to later present to Pauline and Kyle.
The title we decided on was “Pioneers of Postmodern Design” and we all worked together in the design of our powerpoint. We all came up with some designers who we deemed to be a few of the “pioneers” of postmodern design and researched one each. We then took turns presenting what we came up with to Pauline and Kyle. We worked out that we would have just over two minutes each to speak about our individual pioneers.
I presented our introduction, and the first pioneer (who was Jamie Reid).
I chose to research and speak about Jamie Reid as his work has always appealed to me. I am a huge punk rock fan, and love the issues that Reid tackles within his designs. I also appreciate the slight chaos and disorder that he displays within his work – mimicking his feelings about the government and society.
Here is the link to our presentation on Google Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1prF_a0H1rcVlTW8hzpnwabQcsWfjuCftN6KqZSzDUik/edit?usp=sharing
and here is our quick plan outline on Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-xTET_e4Noqb2YLBI8qeAX6jiMhyqa-gkCv0qwyaqyM/edit?usp=sharing
My personal notes/script are below as well:
Jamie Reid was born in the UK in 1947 and is an artist, designer and “anarchist”. He was brought up in a very politically active family, and was raised with socialist views. In 1970 he founded the “Suburban Press” which later became a political magazine that exposed local corruption. It was around this time that he also designed the first Sex Pistols cover for “Anarchy in the UK”.
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