"Choosing a particular period from 1800 to the present, in what ways has art and design responded to the changing social and cultural forces of that period" is the question I have decided to use for my essay.
My initial idea is to look at the 80's and to look into the musical movement, but also to look at how politics and the economy were effecting society, and then to obviously look at the design. At the moment, i see design in the 80's as an attempt to be futuristic and edgy and represents the 'luxury' and 'glamour' of the 80's.
I'd like to look at how the 80's in design and music represented the backlash of the tory control, and maybe how we seem to be replicating this era now.
"Commentators on youth culture believe that deepening disenchantment with the government could result in a generation turning to illegal raves in an echo of the backlash against the Thatcher government in the mid-1980s" return of underground raves the guardian
“Prior to the 1980s, British design had been about traditional style – heraldic emblems, decorative typography and academic illustration. But graphic design caught up with pop music and fashion, and embraced radical, street and anti-establishment style,” says Shaughnessy. “But this obsession with style went hand in hand with the Thatcher ‘loadsa money’ culture, and today radical style and commercial style are nearly identical. What once seemed revolutionary in the pages of The Face now looks like standard commercial culture.” computer arts quote 'iconic eras'
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