Form Follows Emotion

Postmodern Design

Postmodernism

Postmodernism aims to embrace diversity and contradiction, thus rejects the distinction between low and high art forms. Postmodern style is often characterized by eclecticism (折中主义 ), digression (离题 ), collage (拼贴 ), pastiche (混合曲 ), irony (反讽 ), the return of ornament (装饰 ) and historical reference ( 历史参照 ), and the appropriation of popular media. Post-modernism rejects rigid genre boundaries and promotes parody (蠢事 ), irony, and playfulness (嬉闹 ), commonly referred to as jouissance by postmodern theorists. As postmodern icon David Byrne, and his band Talking Heads said: "Stop making sense."

Postmodernism(1960s – 90s) Against ‘slick, black humourless design of the 70s’ As an opposition to the pure functionalism of the

International Style

Postmodernism(1960s – 90s) Characterized by the use of vivid or pastel colors Suggest a sense of humor and playfulness Revived value for personality, individualism, history

and human

Constructionism

“Design is no longer seen as a unity but as a sum of parts. We concentrate more on the elements that determine an object than on the object itself....”

- Ettore Sottsass

Post-modern Hong Kong

Post-modern