Post Modern
Issey Miyake
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Postmodernism
Essay
By Bobby Luke
1119795
Issey Miyake
&
Postmodernism
Essay
By Bobby Luke
1119795
Postmodernism & Issey Miyake
As designers we critically think about what we want our creations to be, what they look like and most importantly what they are inspired by. The shift and movement away from modernity in western society has become a significant change over the past century, notions of critical theory, art, fashion, literature, and philosophy has changed radically. What has manifested from this is the shift of post modernity/postmodern a complex term that finding a simplified explanation is very difficult to find. This essay will analyse and question what is post modernism and how it developed into the new period. How did fashion grow and adapt to post modernism. And analyse the ideas of Fashion designer Issey Miyake in relation to postmodern practice.
Postmodernism is a subjective theory that can be broadened and vary from hypermodernity to post-structuralism. In short form, in a literal form, postmodernism is the movement away from modernism. It is evident that modernism was a failing enterprise in the later 20th century as it was conceptualised to be corrupt, flawed and oppressive (Witcombe, 2000). Modernism was the movement from Agrarianism towards capitalism & industrialism and other various movements however deviate away from tradition and medieval practices (Barker, 2005). At the end of modernism the world was then entering a new period for instance the previous periods such as the rococo period, baroque period, and Elizabethan period. Therefore, this new period was called ‘postmodern’ which began in late 21s century around the time when pop culture became popular which was in the 60’s (Witcombe, 2000). The postmodern term can be used in more then one context and in a variety of ways.
Witcombe (2000) characterized that “…some would say it means anti-modern; and for others it was just a
&
Postmodernism
Essay
By Bobby Luke
1119795
Issey Miyake
&
Postmodernism
Essay
By Bobby Luke
1119795
Postmodernism & Issey Miyake
As designers we critically think about what we want our creations to be, what they look like and most importantly what they are inspired by. The shift and movement away from modernity in western society has become a significant change over the past century, notions of critical theory, art, fashion, literature, and philosophy has changed radically. What has manifested from this is the shift of post modernity/postmodern a complex term that finding a simplified explanation is very difficult to find. This essay will analyse and question what is post modernism and how it developed into the new period. How did fashion grow and adapt to post modernism. And analyse the ideas of Fashion designer Issey Miyake in relation to postmodern practice.
Postmodernism is a subjective theory that can be broadened and vary from hypermodernity to post-structuralism. In short form, in a literal form, postmodernism is the movement away from modernism. It is evident that modernism was a failing enterprise in the later 20th century as it was conceptualised to be corrupt, flawed and oppressive (Witcombe, 2000). Modernism was the movement from Agrarianism towards capitalism & industrialism and other various movements however deviate away from tradition and medieval practices (Barker, 2005). At the end of modernism the world was then entering a new period for instance the previous periods such as the rococo period, baroque period, and Elizabethan period. Therefore, this new period was called ‘postmodern’ which began in late 21s century around the time when pop culture became popular which was in the 60’s (Witcombe, 2000). The postmodern term can be used in more then one context and in a variety of ways.
Witcombe (2000) characterized that “…some would say it means anti-modern; and for others it was just a