PSYCHEDELIA
4 Characteristics for the Psychedelia Style (1964-1974):
4 Characteristics for the Psychedelia Style (1964-1974):
1. Bright/saturated colors / Optical Color Vibration;
2. Organic shapes / Fluid line;
3. Hand-lettering with undulating baselines;
4. Carpet pages (busy layouts).
2. Organic shapes / Fluid line;
3. Hand-lettering with undulating baselines;
4. Carpet pages (busy layouts).
The Doors Concert poster, 1967
Title: The Doors Concert Poster, Designer: Barbara MacLean, Year: 1967, Photo Credit: https://network9.biz/how-psychedelic-60s-art-changed-design-forever/
4 of 4 of the characteristics observed in the above sample: Bright/saturated colors, Organic shapes/Fluid line (lines throughout poster are fluid and natural, not hard and straight), Hand-lettering with undulating baselines (letterforms wave/undulate throughout), Carpet page (busy; design covers entire poster)
Tame Impala Band poster, 2018
Title: Tame Impala Band Poster, Designer: Noora Manchanda, Year: 2018, : https://www.pinterest.com/pin/648940627543271908/
4 of 4 of the characteristics observed in the above sample: Bright/saturated colors, Organic shapes/Fluid line (lines throughout poster are fluid and natural, not hard and straight), Hand-lettering with undulating baselines (letterforms wave/undulate throughout), Carpet page (busy; design covers entire poster)
What is the modern application of the Psychedelia Style attempting to communicate and/or express to its modern audience in this case? What specific philosophy and values are shared from this era?
The band name and the design are a contradiction. The art is anything but tame, with the face in disarray, but that may be the point. It is trippy not knowing how to look at this poster. It is very loud and definitely not dull. It gives the impression of an altered state of mind, minus the LSD.
