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"The idea of style and competing for the best style is the key to all forms of rockin." - Style Wars, 1983.Are subcultures, like graffiti, floating free in their ownspace, or are they connected to the rest of society? InForms of Rockin, graffiti styles are connected to graphicdesign and other popular culture expressions such as music,f ashion, photography, industrial design and moviesfor the first time. Anssi Arte analyses some of the mostpowerful visual symbols of the 1970s, 80s and 90s andcompares design, typography and graffiti styles. The visual styles of James Brown, Blade Runner, the Memphis groupand grunge music all appear together with classic Fonts and graffiti styles. The clear yet analytical narrative andcarefully crafted visualizations make it appealing to both graphic design aficionados as well as graffiti enthusiasts.But Forms of Rockin is more than that. This is a must foreverybody interested in contemporary popular cultureand design history.Forms of Rockin traces and defines the stylistic conventionsin graffiti letterforms that have become iconic andglobally acknowledged ideals. From the early New York tags to the mid-1990s ugly-fresh styles of Scandinavia, Forms of Rockin tells the story of how popular culture and graffiti styles influences each other.

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Book category Books in English The arts Art forms Other graphic art forms

• Full title: Forms Of Rockin'
• Subtitle: Graffiti Letters and Popular Culture
• Author: Anssi Arte
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9789185639748
• ISBN: 9185639745
• ID: 09364907
• Publisher: Dokument Forlag
• Weight: 662 g
• Dimensions: 219 × 227 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. October 2015

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