Psychedelia♥

Psychedelia (or psychedelic) is defined by www.wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

"... having the vivid colours and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states..."



Bright. Colourful. Full of energy.
The Psychedelia era began in the '60s.

Creative and full of spirit, flower power, peace and love. ☺♥
Here are a few examples of psychedelia designs that are classic, some more obvious than others.







1. A poster by Alton Kelley, a popular artist and designer of Psychedelia. This poster is advertising singer, Bo Diddley touring dates in 1966. The use of colour and shapes, as well as images and text is creatively worked into this energetic poster. The gradient colour scheme used in the images as well as shapes in the poster, is very effective and shows how important colour can be to attract attention. The circle in the centre is very dominant, as well as the leading lines on the outer-circle which draw the eye very effectively. The background of the circle is a similar design influenced by the Yin-Yang symbol. Chinese see Yin and Yang as the coming together of different forms. Male and Female. Black and white. Hot and cold. High and low. Similar effects such as leading lines and dominance are used everyday in todays designs, as part of attracting the eye.

2.The Arper Winter Jazz poster by Roy Lichtenstein (1967). This particular designer enjoyed taking comic book-like art and enlarging the image to reveal the image is made up of halftone dots. This effective and original idea creates a "vibrating" effect to ones' eye. Personally, I like abstract art, so the use of angular shapes, dominant lines, odd shapes is very effective to me. I know that other people overlook these simple aspects which can create a trendy or bold design. The colours used here are very striking - black, white, red, yellow and a pink. Vibrant yellow is very effective, and the red and black are very dominant, so it's contrast and compliment at the same time.

The other pictures are just for your enjoyment.

Although, the Sunkist design has been inspired and influenced by the Psychedelic time, by using graphic design to create a bright and lively packaging for it's product. It represents fun times, which psychedelia is sometimes looked up as.

There's the colourful hippy-van; tie-dye; and flower power and peace.