Episode 129: Punk Meets Tech and New Wave is Born (Classic)
We’re revisiting one of our classic episodes.
If New Wave was a style and attitude, then music was the delivery device. In this episode we discuss the political climate, creative activity and DIY attitudes that led to the formation and rise of one of pop culture’s signature eras.
E X T R A S :
(Top to bottom): Poster for 1980 Devo concert in Columbia, Maryland; LP poster for “True Colours” from the band Split Enz, 1980
(Top to bottom): Album art from the B-52’s, Duran Duran, Talking Heads and XTC
Not exactly the “mall claw” but close enough, a magazine ad for Aqua Net with The Facts of Life actress Lisa Welchel
New Wave and Design
“New Wave Graphics Are the Most Influential Designs You’ve Probably Ignored” (AIGA article)
“The History and Bands of New Wave Music” (MasterClass article)
“Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphic Design” and “Reversing Into the Future: New Wave Graphic Design” (Emmanuel Art Gallery exhibits)
“My Frame is True: New Wave Posters - in Pictures” (The Guardian article)
Reversing Into the Future, a book from Andrew Krivine
