Pop Design : From Modernism to ‘Mod’
Pop Design : From Modernism to ‘Mod’. Changes in Western Visual Culture post-1945.
This talk investigates the development of design after 1945 – in particular the relationship between European modernism and “Pop” design which first developed in the USA and then spread worldwide. The talk will focus upon architecture, industrial design, graphic design, fashion and other aspects of changes in visual culture after the Second World War.
Event Information
Price: £15.00
Course Weeks: 1
Room: Kincaid Hall
Campaign: Spring Term 2026
Your Tutor
Name: Dr Alex Seago
Bio: Dr Alex Seago is currently Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at Richmond American University, London. His Ph.D is from the Royal College of Art in Cultural History, and his MA is in American Studies from the University of Kansas. Dr Seago is the author of ‘Burning the Box of Beautiful Things: The Development of a Postmodern Sensibility’ published by Oxford University Press in 1995. The book is a study of cultural change and graphic design at the Royal College of Art between 1950-1965. More recently, Dr Seago co-edited (with Dr. Anne Massey) ‘Pop Art and Design’ (Bloomsbury, 2017) a collection of essays about the development of various types of visual pop art and design in Britain between 1945-1975. Dr Seago is currently teaching undergraduate courses focusing on British Popular Culture, Design History, and Post-War American Art.
Department: Humanities