Modernism vs Post-Modernism
モダニズム / ポスト・モダニズム
Both names cover a whole era rather than one look, and Post-Modernism keeps working with the plain volumes, grids and sans serif that Modernism set down.
How to tell them apart. Look for a quotation sitting on top of the plain form. A pediment, a column or an applied pattern means Post-Modernism, and nothing added means Modernism.
Modernism
Replaces ornament with reasoned form and aims at universality. The particular answers stand as their own entries, and Bauhaus, Swiss, Minimalism and Streamline Moderne are all separate solutions arrived at from this one stance.
Post-Modernism
Doubts the single right answer and mixes quotation, irony and ornament as play. The answers per field stand as their own entries, with Memphis in furniture, Postmodern Architecture in building, and New Wave on the page.
| Modernism | Post-Modernism | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1920s–1970s | 1970s–1990s |
| Family | Functionalism | Avant-garde |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Simplification / Clear hierarchy / Function first / Universal forms | Mixed styles / Irony / Ornament reclaimed / Unexpected color |
| Best used for | Building a brand foundation that lasts · A vessel that never gets in the content's way | Planting intelligent humor · Escaping homogeneous category codes |
| Type | A sans-serif with few quirks | Mix two or three faces from different eras |
| Composition | Logical hierarchy and generous white space | Show the grid, then deviate from part of it |
| Material | Black and white with a single accent color | Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions |
| Caution | Blandness is not universality. Hold clear intent in every ratio and interval. | Random is not plural. Mix only what you can justify aloud. |