ANALYSIS OF POP ART PERIOD FURNITURES THROUGH THE DISCOURSE

Sümeyra Akgün¹ , ŞEBNEM ERTAŞ BEŞIR²

Pop Art is an art movement that was influential all over the world, especially in England and America. During this period of art, the artists treated the images and objects of consumption culture, the objects taken from real life, the events on the agenda and the American lifestyle as subjects in their works. Along with art, Pop Art influences have been observed in architectural, interior and furniture designs. In the Pop Art period, while reacting to the strict rules of modern architecture and the lack of relationship between the modern buildings and its environment, the effects of pop art was manifested in the new form experiments that colored plastic material frequently used in interior and furniture designs. Within the scope of the study, by considering the design concept of the Pop Art period; it is aimed to reveal similarities and differences in furniture design approaches of designers through the discourses of Verner Panton and Eero Aarnio that the leading designers of the period. As a result; although there are differences in interpretation due to perspectives of the designers, traditional furniture forms were often abandoned; new form, new concept, new materials and vivid colors was seen to be used.

Keywords
Pop Art, Consumption, Furniture, Verner Panton, Eero Aarnio,