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community(style + insecurity) = trend
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There is a great article in the lastest print about the use of West Coast 80's Latino culture to create an edge. Gothic fonts, lowriders, etc...You see it in GTA-SA, the graphic language of the latest Hot Topic T-shirts, actually my Burton snowboard uses Custom Culture detailing as well.
Ultimately it comes down to authentity right? Style is either bitten by posers who pimp it out without knowing what it means or by inner circle prodigy's and trainspotters who suck up the flavor, or it is created by someone who has a message or an idea or a spark. What's funny though is that the epicenters of most of these things are generally less sophisticated than several exceptional of the million permutations that are created. But I always respect the True School, warts and all.
Warhol may have bitten Lichtenstein well in advance but he's one of the first names that comes up when you say POP.
It is a Marxist notion of craft and the market that you are discussing. Commodification. Which is good since most designers can't explain why for shit...
Speaking of which there is an interesting article in the latest print that discusses the role of bullshit in selling ideas.