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Left: Scottish designer Eduardo Paolozzi dot pattern, Right: Spotty Chair designed by Peter Murdoch, 1963
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Left: The Queen of The Polka Dot, Yayoi Kusama,
Right: Exhibition, 2006, Photographs courtesy of Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc and Huffington Post |
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| Left: Artwork by Jun Kaneko, Right: Comme des Garcon wallet |
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| 1950's Album covers, The Polka Dot seems to have a close relationship with expressing the idea of Music |
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| Left: Poster by Giuseppe De Luca, Right: Famous photograph of Jean Shrimpton by David Bailey, 1965 |
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Left: A paint palette inspires the idea of Polka Dots in everyday life
Right: Textiles by German Artist Anna Badur |
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| Examples of work by Graphic Designer and Art Director Paul Rand |
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| Left: Work by Alexander Calder, Right: Poster by Graphic Designer Max Huber |
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Left: Plate by Anthropologie, Middle: Stool by Artek, to celebrate this Alvar Aalto designed stool's
80th birthday by Comme des Garcon Left: Comme des Garcon wallet. |
Nothing could
be simpler than a series of rounds dots, but how universal and instantly
recognizable is the pattern polka dot. Applied to so many different types of
applications, It can seem fun, it can seem childlike, It can seem Fashion
orientated, For instance as a child I always remembered that Minnie Mouse’s
dress was always polka dot, In a way that harped back to a simpler time when
the polka dot seemed a favorite of another era. It’s always had an
innocence and in the 1950’s/ 1960's, Polka Dot seemed to prevail as the pattern of
choice on scarves and full dresses. Fashion House Comme Des Garcon has used
Polka Dot as a reoccurring theme for years, as has Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama who
created a whole collection for Louis Vuitton.
According to Wikipedia: Polka Dot is
is a pattern consisting of an array of filled circles, generally equally sized and spaced relatively closely in relation to their diameters. An early recorded use of the term "polka dot" first appeared in 1854. The pattern shares its name with the dance form, making one suspect there is a connection linking the pattern to the dance. However, the name was likely settled upon merely because of the dance's popularity at the time the pattern became fashionable, just as many other products and fashions of the era also adopted the polka name
Many Artist
and Designers have used the simplicity of the polka dot to inspire, I have
always loved the pattern and even though in my line of work I only seem to be
able to use it in Kid’s Shoots, Really I would love to use it everywhere, I think
people are too quick to judge and put a label on it, It amazes me how one
pattern can conjure up such resonance in people that it only reminds them of
one theme.
In my
Pinterest folder Polka Me Dot, I explore all the different ways Polka Dot can
be found, I am amazed how many images I find, From Graphic Designed posters to
Album Covers to a pair of shoes. I hope you enjoy my collection, Again because
of the nature of Pinterest, Often images are not credited, I see my images all
the time without my credit, usually someone has taken it off to write a
personalized comment, I would love to encourage people to keep credits on
images as they are somebody’s hard and often self funded work, However in an
image saturated culture, its seems you have to let go of that. If any image
here requires a credit, Please let me know.
Hope you too
embrace the joy of the polka dot.
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