Daily Design Inspiration #15: Superflat Art

19 Apr
2010

Daily Design Inspiration is just that. A daily dose of eye candy to highlight artworks that we find for your viewing pleasure and inspiration. In the last edition we covered the wicked world of Hansel and Gretel. Today we are highlighting Superflat art.

Founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, Superflat is postmodern art movement which is influenced by manga and anime. The term is used by Murakami to refer to various flattened forms in Japanese graphic art, animation, pop culture and fine arts, as well as the “shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture.