I think in a graphic design context, these sort of geometric patterns and shapes are often used to assist a branding design or even supergrahics. Definitely the large scale qualities of the work was something that strongly contributed to its overwhelming success of distorting the viewers perception, in an almost optical illusionary way.
ANDY WARHOL
Following on from his accident, where he was shot by a feminist author, Warhol produced a series of people that very much reflective of his own experiences. Using himself as the subject from most of his pieces of this series was very much in an attempt to preserve his mortality, and in this way, there is much dramatic qualities, whether than be through using black and red colour, of the sparkles he uses around gun imagery.
His other style of repeating populist signs with different bright colours is an interesting style that definitely links to the lowbrow aesthetic associated with popular culture and design. The $ (dollar) sign, for example, is a clear example of how Warhol used these everyday symbols to break the barriers of the high art and commercial world, ultimately mocking it in the most ironic sense.
The cameo prints below, are extremely popular in current day high street fashion trends. Here we see ways where fashion and high art can interconnect in populist ways - presenting a forum that could be used interchangeably - how pattern and design fits in both formal and informal settings.
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