Over the past twenty years, the visual communication of the youth subculture best known as punk has become co-opted into professional fashion and design techniques. This project analyzes the evolution of the subculture into a marketing and design scheme and how it has changed the face of this youth movement from one of nihilism and angst to one of artistic style and marketing techniques.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Melia, Matthew Thomas

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 06D382M

Advisor

• Trimbur, John

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Scientific and Professional Communication, Technical

Rights statement

• In Copyright