Application Research Of "Vaporwave" Style In Visual Communication Design

"Vaporwave" was originally a music type,which started in early 2010 in foreign Internet communities such as Tumblr and Reddit BBS.Driven by the global digital network era,this music genre has rapidly developed from a network meme into an art style,and the characteristics of retro,psychedelic and technological avant-garde make "Vaporwave" become one of the most popular art styles nowadays.In this paper,the concept of "Vaporwave" is firstly elaborated,and the background of the style of "Vaporwave" is systematically analyzed from multiple perspectives.Starting from the art design field involved,the paper analyzes and integrates the visual features of typical cases at home and abroad,such as the start-up waiting page of the vector drawing software Illustrator 2018 CC version and the costume design of Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi,etc.With the support of existing theories.Then it analyzes the application examples of "Vaporwave" style in the field of visual communication design at home and abroad and the design practice cases of the author,and thinks that this style has great development space in the field of visual communication design.Finally,the development of "Vaporwave" style in the future visual communication design is considered and prospected.