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DESIGN TRENDS PAST & PRESENT

By Angelique James and Amanda Dorsett

Typography: Neue Aachen, 1969

Wes Wilson

• Invented style synonymous with the peace movement.
• Invented psychedelic font in around 1966.

Victor Moscoso

• Inspired by comic books, Victorian images, Art Noveau and

Pop Art

• Used colours to create a psychedelic effect.

Influential Designers

Wes Wilson Rock Poster, 1966 Mishka Westell 1960’s Psych rock art, 2013 Victor Moscoso – One of the Neon Rose series

Influential Designers

Rick Griffin

• Produced the poster for the Human Be-In in 1967.
• This event that kicked off the Summer of Love.
• Optical Art

Rick Griffin – Human Be-In, 1967 Bridget Riley – Blaze, 1964

Trends

Munich Logo – Otl Aicher 1966

• Postmodernist art
• Began to reject 60s era
• Simplicity
• International typographic style

Milton Glaser

• Graphic Designer
• Co founded the push pin studios
• First Graphic Designer to receive the Nation Medal of Arts Award
• Designed the I{heart}NY logo in 1977

Influential Designers

Massimo Vigenelli

• Modernist Vision
• 1972 designed New York city subway map
• 2011 was asked to reinterpret his 1972 design for an interactive map
• ‘the weekender’

Influential Designers

Chip Kidd

• Started creating book jackets
• Worked for Alfred A.Knopf in 1986

Ruth Ansel

• Became Art Director for ‘House and Garden’,

‘Vanity Fair’ and ‘Vogue’.

• Created film titles for books
• Directed ad campaigns for Versace, Club

Monaco and Karl Largerfield.

Influential Designers

Chip Kidd Book Covers Vanity Fair February 1984, January 1986 and December 1986

Influential Designers

Saul Bass

• Designed logos for Kleenex and AT & T 1986

The Shining Poster, Saul Bass 1980 At & T Logo, Saul Bass 1986 Kleenex Logo, Saul Bass 1986

Trends

Razzia – Bugatti Atlantic Automobile, 1989

Neon Noir

• Bright colours with dark backgrounds
• Scripted fonts of typography
• Subject matter was usually palm trees, sports

cars, women and sunsets. 80’s Deco

• Art Deco revival
• This made a mark on architecture and interior

design

• Overt angles, curves and sans-serif fonts.

Design Trends

• Experimental typeface
• Grunge

David Carson

• Experimental Typeface
• Carson Changed layout by ignoring grids and columns
• ‘Rarely Legible’
• He received a AIGA gold medal and was named one of

apples 30 most innovative designers.

Stefan Sagmeister

• Contemporary designer
• Has created designs for The Rolling Stones HBO, Guggenheim.

Andrew Faircough

• Creates illustrations with a dash of vintage sci-fi & comic art.

Inspirational Designers

Fairclough's illustrations for Insider Guides cover various aspects of student life

True Detective, Season 1

• Minimalist redesign of logos

Trends

• Geometric Shapes
• Modern Retro

Trends