I was searching "earth day shirt" to try and find the urtext for this.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 11 March 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
Excited to see ezra’s outfits on the new tour
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/uploads/article_images/vampire-weekend-harmony-hall-video-pancakes-ezra.jpg
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
i mean
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/040/MI0000040206.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― budo jeru, Monday, 11 March 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
different but there's something there
― budo jeru, Monday, 11 March 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
There's the whole line of Putumaya comps that were always displayed at bookstores, global-village type stores, and so on.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5XYiqHni398/S72054Z5MOI/AAAAAAAADGg/v23yWYDi87c/s1600/41EXKD6MBKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.oneofthethree.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1993-09-19-San-Francisco-WOMAD-flyer.jpgFuture Zone: A Virtual Village
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 March 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
http://www.sandygarnettstudio.com/files/4514/2232/7992/1992HordePosterw8.jpg
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 11 March 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
don't know why my image is broken; here's the link: http://www.sandygarnettstudio.com/files/4514/2232/7992/1992HordePosterw8.jpg
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 11 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
did u all see this exchange, amazing:
We're just waiting for the Global Hypercolour tee shirt— Jesus Jones (@jesusjonesband) March 7, 2019
― goole, Monday, 11 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
I'd forgotten Big Head Todd. They were kinda big, weren't they, though they closed out the era.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Monday, 11 March 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
Bittersweet you could say
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 11 March 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
i feel like keith haring was a big influence on this aesthetic.
this is bringing back lots of "going to the houses of friends with aging hippie parents in the early 90s" memories...
also my uncle's recycling/green office supply company totally rode this wave:
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1014234044777676800/ryWkJk0z_400x400.jpg
― J. Sam, Monday, 11 March 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
The globe art of this era wreaks havoc on the Canadian arctic.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Monday, 11 March 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
would not be totally shocked if big head todd could still draw comparable live numbers to vampire weekend
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
"jam band adjascent" + "a couple huge 90s alt rock hits" is a powerful combo in the U.S.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
http://i66.tinypic.com/2z54nlw.jpg
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
Chagall seems like an influence here too, in addition to haring
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 11 March 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
Also idk if this was linked yet. Good analysis of why these looks might be coming back
this shit is what gives me righteous furyI typed a thread a while ago on how the obsession w/ graphic design aesthetics of the 80's and 90's among young designers today is a cry of rebellion against... THIS https://t.co/JBZSvz3z7g— 〽️ax krieger's big mood (@MaxKriegerVG) February 14, 2018
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 11 March 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
Wait, so Jesus Jones and I BOTH think the Vampire Weekend cover is reminiscent of Jesus Jones aesthetic but there's no actual Jesus Jones album cover that looks anything like it? Weird.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 11 March 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
Sorry here is the for real og thread
I theorize that the rise in popularity of all sorts of pre-2008 visual designs, from "vaporwave" to synthwave to anime futurefunk to memphis milano to "global village coffeehouse" to y2k to "mcbling", is a cry of rebellion against the modern state of consumer graphic design— 〽️ax krieger's big mood (@MaxKriegerVG) December 28, 2017
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 11 March 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
See also:
Just found out the wonderful @ScienceMuseum logo designed by @johnsonbanks has been replaced with a simple typeface. From Burberry to Yves Saint Laurent, brands are doing this and IMO it's a shame and a copout. So, coining a #portmanteau for this: brand + brand+ blah = #blahnd. pic.twitter.com/yAy9Jwg5tT— Irene Hoffman (@ihoffman) March 7, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2019 23:32 (five years ago) link
Yeah this shit is wild.
Part of me likes this trend to sans serif, user focused Appleworld—it’s kind of like, the final and unexpected triumph of Modernism. But the context is wrong. For the Bauhaus, Le Corbusier, these kinds of people, there was a utopian dimension to modernism, even a Marxist dimension, which is totally lacking here. They’re not trying to shake off the dead weight of the past, they’re cutting corners. It’s fast food.
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 11 March 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
i don’t know, who cares? design looks this way because this is what design looks like in 2019, we don’t always need to ascribe moral qualities to aesthetics
― marcos, Monday, 11 March 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
Hegel says it means something
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 11 March 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
I'm confused, have y'all heard of vaporwave?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 00:39 (five years ago) link
Oh sorry lol
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link
oh no our poor brands
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
I linked to it on the VW thread, but for the sake of this thread, here is where the Global Village Coffeehouse aesthetic is laid out:https://www.are.na/blog/the-global-village-coffeehouse-aesthetic
Also, from the same site, a glorious gallery of examples: https://www.are.na/evan-collins-1522646491/global-village-coffeehouse
― jaymc, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
Good place to find this aesthetic: early 1990s issues of Utne Reader pic.twitter.com/VyuoHlr1VQ— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) March 9, 2019
― jaymc, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link
Trϵϵship go home ur drunk
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link
This is supposed to be a safe space to care about aesthetics
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 03:23 (five years ago) link
Never stop, treeship
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 04:22 (five years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Thebeloved_conscience.jpg
― byebyepride, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:55 (five years ago) link
bingo
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 10:42 (five years ago) link
"Einstein Bros. Bagels-core"
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/23/2c/e0/232ce01d321617e8ed80486d10c5378b--bagel-music-to.jpg " class="noborder">
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― J. Sam, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 11:55 (five years ago) link
oops
https://theblacksheeponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/einsteinbrosweirdwallartjpeg.jpghttps://i.pinimg.com/236x/23/2c/e0/232ce01d321617e8ed80486d10c5378b--bagel-music-to.jpg
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 11:58 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/cjAHW381umqRh0tiRoJTMpqaVOM=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-189069-1336110266.jpeg.jpg
― Tim F, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:03 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71KZA7EJEBL._SX360_BO1,204,203,200_.gif
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:13 (five years ago) link
It feels SO familiar... yet I can't find the cover it reminds me of !― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, March 11, 2019 9:37 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI was just about to say "oh of course it looks like..." but all the LPs I'm looking at aren't it. It's a big LP from the early 90s, and I've seen it many times before.― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, March 11, 2019 10:15 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkILX's collective intelligence will find the answer to this frustrating quest !― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, March 11, 2019 10:19 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, March 11, 2019 9:37 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was just about to say "oh of course it looks like..." but all the LPs I'm looking at aren't it. It's a big LP from the early 90s, and I've seen it many times before.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, March 11, 2019 10:15 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ILX's collective intelligence will find the answer to this frustrating quest !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, March 11, 2019 10:19 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Also, you guys are definitely right. If it's what I'm thinking of, the design was a big departure from other album covers the artist had released. The Soho Goddess album that Willl linked to is close but not quite it.
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
Its really bugging me so I've been on a deep dive through early 90's album covers. Candidate #2 = 'Let Them Eat Bingo' by Beats International: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/LetThemEatBingo.jpg
― raise my chicken finger (Willl), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/LetThemEatBingo.jpg apologies, img embed fail
! That's a good one. I had been thinking that whatever it is, it might be on the dance/electronic spectrum too.
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link
yeah definitely ! for me there's got a be a geometric and electronic element in the visual mix. Not juste the global village coffeehouse aspect.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/220x220/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2F2b6008c0dccf6288ce4e4bb4a6d56d79.600x600x1.jpg
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
perhaps it's something to do with early 90s web design rather than a particular album cover?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
(sorry for the typos...)
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.variaworld.nl/fotogroot/0006645000_voorzijde.jpg
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
I had considered Beats International too, but that's not what I'm thinking of. We'll get this!
― While My Guitar Gently Wheedly-Wheedly-Wheedly-Weeps (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
― jaymc, Monday, March 11, 2019 7:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
seems to me that global village coffeehouse aesthetic is very much not what this vampire weekend cover is going for
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
as in no hand drawing, too minimal, not very natural or earthy looking, no wavy lines, etc.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
I saw a car this week with 2(!) of those stickers^^
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 1 June 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
i'm a huge fan of this band but this is way over the top
https://merch.ambientinks.com/collections/purebathingculture/products/earthling-tee
― goole, Friday, 30 August 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
reminds me of duckman for some reason
― brimstead, Friday, 30 August 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
Feel like this set of Big Thief merch really captures the vibe.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
GUYS GUYS ITS HERE ITS SO BEAUTIFUL pic.twitter.com/UvOBmfJHU8— BalaPatty💫⭐️ (@BalaPattySZN) November 19, 2020
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
New website for the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute: https://cari.institute/
― jaymc, Friday, 2 July 2021 04:36 (two years ago) link
that website is amazing!
this doesn't seem like a particularly good example of Global Village Coffeehouse (though it is listed a such), but this was actually the Nintendo website homepage at one point??! Insane
https://images.are.na/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJhcmVuYV9pbWFnZXMiLCJrZXkiOiIxOTg2NjI5L29yaWdpbmFsXzUwYzAxZTE0OGFjOTc1ZWE3YzU0MmQyNzAxMTU0MDE3LnBuZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MTIwMCwiaGVpZ2h0IjoxMjAwLCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUiLCJ3aXRob3V0RW5sYXJnZW1lbnQiOnRydWV9LCJ3ZWJwIjp7InF1YWxpdHkiOjkwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo5MH0sInJvdGF0ZSI6bnVsbH19?bc=1
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 July 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
Fantastic, so many looks from the 90s/2000s that I recognize but could never articulate as an aesthetic. Googie-Lounge Kitsch gives me vivid flashbacks of my Disney World vacations as a child in the early 1990s, particularly the MGM/Hollywood Studios park.
― blatherskite, Friday, 2 July 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
As a general FYI, you can still see surviving examples of actual Googie here in L.A.
― delta variant blues (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
that website is great, though i'm a bit disappointed in how lopsided it is towards more recent stuff. hopefully that will change.
― eisimpleir (crüt), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
this was actually the Nintendo website homepage at one point??! Insane
Definitely not, it appears to be their annual shareholder's report.
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 2 July 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
wow that website is the real fuckin deal
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
xp Deflatormouse, idk, looks more like a website to me. But maybe not their public-facing homepage? Letter to Shareholders looks more like a link, and why would it say "Nathaniel's Fun Factory" on the letter to shareholders?
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 July 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
but yeah now that I think about it, why would it say 1999. maybe you're right. still confusing, beyond the very confusing branding
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
its the website for the shareholder report - found it on wayback
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
def gonna get baked and look at that site tonight
― brimstead, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Yes sorry shareholder report *in website form*
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
Nintendo homepage ca. 99 is here:https://web.archive.org/web/19990427192531/http://www.nintendo.com/home/index.html
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
I like this but how many of these "aesthetic categories" are basically just riffs on Memphis Milano
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
this doesn't seem like a particularly good example of Global Village Coffeehouse (though it is listed a such)
It does to me. Earth with a childlike hand-drawn face on it, warm colors, sun/moon imagery -- all of that feels very GVC.
― jaymc, Saturday, 3 July 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
I kinda want to live inside "Corporate Tech Laser Grid"
― J. Sam, Saturday, 3 July 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link