#1980s logos

Post #134

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Note how the parallel lines motif permeated the graphic design of the 80s, particularly in the sphere of corporate logos.

One can also see the visual similarity to Shutter Shades, venetian blinds, and those black louvers they used to put over the back glass of 80s sports cars.

This is closely related to the grid motif (think Tron); both used forced perspective to allow 2D computer graphics to simulate a 3D environment. We’ll come back to the grid motif in a later post.

My good friend Kate over at Mirror80.com has astutely pointed out that sunsets - symbolic of “the good life” - were a recurrent design theme during the 80s.

The last photo is one of the Nuon Klocks (“nuon, the new neon!”) by Gemini Display Ltd. out of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. A catalog showing all their designs is available back in post #26.