An A to Z of design styles.GRAYNODE company
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Twenty-six issues

Twenty-six styles,
one studio.

An A to Z of design styles. Each letter is written about its style and built in it. All 26 are out.

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Art Deco

Gilt geometry from the age of the skyscraper.

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Art DecoGilt geometry from the age of the skyscraper.BrutalismRaw structure, shown on purpose.ClaymorphismSoft, inflated, made to be pressed.DuotoneAny image, two inks.EditorialPages paced like a well-made magazine.Flat designColour and shape, nothing pretending to be real.GlassmorphismFrosted layers over moving light.HalftoneTone built from dots.IsometricThree dimensions without a vanishing point.JapandiQuiet craft from Japan and Scandinavia.Kinetic typeLetters that move to be read.Line artOne weight of line, nothing filled.MemphisMilan, 1981: pattern, colour and nerve.NeumorphismControls pressed from the surface itself.OrganicWarm, tactile, shaped by hand.Pixel artEvery square placed by hand.Quiet luxuryRestraint as the expensive part.RisographBright inks, slightly out of register.Swiss styleGrid, sans serif and plain fact.TypographicThe letterform as the whole picture.UtilitarianLabels, specs and parts that do the job.VaporwaveA sunset that never ends, rendered in 1995.WireframeThe structure before the surface.XeroxThe photocopier as a printing press.Y2KChrome, bubbles and the optimism of 2000.ZineCut, pasted, stapled, handed out.