Psychedelic vs Push Pin Style

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Psychedelic comes from Counterculture and Push Pin Style from Illustration Styles. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Psychedelic

Psychedelic — 《Helix 第1巻第8号 表紙》1967年 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainPsychedelic — 《サンフランシスコ・オラクル 第1巻第5号 表紙》1967年 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0Psychedelic — アメリカン・インターナショナル・ピクチャーズ《映画『The Trip』新聞広告》1967年 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Melts contour and color until reality itself starts to sway.

Push Pin Style

Push Pin Style — シーモア・シュワスト（Push Pin Studios）《Giovanni's Room》初版カバー 1956 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainPush Pin Style — ミルトン・グレイザー《The Graduate》初版カバー 1963 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainPush Pin Style — ミルトン・グレイザー《Zabriskie Point》ポスター 1970 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Glaser and Chwast's studio worked as the counterpoint to Swiss rationalism, building an illustration-led eclecticism out of historical styles, comics and popular prints. Fat contours and ornamental planes of color repainted the magazines and records of the 1960s and 70s.

PsychedelicPush Pin Style
Era1960s–1970s1954–1980s
FamilyCountercultureIllustration Styles
KindStyleStyle
CuesSwirling curves / Complementary colors / Melting letters / Kaleidoscope patternsEclectic historical revival / Fat contours, ornamental color / Illustration-led composition / Wit and quotation
Best used forDeepening immersion in music and experience · Festivity that escapes the everydayMagazine feature openers and record sleeves led by the illustration · Posters and brand imagery for theatres, bookshops and food that trade on wit
TypeLettering that warps like liquidDisplay faces from the same period as the image, curved to its edge
CompositionRadiate from the center; fill the marginsImage at the center with type following the gaps it leaves
MaterialSaturated color, waves, repeating patternFlat fields of muted secondary color inside heavy contours
CautionHostile to long text and critical controls. Reserve places for the eye to rest.Choosing a historical style without the wit that justifies it turns quotation into plain nostalgia and makes the eclecticism look like a pile.

Put these two together

Counterculture ／ Illustration Styles

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