Mid-Century Modern
ミッドセンチュリー・モダン / 1940s–1960s / Style / Retro
Adds hand-felt curves and warmth to rational geometry.
Organic shapes / Calm warm colors / Succinct illustration / Diagonal movement
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Balancing friendliness with intelligence · Building contexts of living, furniture and culture
- Type
- A rounded sans-serif
- Composition
- Asymmetric yet stable balance
- Material
- Mustard, teal, textures of wood and paper
- Caution
- Don't pile up retro props. Fit the forms to today's information structure.
- Further study
- Charles & Ray Eames / Saul Bass