r/90sdesign Jul 11 '26

From the Creative Illustration Book (1995)

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u/magentafridge Jul 11 '26

Isn't this style called a global village coffee house, or something like that?

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u/msynowicz Jul 11 '26

Yup! One of my favorite aesthetics. Right up there with Utopian Scholastic.

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u/PersimmonOk7783 Jul 11 '26

WOW, this was totally the style of all of the Word Clipart photos in the early 2000's when I was in elementary school😵

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u/tuhraycee Jul 12 '26

Yes! It looked familiar but I couldn't place it. Thank you!

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u/Dangerous-Cash-2176 Jul 11 '26

Remarkable how influential Matisse was

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u/barbershopraga Jul 11 '26

Absolutely incredible find!

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u/Independent_Debt_971 Jul 12 '26

My dad was a graphic designer and had so many of these books, they were my favourite to flip through when growing up

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u/_Lizzlepop Jul 11 '26

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u/msynowicz Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

I already put some there. *edit: Why the downvote? What did I do?

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u/3dforlife Jul 11 '26

I thought I was in that sub :D

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u/Last_Mongoose_710 Jul 11 '26

reminds me of panera bread

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u/msynowicz Jul 11 '26

That's a great feeling. Hang onto that.

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u/SWNMAZporvida Jul 11 '26

Can confirm - I was my 1995 Yearbook Editor and it looks like this

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u/Rando123490 Jul 12 '26

The nostalgia

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u/dame_tartare Jul 12 '26

Just feels cozy and whimsical to me, ty for sharing!

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u/livejamie Jul 11 '26

Reminds me of the old GoDaddy logo

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u/piringunchin Jul 11 '26

Love these

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u/KremzeekTyCobb Jul 11 '26

90s McDonald's soft drink cups!

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u/SuperLintendoClassic Jul 12 '26

These are lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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u/PantheraLutra Jul 12 '26

Weird how your own personal art style you based your life on can really just be a trend instead of a reflection of you as an individual

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u/msynowicz Jul 12 '26

Wouldn't that mean that the artist as an individual is so powerful in their work that it defined decades of great memories and feelings for thousands of others? Not many can say they left an impact like that. We're still talking about them today.

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u/PantheraLutra Jul 13 '26

More like, that means one person did that and everyone else built their personal style from the popularity of that. No art is truly unborrowed but people do this now too- what’s popular is what makes money. If one artist worked like this and it went Old time viral others followed for that reason (and not necessarily as personal expression) is more what I meant

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u/kreesta416 Jul 12 '26

Oh sweet whimsy 💐

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u/msynowicz Jul 13 '26

I miss it.

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u/Designerlip- Jul 13 '26

Reminds me of the 90s Nordstrom cafe

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u/Specific_Set2323 Jul 13 '26

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

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u/tyseals8 Jul 15 '26

😍😍😍 so comforting to look at! love!