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Psychedelic types: Origins
Nick Curtis on the origins of psychedelic types: his old hippie's take is that the recognized masters of the art--such as Rick Griffin, Stan Mouse, Victor Moscoso and Wes Wilson--hand-lettered their posters, which were sometimes printed offset and sometimes silk-screened. At the tail end of the phase, commercial typesetters like Photo-Lettering Inc. got into the mix. As far as origins go, I would opine that Push Pin Studios was probably a strong influence. Their brash revivals of Art Deco probably prompted a look at other style of the past, notably Art Nouveau, which heavily influenced psychedelic poster work. Another typophile added that the British had their own pioneers, Michael English and Nigel Weymouth. |
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