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historical references
A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
74051 references · 16 visual
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2018Fusing art-history with pop culture; Adobe Stock’s latest identified visual trend is history and memory
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2012Julian Wolkenstein: The Postiche Collection
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2019Horror Vacui combs through the design greats of the past to create interesting work for the future
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2025Ceramics and tattoo imagery come together in Adam Shrewsbury’s exercise in fragility
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2022Meet graphic design studio Fakepaper, where Marie Antoinette and 70s punk rock collide
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2017Typefaces used in Matthew (1831)
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2018Anoniem, Ontwerp voor drie trappalen in Lodewijk XVI-stijl - Ébauche de trois poteaux d'escalier style Louis XVI, KBS-FRB
Garment
2022How Jessie Makinson’s carnivalesque paintings “purposely misunderstand historical imagery”
Motion
2023Samuel Day merges historical references with animation in his website design for The Quest of Evolution
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2020Stella Murphy’s unique illustrations hop from the 1800s to the 1960s for inspiration
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2015Design tracings (1875) (14779292195)
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2018Karel Herreyns, Ontwerp voor twee kandelaars in Lodewijk XVI-stijl - Ébauche de deux chandeliers de style Louis XVI, KBS-FRB
Brand
2025New Logo and Identity for Château de Fontainebleau by Lonsdale
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2018Graphic designer Si Weon Kim's side projects explore her culture, creating historical homages
Publication
2025Chloe Gaillard imbues typography with historical easter eggs
Identity
2026Capitolium — Awwwards SOTD
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2021