Thursday, April 25, 2024

1980's Dumbar chaotic aesthetic

Nina Wiener, "performance poster" for International Theather Festival, 1987

In the 1980s, Studio Dumbar became the most emblematic of Dutch designers. There was nothing to compare with this awe-inspiring level of graphic sophistication, originality, and swaggering self-belief. 

What do we have here? 

*De Stijl formalism, 

*1980s- 1990s visual effects produced photographically and digitally,



*there's no particular logic, other than graphic surprise

* the chaotic orderly provides enough abstraction for a viewer intent on getting the information,